Book description
The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness and Gunslinger delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sportsâ most-reveredâand dominantâdynasties.
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The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrivalâŚ
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1 author picked Showtime as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Fans of the HBO drama Winning Time know about the rise of the Los Angeles Lakers of the early 1980s powered by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. Like the show, this book is about more than basketball.
It is a look inside the lives of high-profile athletes in the decade of decadence, and the money, drugs, sex, and egos that defined the eighties are here in full force. The show was greatâthe book is better.
From Adam's list on basketball fans.
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