Larry Legend - Hardcover
The life and times of NBA superstar Larry Bird, including a chronicle of his rookie coaching season with the Indiana Pacers
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Even without his masterful debut as coach of the 1997-1998 Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird's brilliant, gutsy career with the Boston Celtics--three NBA championship rings and a trio of Most Valuable Player trophies--cries out for celebration and reassessment. He was a dominant player, a thinking player who controlled the game as much with his leadership as his keen passing, tough "D," and the soft touch of his jumper. In Larry Legend, Shaw interweaves chapters of Bird's biography with chapters chronicling his Coach of the Year season to create a hybrid volume; rather than do both well, he does both adequately. Everything is here--Bird's French Lick, Indiana, childhood; why he left Bobby Knight and the Indiana University pressure cooker for lower profile Indiana State; the glory years with the Celtics; the rivalry with Magic Johnson; the back problems; and the ways he re-created the Pacers in his own court-burned image. The problem is presentation. As he jumps back and forth in time, Shaw impedes his own flow, a foul that Bird never committed. That's too bad, because Shaw is a capable reporter who loves his subject and does an otherwise admirable job of fleshing out the life of a man beneath the "Legend" of the title. --Jeff Silverman
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Mark Shaw is former lawyer, newspaper publisher, and network television personality turned author of nineteen published books. He currently lives in Superior, Colorado with his wife, librarian Wen-ying Lu and Black Sox, the wonder dog. More about Mark may be learned at www.markshawbooks.net or http://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/mark_william_shaw.
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- PublisherMasters Pr
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1570282358
- ISBN 13 9781570282355
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages330
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