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Title: Loose Balls : Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA by Jayson Williams ISBN: 0-7679-0569-5 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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: 5
Summary: Want to know more about the life of a NBA Player?
Comment: I was lucky enough to read this book when it was first released several years ago. Before I read the book, I had little idea who Jayson Williams was. This book is something that everyone that wishes to know more about the life of a professional basketball player should read. Jayson reveals dirt about other players and dishes out some pretty funny stories. He also has a serious side and goes into deep depth about his childhood and his family. This one is worth checking out. Many celebrity bio's don't seem real, but this one seems as if Jayson is telling it like it is. I wasn't ready for this one to be over.
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: 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: 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: Money Players: Inside the New Nba by Armen Keteyian, Harvey Araton, Martin F. Dardis ISBN: 0671568108 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson by Larry Platt ISBN: 0060097736 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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