The first tip-off the incredible story of the birth of the NBA /

• Main Author: Rosen, Charles.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
• Series: McGraw-Hill professional.
• Subjects: National Basketball Association > History.; Basketball > History. > United States; Electronic resource.; SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.; Electronic books.
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The only book to tell the unbelievable true story of the NBA's tumultuous first season In "The First Tip-Off," veteran basketball writer Charley Rosen brings readers back to the NBA's humble beginnings, when a colorful cast of characters laid the foundation for the empire that is...

Table of Contents:

• The First Basket and the First Basketeer
• The First Game
• Genesis
• The Penguin, the Mogul and the Constitution
• The Boston Celtics and the Clown-Prince of the BAA
• The Providence Steamrollers Hit a Roadblock
• Paul Birch Fires up the Pittsburgh Ironmen
• Of Money, Time, and Justice
• There's No "D" in Chicago Stags
• Big Ed Drives the Toronto Huskies to Ruin
• The Evolution and Extinction of the Cleveland Rebels
• The Professor and the St. Louis Bombers
• The Short Flight of the Detroit Falcons
• The Ethnic Knicks
• Gotty, Jumping Joe, and the Philadelphia Warriors
• The Washington Capitols and The Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach
• The Playoffs
• The First Champions
• Barely Alive.