Book description
The first book from the legendary New Yorker writer John McPhee, tells about Bill Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen.
When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. In A Sense of Where You Are,
McPhee delineates forā¦
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Bill Bradley was as far from a typical college and NBA superstar as can possibly be imagined. He was 6ā5ā but could barely dunk. In a race between the tortoise and the hare, he would be the tortoise. Yet, with an uncanny set of shooting, passing, and rebounding skills, he became the nationās top high school prospect, with more than 70 colleges, including every powerhouse in the sport, offering him a scholarship. Instead, he chose to play at lowly Princeton, in one of the gameās weakest conferencesāthe Ivy Leagueāwhere he averaged more than 30 points a game over the courseā¦
From Michael's list on capturing the cultural aspects of basketball.
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