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Prima di Ibra, Messi e Cristiano Ronaldo c'erano loro: Magic Johnson e Larry Bird. Erano gli sportivi più famosi del pianeta, quelli che facevano vendere le maglie con il loro nome e il loro numero e le scarpe che indossavano sul parquet. Il basket erano loro e agli inizi degli anni Ottanta anche l'Italia se ne accorse, grazie alle telecronache di Dan Peterson, che fecero conoscere a tutti lo Showtime dei Los Angeles Lakers e il gioco sobrio ed efficace dei Boston Celtics. Rivali fin dai tempi del college, poi nemici, infine amici (ma sempre rivali) e soprattutto consci della necessità della presenza in campo dell'altro. Perché i Lakers, neri allenati da un bianco, avevano bisogno dei Celtics, allenati da un nero e con star bianche, così come Magic aveva bisogno di Bird. E viceversa. Oggi quei due grandi giocatori hanno scritto un libro insieme per raccontare la loro epopea assieme a quella di altri campioni come Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Doctor J e Michael Jordan. Dalle sfide universitarie al Dream Team di Barcellona '92, probabilmente la squadra più forte di sempre, sicuramente la più spettacolare. Per ricordare i tempi in cui il basket, e non solo, erano loro due.
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- Pagine: 495
- Data di uscita: 30-04-2014
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Intriguing and detailed look at two basketball greats I am a huge NBA basketball fan, with a special love of the game from the 80s--00s. I also really love journalist Jackie MacMullan, so when I received this book through a bookswap, I was quite excited. Obviously it probably appeals to a particular Leggi tutto
Bird and Magic were NBA saviors just before my time, and this book, expertly written, helped me appreciate both more as players and for their role in the league. It jumped around a bit here and there, but moved quickly and was always engaging.
This book made my top 10 nonfiction list of 2021! Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/TByaMqiy4JQ As a lifelong fan of the NBA this book hurts me. Reading about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and that time period of basketball makes me feel like an old man who just doesn’t understand kids today. Leggi tutto
Reading this book really took me back to my college days. I was a freshman at Indiana University the year Bird and Johnson faced each other in the NCAA finals, and had been an IU basketball fan for years. I remember seeing Larry Bird on the IU campus for some kind of sports dinner just before he sta Leggi tutto
This book was really interesting. Obviously I know Larry Bird and Magic Johnson but it was really good to read more about their personal lives and just how extreme their rivalry was. At times the book seemed to lose its focus or explain some issues too much, but overall it was a very good book that
Man, what a book. What a show NBA games depicted back in the day. I think this book captured some of the magic that nowadays you don't see everyday; legends battling it out on the basketball courts from East Coast to the West Coast for the championship. Great details from the author, Larry Bird in s Leggi tutto
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