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1. Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia
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2. Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball
- Used Book in Good Condition
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3. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
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4. God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery
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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.