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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3230973
Fabric Type: 9780306818103
Fax Number: 1
Legal Disclaimer: 0306818108
Maximum Color Depth: Da Capo Press
Metal Type: Da Capo Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 256
Total External Bays Free: October 28, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
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Product Description:
I’m on top of the world,” shouted NBA Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett, after the Boston Celtics clinched their league-leading 17th NBA championship over their archrival, the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers.
In Top of the World, Peter May chronicles the remarkable 2008 championship run of the team in green—their first in over twenty years. With the greatest single-season turnaround in NBA history, the Celtics went from the second-worst record last year to the best record this year. May charts the pivotal moments: from losing out on the Number 1 and Number 2 pick in last year’s draft lottery to swinging trades for future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen; from winning Game 4 of the Finals with one of the greatest come-from-behind victories in NBA Finals history to capping off their remarkable season with another championship banner.
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Great inside look into the championship season. If you want to read something that brings together all the links to an amazing season, read it!
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Top of the World focuses on the Boston Celtics' remarkable move from worst to first in 2008. The book really focuses on the 16 months that helped shape the new Celtics team. Starting from the disappointment of the draft and moving through each notable move made by the organization the author provides additional insights into the people who made it happen. I especially enjoyed learning about the players who aren't quite as high profile including Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Leon Powe, and Eddie House. The ... Read More
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As a big Boston Celtics fan, I was disappointed with Peter May's account of their 2007-08 championship run and their one-year transformation from the 2nd worst team in the NBA to title holder. It is short and easy-to-read, but much of it reads like a bunch of newspaper game stories strung together. There is little to no insight into what made the quickly-assembled team successful or how the personal relationships/chemistry of the team was formed. There are some good background accounts of the personalities ... Read More
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Living through a world championship season as a fan and re-living it can be quite different animals. Unless the chronicler reviewing the season - in this case that of the 2007-08 basketball season - hits the high notes and low notes correctly, the whole experience can come off as flat.
May does more than hit the notes. This book is a road map to the championship of the National Basketball Association, an amazing inter-weaving of diverse paths that led through high schools and colleges, off the streets ... Read More
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I found this book to an enjoyable quick read. I really liked the background the book gives you on the key Celtics players. I found Kendrick Perkins early life to be very interesting. Also, who almost became the Celtics assistant coach. Being a Celtics fan living in Boston and watching all the games I found the pages devoted to reliving the playoffs and finals a bit too soon for me but again I expected that when I bought the book. If you want to learn more about all the hard work it took to get the Celtics back on top ... Read More
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