Hardcourt

Hardcourt is the story of the NBA, full of stories of its humble beginnings by a coach who was given a deadline of two weeks to come up with a game to keep his antsy students occupied, its early slow beginnings in empty gyms after World War II, the rule changes that immediately made it a more interesting game to watch, and, most of all, the players that amaze and bewitch us all.

Hardcourt is, start to finish, a mesmerizing book of the stories that kids (and adults!) will love to read over and over again. It certainly would have made life easier for me when I was a young mother with children who could do nothing but talk about basketball and the teams and the players, and it will give me an in with these same children who are now grownups and who continue to do nothing but talk about this sports and its teams and its players.

I can't wait to share news of this book with others. It's a marvel.