Best Basketball Books

The New York Times bestselling book from one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time.He's one of America's greatest coaches, known for inspiring the champions of pro basketball to work as a teamin short, Pat Riley is a master at creating success.

So you're thinking about volunteering to coach youth basketball Great! You're in for a fun, rewarding experience. Whether you're new to the sport and looking for some guidance or you're a seasoned coach hunting for some fresh tips, Coaching Basketball For Dummies will help you…

Basketball drills coupled with strong fundamentals are the key for any top basketball player."You can practice basketball shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way.

Board Books for Little Sports! Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game's simplest, most basic elements.Brad Herzog lives on California's Monterey Peninsula with his wife,…

Lucas likes basketball, but he is a ball hog. Can Lucas learn to pass the ball

Pat Summitt, the alltime winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: earlyonset Alzheimer's…

The Boy Who Never Gave Upis the inspiring true story of NBA superstar Stephen Curry. This Fully illustrated picture book biography tells the story of a young boy who many said was too short to play in high school, too weak to play in college and not good enough to play in the…

Tyler couldn't believe it when he discovered his super ability while playing basketball with his dad. He's a perfect shot! Since he can't miss, he quits passing to his teammates. Soon the other teams figure out how to stop him, and his teammates get mad.

Someone keeps playing pranks on Ryan and it is starting to affect how he plays basketball. Who is the big prankster and why is he or she out to get Ryan Part of the Jake Maddox series of books, this story is sure to hook young sports fans.

This book contains the basketball coaching philosophy and strategic thinking of one of the greatest coaches, teachers, and floor generals of modern times.

Fly high with pro basketball's biggest stars in SLAM DUNK: TOP 10 LISTS OF EVERYTHING IN BASKETBALL. Presented in the format of Top 10 lists, this book is a comprehensive yet fun look at the best aspects of the ABA, NBA and WNBA.

Who's the greatest center of all time, Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem AbdulJabbar Where does Shaquille O'Neal land in the rankings Would you pick Tim Duncan or Charles Barkley as the better power forward Who's your best Sixth Man Where does LeBron James rank among small forwards…

The first memoir for young readers by sports legend Kareem AbdulJabbar. At one time, Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness that made him feel…

Controversial, confrontational, and driven, Coach Geno Auriemma is a force to be reckoned withand the most accomplished male coach in women's basketball today.

Kylie Jean is usually good at everything she does. Now she's giving basketball a try. Dribble, pass, and shoot. That sounds simple enough.

From Magic Johnson to Michael Jordan to LeBron James to Steph Curry, ESPN's Howard Bryant presents the best from the hardwooda collection of NBA champions and superstars for young sports fans!

Nikki wants to be a basketball star... but between school stress, friend drama, and babysitting woes, will she be able to make it on her new team Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitchperfect, actionpacked, and funny novel.

A young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball. In Pacific Rims, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball.From street corners where diehards…

A Contemporary Reimagining of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for Middle GradersLife is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist comes "the best Jordan book so far" (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan's legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team's second threepeat.From The Breaks of the…

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music…

You volunteered to coach the basketball team, but are you really ready How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball has the answers.Yes, the wildly popular and…

Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson, and chronicles their success in the NCAA tournaments of 1992 and 1993.

The definitive book on the greatest game in the history of college basketball, and the dramatic road both teams took to get there. March 28, 1992. The final of the NCAA East Regional, Duke vs. Kentucky.

In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and…

Small town. Undersized. Not enough talent. John Willkom heard it all as a young basketball player growing up in rural Wisconsin. Despite the odds, John dedicated his life to the game, an arduous journey that challenged the very core of even the most disciplined.

An upbeat, fact-forward Step 5 early reader that packages brief biographies into longer-paragraph chapters for children transitioning from simple sentences. Its useful part is approachable, single-subject profiles that make players' origins and standout traits easy to follow for independent young readers. The main limitation is shallow depth and a formulaic rhythm: chapters favor quick facts over context or tactics, so adults hoping for nuance or statistical analysis will be disappointed. Best used as a launchpad for conversation rather than a comprehensive reference.

Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden once said, "People say Morgan Wootten is the best high school basketball coach in the country. I disagree.

Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life…

If you enjoyed seeing Pete Maravich as a boy in The Pistol The Birth of a Legend, then you'll love hearing the rest of the story in this riveting autobiography.

Duke University's head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has proved himself a leader both on and off the court. He's led the Duke Blue Devils to five straight Final Four appearances, culminating in backtoback championships in 1991 and '92.

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of being a young basketball prodigy who gave up an impressive basketball scholarship for family and selfdiscovery.Elena Delle Donne has always forged her own path.

Michael Jordan. The mere mention of the name conjures up visions of basketball played at its absolute best. But as a child, Michael almost gave up on his hoop dreams, all because he feared he'd never grow tall enough to play the game that would one day make him famous.

The definitive oral history of the NBA's emergence as a major professional sports league. Terry Pluto is the author of ten previous sports books, including Loose Balls, FortyEight Minutes (with Bob Ryan), and Tark. Photographs.

"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia InquirerDavid Halberstam, bestselling author of THE FIFTIES and THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, turns his keen reporter's eye on the sport of basketball the players and the coaches, the long road trips,…

The New York Times Bestseller Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regretAbout to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an…

Training Camp is an inspirational story filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in yourself and your team. The story follows Martin, an undrafted rookie trying to make it in the NFL.

As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one had before.Powered by a potent mix of charisma, nearly superhuman abilities, and a ferocious need to dominate the game, he won six NBA championships with the…

From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. Their uncommonly competitive relationship came to symbolize the most compelling rivalry in the NBA.

"A Season on the Brink" chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball with complete access to every moment of the season.

Fast-moving, goofy middle-grade novel that follows two best friends through a fifth-grade year upended by a tattooed, no-homework teacher and a string of off-the-wall projects. Its biggest draw is the energy: short scenes, jokey dialogue, and basketball action keep momentum and make it a natural read-aloud. Its limits are shallower character work and episodic gags that can feel repetitive; readers after realistic school detail, sustained emotional stakes, or intricate plotting will find it lightweight.

Basketball on Paper reads like a workshop on basketball metrics: clear at first when it defines possessions, efficiencies, and winning ingredients, then steadily more technical as it introduces formulas, rate statistics, and lineup analysis. Its useful part is practical quantification—rules and measures you can apply to judge teams and players beyond box-score totals. Its main limitation is tone and density: long numeric tables and step-by-step calculations can feel dry, and it doesn’t teach drills, play diagrams, or hand-holding for beginners.

In this candid autobiography, Syracuse head coach and long time college basketball fixture Jim Boeheim reflects on his life, his teachers, and the game he loves.Jim Boeheim walked onto the Syracuse campus as a freshman in 1963 . . . and never walked off.

When all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings never imagined one day she'd stand outas a basketball superstar and an inspiration.

In this deeply felt, unforgettable book, Bill Reynolds journeys with a high school basketball team through the past and present of an American town.

Reggie Miller is the NBA's acknowledged king of the trash talkers and he's one of the few players since Larry Bird with the game to back up his talk.

"Did I ever tell you about Wilt Chamberlain" "Did I ever tell you about Bob Cousy" "Did I ever tell you about Joe DiMaggio" Whenever Arnold "Red" Auerbach starts a sentence with those six words "Did I ever tell you about . .

Almost two decades after its original publication and more than fifteen years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley's account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic in the literature of sports,…

The Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash shines in running the break, but how do his teammates know where to go to get open to receive his passes Orlando's Dwight Howard is a tremendous talent in the post, but how has he improved and added new dimensions to his game And how is it that…

Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete a basketball icon for baby boomers all the Maraviches paid a price.

For forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success. Now, in The Carolina Way, he explains his coaching philosophy and shows readers how to apply it to the leadership and teambuilding challenges they face in their own…

Says Coach K: "In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family...I BELIEVE IN YOU.

The #1 Bestseller!Twelveyearold Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense.

With a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork, and Zen insight is updated for a whole new readership "Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." Phil Jackson Eleven years ago, when Phil…