Description
The NBA has the wind in its sails in France. Second market in the world after the United States, American basketball and its culture attract more and more fans to Tony Parker's country. Among them, a solid base of "pioneers" whose nights were rocked by the exploits of Jordan, Pippen or Barkley in the 90s.
Lovers of NBA who keep forever in memory the painful memory of a season like no other autres: 1998-1999. And for good reason! For seven months, they were deprived of their sport by the longest lockout (strike) in the history of the Big League and lost for the second time the greatest player in history, Michael Jordan. And yet, despite the pain and many critics, this season was also rich in emotions and unforgettable events.
It is this incredible and never documented story that NBA 98-99 - A Black and White Season proposes to discover. By presenting each team and its history, Anthony Saliou comes back with seriousness and humor on the destruction of Bulls, the crazy (and last) season of New York Knicks and the premier title of San Antonio Spurs. Both a tribute to the NBA guides of yesteryear and to American almanacs, this book is a compendium of information and unpublished anecdotes.
Thanks to prestigious contributors such as Jacques Monclar and Xavier Vaution (BeIN Sports), George Eddy (legendary Canal+ commentator), Pascal Legendre (editor-in-chief of Basket Europe) or David de Trashtalk, this dive into the end of the last century will seduce all generations of NBA fans.
