What book are you currently reading, or recommend?

[DubCoffman62]

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I'd rank the books in this order:
1. Ricky Henderson: Interesting bio, he's undoubtedly the all time greatest lead off batter in MLB. He always played with a "I'm not paid enough" chip on his shoulder which is one reason he played on so many differents team during his MLB career. His career stats were "legendary". A guy famously said that you could cut him in half and have 2 HOF players. Apparently he could have been even better as he was accused of "slacking off" at times. He was born a decade or two too early. His "swagger" wasn't appreciated back then and just after his career peaked the baseball salaries really escalated with free agency. He did make $44M over 25 years; but just think how much a player with his ability would be making today.
2. Tony Stewart: His bio, all he ever wanted to be was a race car diver.
3. Dale Earnhardt, Jr: This book just give an honest account of his concussion issues.
4. Carlos Boozer: He has no regrets on how he screwed over the Cavaliers. Interesting that (like Serans William's parents see book in earlier post) his parents scarified a lot to develop his basketball skills at a very young age.

Speaking of Carlos Boozer many forget or don't know that he played high school ball in Juneau Alaska. In the 90's when I was living in Anchorage and working remote I was a big fan of the high school basketball scene up there. I watched Trajan Langdon play from freshman to senior. I was at his national break out game when he almost single handedly, as a sophomore, beat an Oak Hill Academy team that was 8 deep with division 1 prospects. Basketball is big up there and the skill level is very high. The team from Juneau, even before Boozer, was a team to be dealt with. Mario Chalmers is another Alaska great, from Bartlett High.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Speaking of Carlos Boozer many forget or don't know that he played high school ball in Juneau Alaska. In the 90's when I was living in Anchorage and working remote I was a big fan of the high school basketball scene up there. I watched Trajan Langdon play from freshman to senior. I was at his national break out game when he almost single handedly, as a sophomore, beat an Oak Hill Academy team that was 8 deep with division 1 prospects. Basketball is big up there and the skill level is very high. The team from Juneau, even before Boozer, was a team to be dealt with. Mario Chalmers is another Alaska great, from Bartlett High.

Do you know the story as to how he ended up in Alaska?

Up until the time Carlos was 6 they lived in Washington DC and is best friend was Chris (age 7). Carlos and Chris were very good at basketball even at that age. They were in a pickup game with some older kids. Chris made a basketball move and that made one of them look really bad. That kid (who was a gang member) walked over to his bike, pulled out a gun, and shot Chris. Chris died in Carlos' arms. Carlos' family feared feared for his life as he was a witness to the crime. They wanted to get away from the DC area so they almost immediately packed up everything in the car and headed for Alaska. They had a relative living there. I found this article (I think it was just taken from the book):

‘Chris died in my arms’: NBA star Carlos Boozer on the murder that shaped his life

In an extract from his memoir, the 13-year NBA veteran reveals the childhood tragedy he has kept secret for more than 30 years

www.theguardian.com

 

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Do you know the story as to how he ended up in Alaska?

Up until the time Carlos was 6 they lived in Washington DC and is best friend was Chris (age 7). Carlos and Chris were very good at basketball even at that age. They were in a pickup game with some older kids. Chris made a basketball move and that made one of them look really bad. That kid (who was a gang member) walked over to his bike, pulled out a gun, and shot Chris. Chris died in Carlos' arms. Carlos' family feared feared for his life as he was a witness to the crime. They wanted to get away from the DC area so they almost immediately packed up everything in the car and headed for Alaska. They had a relative living there. I found this article ( I think it was taken from the book):

‘Chris died in my arms’: NBA star Carlos Boozer on the murder that shaped his life

In an extract from his memoir, the 13-year NBA veteran reveals the childhood tragedy he has kept secret for more than 30 years

www.theguardian.com

Had no idea.

Thank you very much for posting this.

 

[DaiMonMoore]

Did not know either. Makes even crazier the hate he got from Cleveburg fans for making a business decision. Par for the course for fans so deranged that they made death threats against Modell and burned Lebron's jersey. But the worst fans in America is a topic for another thread.