Who`s Better, Who`s Best in Basketball

ABC`s and ESPN`s Mr. Stats ranks the NBA`s greatest players of all time in this provocative and comprehensive book Elliot Kalb`s work is beyond excellent. He thinks in story lines and uses numbers and history to make compelling and often original points. --Bob Costas ...a book that any hardcore basketball fan can savor. -- San Francisco Chronicle When the NBA released its supposedly authoritative list of the top 50 players, basketball fans everywhere begged to differ. In Who`s Better, Who`s Best? Elliot Kalb, known to TV viewers as ABC`s Mr. Stats, enters the fray. The ultimate NBA historian and authority in armchair athletes` disputes, Kalb interweaves numbers, facts, and anecdotes to flesh out the central question in every basketball fan`s mind: Who`s the best? His choices are provocative (Michael Jordan isn`t #1; he`s not even #2), framed by discussions with unorthodox sources and respected NBA experts, players, and coaches. A tremendously satisfying book for anyone hungry for statistics and debate, this is the ultimate behind-the-numbers story of the best of the NBA. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.