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185090.61 in reply to 185090.60
Date: 5/24/2011 12:59:26 AM
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Hey noodles

Totally agree Bill Simmon's Book of Basketball is awesome....I picked it up at the airport in Boston and definetly informative and very funny look at the nba and basketball.

Have you got "Can i keep my Jersey"?

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185090.62 in reply to 185090.61
Date: 5/24/2011 3:42:14 AM
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No i haven't - IS that Paul Shirley's book? If not what's it about?
(i'm too lazy to google)

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185090.63 in reply to 185090.62
Date: 5/24/2011 4:31:53 AM
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Yep it's Paul shirley's book....

Have you got :07 seconds or less - a season spent with the run and gun Phoenix Sums?? That is also a good read.

Ahhh I got the thread back on track :-p

From: yodabig

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185090.64 in reply to 185090.63
Date: 5/24/2011 6:01:57 AM
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I was more of a picture/attitude book and it was abut 15 years ago that I last saw it but did anyone ever see the "In Your Face Basketball Book"? It was both informative and hilarious but would be very dated now.

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185090.65 in reply to 185090.64
Date: 5/24/2011 6:10:12 AM
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Huh interesting i might have to look it up for laughs...

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185090.66 in reply to 185090.63
Date: 5/24/2011 6:39:49 AM
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yeah i read 07 seconds or less about a month ago - great read. I liked it mostly for the insight into how Mike D'Antoni runs a team. Obviously alot of what you read about in the book can be seen with the Knicks. Also the Ediie House stories are brilliant. Bill Simmons calls him an "irrational confidence" guy in his columns and podcasts and you can see why when you read this.


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185090.67 in reply to 185090.66
Date: 5/24/2011 8:05:23 AM
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I even developed an appreciation for what Alvin Gentry would be like as a coach

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185090.68 in reply to 185090.67
Date: 5/24/2011 7:45:25 PM
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Alvin is a very temperamental guy, love the way he is handling the Suns atm..
and they rewarded him with a contract extension..

The suns need to replace robin lopez with a guy like blake griffin or something LOL.

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185090.69 in reply to 185090.68
Date: 5/24/2011 8:54:46 PM
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Sounds like a fair trade although the Suns might have to give the clips some "cash considerations".

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185090.70 in reply to 185090.69
Date: 5/24/2011 10:11:09 PM
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lol A lopez for Griffin deal would take a boat load more than "cash considerations" That said i'd love to see Blake playing for PHoenix, NY or Golden State - he'd set the all time season high alley-oop record for sure!

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Date: 5/29/2011 6:49:45 AM
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I have just returned to this thread after a couple of weeks to find (sadly) that the Darwin v Bible topic dissipated so easily. Such a controversial topic but such an important one. Ah well...I might just add, Naker, I'm 100% with Pete on this one. I'm also an avid Dawkins fan; have most of his work. When I'm not reading Jung (another inspirational hero for me) I'm revisiting Dawkins. Book, DVD or internet interviews...all good!

...following on from the Dragonlance chronicles and series, I emerged myself into Feist and Eddings many years ago now. Pug (Milamber) was a character I still recall vividly and with effection. Eddings likewise had such a memorable character in Spahawk! I still have somewhere, boxed from many moves, both of these authors' series. Ah, the memories...

What would life be like without such powerful fantasy writers...

As someone who strongly believes that what we read, what we read as children then teenagers, impacts heavily on the adult we become. These fantasy books played a significant role in shaping my own life in many ways.

I would think that I am not the only one who shares these thoughts???

Sorry for misdirecting the 'basketball books' thread here, Noodles, but what can I say...


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