Falling from Grace: Can Pro Basketball Be Saved

The Nat. Basketball Assoc. may have been the runaway success story in sports in the 1980s, but midway through the 1990s the league was more like a runaway train, with superstars who can t make a free throw, all-stars who give their coach a blank check up front to cover their fines for the season, & shoe companies that make commercials with a spokesman who led the league in flagrant fouls, fines, ejections & suspensions. The troubles can be seen in every aspect of the sport. In this book, coaches, owners, refs, players, broadcasters, & general managers discuss, what's going wrong with pro basketball, & whether it can be saved.