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Unguarded

My Forty Years Surviving in the Nba

by Terry Pluto ; Lenny Wilkens

ISBN: 0684873745
ISBN-13: 9780684873749
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Over 40 years of basketball history-and American history-are chronicled in this memoir by the NBA coach who has led the Seattle SuperSonics and the Atlanta Hawks to championships and who has been entered into the Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and as a coach. Wilkens, who has experienced the tremendous changes-for the better and for the worse-of the sport, offers his honest perspective on players, coaches, and the state of the game.

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"A welcome memoir....Cordial and courtly...of considerable appeal to roundball fans."

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2000
Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 302

Publisher's Notes

The most winning coach in NBA history looks back on a life in professional basketball, offering a personal take on the remarkable changes that have shaped the sport over the past four decades.

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Unguarded: My Forty Years Surviving in the NBA

Lenny Wilkens; Terry Pluto

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