Showing posts with label basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label basketball. Show all posts

Friday, August 7, 2020

Movie Review: The Last Dance



I confess that I didn't know too much about Michael Jordan before watching this. I didn't start really watching basketball until my 20s. And then it was all about Paul Pierce and the Celtics.

I knew that he:
* Had been cut from his high school team
* Went to North Carolina
* Played for the Chicago Bulls
* Played with Scottie Pippen
* Won a bunch of games and several championships
* Wore Hanes (which wasn't even in the series)


I did not know that:
* He went 3rd in the overall draft
* Had a terrible relationship with the team management
* Scottie Pippen was so good and so underpaid
* The Michael Rules
* The Management broke up the team
* Other players on the team
* How MJ made up stories in his mind to fuel his fire
* How badly MJ needed to win all the time - no matter the cost

I really really enjoyed this series. I learned so much about basketball and the players, coaches, and management. Because I didn't know most of the stories, I was on edge for a lot of the series. A fantastic series to binge!

I do wish there had been a little bit more at the end of what happened to the key people. I know there was that snippet - but I wanted more.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Review: Pick-Up Game

It’s a hot July day and the crowd is starting to gather around the Cage. The court is on West 4th Street and everybody knows about it. The biggest and best basketball players in the city are here – playing their hearts out for a chance for fame. The spectators come to watch an amazing day of basketball.

My Thoughts: I love how the stories are so different yet blend perfectly together. I love the descriptions of basketball. Nine authors write short stories (sometimes in verse) where the world revolves around basketball. I love the different perspectives - some from the crowd and some from the players. I can visualize the entire day. My heart pounds in rhythm of the basketball dribbling.

Cover Thoughts: I really like it!

Source: Read for TeensReadToo

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

King James

has a book out...

Totally buying it for the teen section.