Moses and the Doctor : two men, one championship, and the birth of modern basketball / Luke Epplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epplin, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malone, Moses, 1955-2015.

Malone, Moses.

Erving, Julius.

National Basketball Association.

NBA Finals (Basketball) (1983).

NBA Finals (Basketball).

Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team)--History.

Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team).

American Basketball Association (1967-1976).

Basketball players--United States--Biography.

Basketball players.

Genre:

Informational works.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 367 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Two men, one championship, and the birth of modern basketball

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"In the early 1970s, playground courts across the United States were jammed with hoops buffs experimenting with showy moves and aerial shots that were changing the look and feel of a sport once stubbornly earthbound. Out of this scene emerged a pair of incomparable yet dissimilar streetball sensations, both of whom would make their name in the American Basketball Association, an upstart professional league characterized as much by flamboyance as invention. Julius Erving, better known as Dr. J, became a mythic figure whose airborne acrobatics inspired an army of high-flying acolytes. Moses Malone, a down-and-dirty banger, scrambled basketball apprenticeships forever by skipping directly from high school to the pros. Into the 1980s, Erving and Malone switched leagues, won MVPs, shattered records, and led their respective clubs into the playoff's championship round. But one prize eluded them: an NBA title. After suffering perennial defeat at the hands of Magic Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird's Boston Celtics, the two eventually joined forces on the Philadelphia 76ers, blending their contrasting talents into a seamless whole. Together, Erving and Malone set out to accomplish what no other NBA team fronted by ex-ABA superstars had managed."--Amazon.

Contents:

Prologue: The speech

Part I: ABA. Call me the Doctor

The prodigy

The red, white, and blue

Dissolution

The start of the odyssey

Part II: NBA. The Philadelphia monster

Individual versus team

Rise and drift

The Philadelphia reboot

Collision course

The Boston mystique

Of rebounds and planets

Then end

Part III: Merger. The unanticipated suitor

Perfectly mismatched

The Philadelphia machine

Role reversal

The final fo'

The alliance

Epilogue: The unraveling

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780306833496

0306833492

OCLC:

1522716336

Publisher Number:

90104363411