Ultimate Guide to Basketball : Facts * Stats * Stars & Stuff

Thank goodness for Dr James Naismith. If you do not know who he is, you will find out in this amazing fact-filled book. (Okay, we'll tell you: He invented basketball.) In this book, you will find page after page of amazing stuff about basketball, a sport that is now popular world-wide.

Read about how the first pro leagues began; meet the greatest stars of past and present, and dig into basketball plays, slang, positions, statistics, and much more.

This is the one-stop shopping spot for hoop heads everywhere!

Your favourite professional team is in here. There is a special two-page section on every professional team.

Read about Jerry West, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and dozens more.

Learn why basketball players are called cagers, what a trey is, and why it's okay to be a gym rat!

Whether you follow college or pro hoops, this fact-packed, buzzer-beating book will be a slam dunk.