Top products from r/VintageNBA
We found 7 product mentions on r/VintageNBA. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
AMISTAD
2. Who's Better, Who's Best in Basketball?: Mr Stats Sets the Record Straight on the Top 50 NBA Players of All Time
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
3. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
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Number of reviews: 1
Great product!
4. Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball
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Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Here's what I know are facts:
8b) Is the "Best 50 Players" book respected or any good? I found out about in the bibliography of Bill Simmons' book. No matter what you think of BS's homer-ism, his depth of research on the history of the game is very impressive, and he placed this book in the "Extremely Useful" section of his bibliography (he grouped books by usefulness). You can confirm this for yourself by clicking on "Look Inside" at this link and scrolling down about 2/3 of the way to the Bibliography (just before the Index).
EDIT: It turns out the Knicks had 33-year-old Dick Barnett guarding Jerry West for most of the 1970 Finals instead of 24-year-old Walt Frazier .... kinda weird considering the reputation of Frazier. LINK
I would expect there are just lots and lots of street ballers who never made it for a variety of reasons.
I think this may have been the book I ran into as a kid - loved street ball:
> Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball 1st Edition by John Valenti
https://www.amazon.com/SweePea-Other-Playground-Legends-Basketball/dp/0935576398/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=John+Valenti&qid=1566760688&s=books&sr=1-5
Over the course of decades, who knows how many there are. We may have missed some true wonders.