He's interested in the Lakers as experienced by diehard fans and beat writers, not biographers and ESPN Classic documentaries. (Audiobook). Wählen Sie ein Land/eine Region für Ihren Einkauf.
Very comprehensive and well researched. There's a lot to digest here. His sixth book, a behind-the-scenes portrait of the ‘Showtime’ Los Angeles Lakers, could be the one everyone remembers, though. Welcome back.
Jeff Pearlman, the veteran sports writer (and Delaware-adjacent homeboy), has a masterpiece with "Showtime" an amazing look behind the life and times of the 80s LA Lakers dynasty - all the gory details included! Read more. Feels a little trashy at times but it doesn't keep that tone.
I ditched school and headed to the DTLA celebration when they won the championship in 1985. Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness and Gunslinger delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-revered — and dominant — dynasties. This book is is an easy read and is very entertaining. Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern, um unsere Dienste anzubieten, um zu verstehen, wie die Kunden unsere Dienste nutzen, damit wir Verbesserungen vornehmen können, und um Werbung anzuzeigen. Rezension aus Australien vom 22. On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Pearlman’s book is being picked up by HBO. On of the best NBA books that i have read. März 2016.
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. When writing about the active social lives of Jerry Buss and Magic Johnson, the author includes the voices of women who worked for the team and player wives. Praise for Jeff Pearlman and Showtime "A marvelous and dishy history of the Showtime Lakers, full of bare-knuckled assessments . Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. Led by Magic Johnson's passing skills and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring, the team relied on fast breaks and won five NBA championships.Lakers owner Jerry Buss purchased the team in 1979, and he wanted their games to … I hate the Lakers, but this was a fun read. - who according to Pearlman should have been signing autographs and being nice to LA sportswriters instead of reading and minding his own business (the creep!). Alle kostenlosen Kindle-Leseanwendungen anzeigen. Through his relentless reporting and buoyant writing, Jeff Pearlman has delivered the story in full, from rare insight into Kareem and Magic to what (ital) really (ital) went on after-hours in the Forum Club. The machinations behind the personnel moves, the interactions, and the mentalities of the men who made all that happen are laid out in great detail. Nevertheless, that is not a major flaw and I would still give this book five stars! We’d love your help. I enjoyed this book during the 2016 NBA Finals. Those books already exist. But this was still a super compelling read. This book is is an easy read and is very entertaining. Before Magic and Bird, and NBA highlight films by a more savvy media office, NBA stars were not so "super." It spent four weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Comment Report abuse. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. Geben Sie Ihre Mobiltelefonnummer ein, um die kostenfreie App zu beziehen. He also goes behind the known stories and images to reveal the faults and frailties of the personalities involved. Just a massive book. In basketball, I am a Houston Rockets fan through and through, but I can appreciate great teams and talent. In some ways, Golden State's small ball run-n-gun is like a throwback to the early 80's Lakers. This book is about the Lakers, and as a Bulls fan who gets irritated when people don't remember Horace Grant and Ron Harper, it's easy to appreciate.
So many stories and anecdotes. Leider ist ein Problem beim Speichern Ihrer Cookie-Einstellungen aufgetreten. Individual player stories are woven throughout the chronology.
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Lots of these team histories are hagiographies, published only to be bought as props for a mancave.
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Pearlman's history of the Lakers is genuinely sports as history - critical, lucid, enlightening. Etwas ist schiefgegangen. Hinzufügen war nicht erfolgreich. And Pat Riley probable the greatest coach in the 80 to win 5 championship. Aside from that, I felt like I learned a lot about a team that I have loved my whole life. The discussion about the end of showtime is not as thorough as the discussion at the start, on how it was created. So many stories and anecdotes. You get mini-bios of all the people involved and the great teams of the time. Dieser Artikel kann nicht an den von Ihnen ausgewählten Lieferort versendet werden.
temporär gesenkter USt. You'll find nothing new in this easy to read, if somewhat shallow, re-telling of the 1980s Lakers. The only quibble for me would be that there is hardly a mention of Chick Hearn, who is just as key a part of showtime as Kareem, Magic, Rambis, Riley, Worthy, etc. There are tales of egos, dedication, and what it takes exactly to build a championship dynasty team.