Richie Adubato, Peter Kerasotis

Havin' a Ball

My Improbable Basketball Journey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Richie Adubato—one of basketball’s most colorful characters and storytellers—chronicles his life in the game, from New Jersey high schools to head coach in both the NBA and the WNBA.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 146mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781496212825
• ISBN-10: 1496212827
• Artikelnr.: 59180291

Autorenporträt

Richie Adubato has spent six decades in basketball, coaching high school, college, NBA, WNBA, and internationally. In the NBA, he was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, and Orlando Magic and an assistant coach with the Pistons, Mavericks, Magic, Knicks, and Cavaliers. He also served as a consultant with the Boston Celtics. Currently a color analyst for the Magic, Adubato lives in Lake Mary, Florida, with his wife, Carol. Peter Kerasotis is an author and journalist who has won numerous awards, including ten Associated Press Sports Editor Awards. He is the coauthor of Alou: My Baseball Journey (Nebraska, 2018).  

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dick Vitale
1. The Jersey Guys
2. Back in College
3. Closing in on the Big Time
4. Motormouth City
5. Unfortunately, You Can Go Home Again
6. From the Garden State to Madison Square Garden
7. From the Big Apple to Big D
8. Back in the Saddle Again
9. Orlando by Way of Cleveland
10. Shaq, We Hardly Knew You
11. My Last Go as an NBA Head Coach
12. Ricky and Me
13. I Always Considered Myself a Ladies’ Man
14. Finishing in a Blaze . . . but Not of Glory
15. Into the Mystic
16. A Basketball-Shaped World
17. The Sound and the Funny
18. Havin' a Ball
Appendix: Coaching Timeline