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Title: Loose Balls : Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs & True Love in the NBA by Steve Friedman, Jayson Williams ISBN: 0-385-49226-X Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (37 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Straight Comedy
Comment: Jayson Williams is one of most comedic and genuine personalities in all of professional sports. He, along, with Charles Barkely, are experts at both rebounding and scoring as well as interviewing and clowning. At many stages of the book I found myself laughing out loud and will easily remember some of the outlandish events contained within the pages. Only one characteristic of the book restrained me from conveying the rating of 5 stars. After reading the Gentleman's Quarterly article (the funniest article that I have EVER read) which shared many of the same stories as the book, I expected more of the same. Instead, Loose Balls was more the PG-13 version of the article, and apparently some of the humor was lost in the translation. To me, a common trait to sports is the presentation of attitude, and, associated with it, the use of explicatives. The lack of these within the pages of the book made it somewhat less real, less genuine. To another athlete, the difference would be negligible, but to Jayson Williams, who is one of the most genuine personalities in all of professional sports, it makes all the difference.
Rating: 4
Summary: Laugh Riot
Comment: As I watched the Utah Jazz make their inevitable departure from the NBA playoffs, I was able to turn my attention to more enjoyable pursuits. Jayson Willaims has crafted (along with Steve Friedman) an amusing and enjoyable look into the life of an NBA player. Now let me be upfront, I am,not a big Jayson Williams fan, having endured his play in the Delta Center. I didn't think there was much Mr. Williams had to say, but I was wrong. This is a clear-eyed view of the state of professional basketball, the strong personalities that inhabit it, and the chaos that reigns behind the scenes. Mr. Williams isn't shy about offering his opinions. He is enormously entertaining, offering his opinions on fellow players, fans, money and basketball. The story of his trip after his first time in the playoffs is fall of your chair funny. I thought this was one of the most honest and funniest sports autobiographies since my favorite of all time, "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow, Because I Get Better Looking Every Day" by Joe Nameth. A funny, funny book.
Rating: 1
Summary: If this guy wasn't 7 feet tall....
Comment: ....he'd be flipping burgers. Like Charles Barkley (who -- big surprise -- is one of his best buddies), Jayson Williams is a self-important blowhard who uses his status as a minor celebrity as a platform to dispense his childish anecdotes and mind-numbing personal opinions. Here's an example of his brilliant insight: if you turn out the lights, any woman can be Cindy Crawford. Wow! Thanks for the tip, Jayson!
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Title: I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It by MICHAEL WILBON, CHARLES BARKLEY ISBN: 037550883X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: My Life by Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, William Novack ISBN: 0449222543 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Drive : The Story of My Life by Larry Bird ISBN: 0553287583 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Time of Darryl Dawkins by Darryl Dawkins, Charley Rosen ISBN: 0973144327 Publisher: SportClassic Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Threesome: Where Seduction, Power and Basketball Collide by Brenda L. Thomas ISBN: 0970380313 Publisher: Writers and Poets.com Pub. Date: 29 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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