Araton, Harvey

Looks at the history of the National Basketball Association looking at the sustained boom from Magic Johnson and Larry Bird through the early twenty-first century.

The Boston Celtics, proud owners of sixteen NBA world championships, are perhaps the most storied and successful franchise in American sports history. Many have praised the team and its brash,cigar-puffing godfather, Red Auerbach, but no book has ever coldly and critically analyzed the seldom-talked-about underside of this powerful dynasty - until now.

"An account--part autobiography, part sports history--of a young New York sportswriter sent out to cover his favorite team, the New York Knicks, during the social unrest of the 1960s and 70s"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the power and exploitation that has weakened the game of basketball, and examines the root causes of the declining interest in the sport, the arrogance of many of its professional players, and the out-of-control multimillion-dollar salaries.