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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:29 am    Post subject: Lakers related books?

Here in Brazil it is hard to find Lakers (or NBA) related books. Editors just don't import them.

So I recently bought a Kindle and I've read Phil's books (loved them). So I wonder, are there other good books about the Lakers? Specially with inside stories and perspective from people within. Thank you all in advance.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:37 am    Post subject:

I'm reading Jeff Pearlman's Showtime right now. Fun book.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:37 am    Post subject:

Showtime by Jeff Pearlman is a fun read, esp. for insight on the 80s dynasty teams, Doc Buss and Jerry West.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:36 am    Post subject:

Two suggestions:

1) Tales from the Foxhole: How I survived Byron Scott's Regime by D'Angelo Russell, with a foreword written by Tarik Black.

Beginning with Byron's gulag-style training camps, Russell talks about the day to day hardships he had to endure in Byron's regime. Very uplifting story on how an individual manned up and overcame adverse circumstances. Falls in the survival/horror genre.

2) Fire by Ron Scott.

Discusses the downfall and eventual demise of Byron Scott. Details how Mitch's "blindside" maneuver overthrew an uncompromising dictator.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:41 am    Post subject:

KindCrippler2000 wrote:
Two suggestions:

1) Tales from the Foxhole: How I survived Byron Scott's Regime by D'Angelo Russell, with a foreword written by Tarik Black.

Beginning with Byron's gulag-style training camps, Russell talks about the day to day hardships he had to endure in Byron's regime. Very uplifting story on how an individual manned up and overcame adverse circumstances. Falls in the survival/horror genre.

2) Fire by Ron Scott.

Discusses the downfall and eventual demise of Byron Scott. Details how Mitch's "blindside" maneuver overthrew an uncompromising dictator.




Also read D'Angelo Russell's tell-all book about how he murdered Byron Scott and the incredible defense ("provocation defense") his legal team put together to save him from prison.

Author: Tom Cochran (Johnny Cochran's younger brother)
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:16 pm    Post subject:

Thanks for Jeff Pearlman's "Showtime" tip. Already downloaded a sample and started it. Looks real good and with a lot of behind the scenes content. I'll get to it.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:19 pm    Post subject:

AirKobe8 wrote:
Thanks for Jeff Pearlman's "Showtime" tip. Already downloaded a sample and started it. Looks real good and with a lot of behind the scenes content. I'll get to it.


I'm halfway through and it's well worth it.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:12 pm    Post subject:

Not just Lakers, but about Magic vs Bird rivalry: When the Game Was Ours, by Jackie MacMullan. Much about how NBA became what it is today and the importance of this rivalry in the history of the game.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:56 pm    Post subject:

1. Mad Game (a book about Kobe)
2. Madmen's Ball
3. Shaq Talks Back
4. The Los Angeles Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels
5. Laker Girl (Jeannie Buss book)
6. The Biggest What-If's in Los Angeles Lakers History
7. The Pivotal Season
8. The Last Season (Phil Jackson book)
9. West by West (Jerry West book)
10. Ain't No Tomorrow (2001 Lakers)
11. Lakers Glory
12. Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball
13. Magic Johnson: My Life
14. When the Game Was Ours
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:22 pm    Post subject:

KindCrippler2000 wrote:
Two suggestions:

1) Tales from the Foxhole: How I survived Byron Scott's Regime by D'Angelo Russell, with a foreword written by Tarik Black.

Beginning with Byron's gulag-style training camps, Russell talks about the day to day hardships he had to endure in Byron's regime. Very uplifting story on how an individual manned up and overcame adverse circumstances. Falls in the survival/horror genre.

2) Fire by Ron Scott.

Discusses the downfall and eventual demise of Byron Scott. Details how Mitch's "blindside" maneuver overthrew an uncompromising dictator.


I lol'd pretty hard at this.
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