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Remembering Kobe Bryant: Players, Coaches, and Broadcasters Recall the Greatest Basketball Player of His Generation

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Remembering Kobe Bryant: Players, Coaches, and Broadcasters Recall the Greatest Basketball Player of His Generation

Contributors:

By (Author) Sean Deveney
Foreword by Jerry West

ISBN:

9781613219775

Series:
Publisher:

Sports Publishing LLC

Imprint:

Sports Publishing LLC

Publication Date:

4th October 2016

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Basketball
Sports teams and clubs
History of sport

Dewey:

796.323

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

181g

Description

When he entered the NBA in 1996 as a high-school star from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, Kobe Bryant faced enormous expectations. No one can deny that he rose to the challenge. Nineteen years later, Bryants status as a Hall of Fame player is assured. During his stellar career, Bryant won five NBA championships; was a seventeen-time All-Star, NBA MVP, and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He led the league in scoring in 2006 and 2007.

Now for the first time, hear stories from opponents, teammates, and players about what it was like to go against Kobe in Facing Kobe Bryant. Contributors include:

Charles Barkley
Grant Hill
Reggie Miller
And many more!

Kobe Bryant was the greatest basketball player of his generationa former schoolboy prodigy whose moves are now imitated in gyms and playgrounds around the world. Facing Kobe Bryant provides an unprecedented glimpse into what it was like to play against one of the best of all time.

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Author Bio

Sean Deveney is a journalist who has covered all aspects of sports throughout his career. Formerly with the Sporting News, he currently writes for Heavy.com, Forbes SportsMoney, and NBA Alumni. The author of Facing Michael Jordan, Fun City, Greed and Glory, and Before Wrigley Became Wrigley.

Jerry West played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960 to 1974, earning All-Star honors in each of those years and induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980. He was the Lakers general manager from 1982 to 1994 and executive vice president of basketball operations from 1995 to 2000.

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