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Informationen zum Autor Charley Rosen is an NBA analyst for FOXSports.com and the author of more than a dozen books including The Pivotal Season, The Wizard of Odds, and Players and Pretenders (available in a Bison Books edition). Phil Jackson is head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and has won eleven NBA titles. Klappentext Commentator, analyst, author, and all-around pro basketball presence, Charley Rosen may seem like a natural, sprung upon the sports scene with the NBA in his blood. Phil Jackson, Rosen's longtime collaborator, might agree; after all, he attributes the statement on a plaque on his desk to Charley: "Basketball isn't just a metaphor for life-it's more important than that!" And yet how Rosen arrived at his present position comfortably overseeing basketball at its finest is a story as unexpected as it is delightful, documenting basketball travels as unlikely as they are nomadic and eclectic. Rosen's story begins during his undergraduate days at Hunter College, where his basketball exploits were equally triumphant and embarrassing, including a pickup game against Wilt Chamberlain. Things really got interesting when he made his way into the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the breeding ground for nothing less than the second-best gathering of basketball players in the world. In the circus that was the CBA, Rosen found his place alongside Phil Jackson, then the newly hired coach of the Albany Patroons. Life in the CBA, as Rosen tells it, was never dull, with players doing illegal substances on van rides through snowstorms and teams financed by porn producers. His journey from the CBA to a desk at Fox Sports is a one-of-a-kind basketball story-only to be believed in the words of the guy who actually lived it. Zusammenfassung Commentator! analyst! author! and all-around pro basketball presence! Charley Rosen may seem like a natural! sprung upon the sports scene with the NBA in his blood. And yet how Rosen arrived at his present position comfortably overseeing basketball at its finest is a story as unexpected as it is delightful! documenting basketball travels as unlikely as they are nomadic and eclectic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Phil JacksonIntroductionChapter 1 - Portrait of the Hooper as a Young ManChapter 2 - Undergraduate Hits, Misses, and TurnoversChapter 3 - Basketball Follies in the Nearest EastChapter 4 - Big Man With a Small Whistle and a Medium-Sized GameChapter 5 - On the Road With the Woodstock JonesesChapter 6 - On an Off the Court With the Bard-OnsChapter 7 - The Crazy B-Ball AssChapter 8 - On the Bench With Phil JacksonChapter 9 - Good Night, Bobby KnightChapter 10 - The Fall, Winter, and Spring of Our DiscontentChapter 11 - Keeping My Day JobChapter 12 - Georgia on My MindChapter 13 - King Richard and the Rockford FilesChapter 14 - The Pacer, the D-Train, and Mister AnimalChapter 15 - In the Jailhouse NowChapter 16 - Blocked Shots, Bricks, and Barbequed BaloneyChapter 17 - Down and Eventually Out in AlbanyChapter 18 - The End of RegulationChapter 19 - Beyond BasketballOvertime...
