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Author
Series
Inside the NBA volume 10
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Inside the NBA series gives readers an inside look at the basketball teams that make up the National Basketball Association. Each teams history, uniforms, accomplishments, equipment, key players, coaches, and much more are covered in detail in this exciting series. Sports fans will love the brilliant photographs and fun facts of the Inside the NBA series."--
Author
Series
Inside the NBA volume 6
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Inside the NBA series gives readers an inside look at the basketball teams that make up the National Basketball Association. Each teams history, uniforms, accomplishments, equipment, key players, coaches, and much more are covered in detail in this exciting series. Sports fans will love the brilliant photographs and fun facts of the Inside the NBA series."--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Who is the only NBA player to score 100 points in a game? What team holds the league record with 33 wins in a row? What post player was known for his signature move, the Dream Shake? Learn the answer to these questions and more.
Author
Series
Inside the NBA volume 6
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Inside the NBA series gives readers an inside look at the basketball teams that make up the National Basketball Association. Each teams history, uniforms, accomplishments, equipment, key players, coaches, and much more are covered in detail in this exciting series. Sports fans will love the brilliant photographs and fun facts of the Inside the NBA series."--
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. It's the last summer for Kit Lamb: the last summer before college. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. The last summer before her life begins. But the night before the big game, one of Kit's players tells a ghost...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title features NBA teams in their greatest seasons. From the 1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers (before they moved to Los Angeles) all the way to the 2012-13 Miami Heat. Basketball fans will love Spotlight stats and informative boxes for each team. Not to mention great full-color and historic action photographs" Publisher's description.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local...
11) Chasing perfection: a behind-the-scenes look at the high-stakes game of creating an NBA champion
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Basketball team building is the ultimate challenge as the NBA level and the last few years have seen a massive change in the amount of money, technology, and approaches to finding and evaluating players. This process starts at the high school level, goes through college, and culminates in the NBA, where the ability to identify and cultivate talent is at an absolute premium. Media and fans like to talk about "busts" when a player doesn't work out,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its...
13) Baltimore Boys
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From 1981 to 1983, the Dunbar High School boys' basketball team in Baltimore was arguably the best high school basketball team that ever played. Over two seasons, they went 59-0, and eleven players on their rosters went off to Division I programs. Four would become future NBA players: David Wingate, Reggie Williams, Tyrone 'Muggsy' Bogues and Reggie Lewis, three of them making history by being selected together in the first round of the 1987 draft....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Basketball champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event from director Malcolm D. Lee. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny,...
Series
Avant-Guards volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Box, a divison of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a transfer student to the Georgia O Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they re going. When the school s barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie s adamant that she s left that life behind&until she s won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the...
17) Morningside 5
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1992, a young filmmaker named Mike Tollin (Varsity Blues, Coach Carter, Radio) chronicled one season in the lives of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, California. They were the defending state champions, and all five starters were returning for their senior year. They seemed a shoo-in to win a second straight state title, and the five guys all thought they were on a path to become 'the next Jordan.' Now, twenty-five years later,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Documents the fierce 1980s rivalry among the coaching legends behind the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and North Carolina State, detailing the covert recruiting wars that shaped each team and the national pressure that complicated their leadership methods.
19) Overcomer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
High school basketball coach John Harrison receives unfortunate news that will change his life. The largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down, forcing many families to leave in search of other job opportunities. John and his family are faced with an uncertain future, and his dreams of winning the state basketball championship are in jeopardy. He agrees to coach the cross-country team where he meets a runner who is on her journey of discovery....
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A five-part documentary series that tells the uncensored story of the 1992 men's Olympic basketball team. Using unheard audio interviews and rare archival footage, the series shows how a once-in-a-lifetime super team changed sports on a global scale forever.
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