Black men can't shoot / Scott N. Brooks.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Scott
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Basketball > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American basketball players > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Physical Description:xvii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Jermaine and Ray
  • Becoming a basketball player
  • Getting known through networks and exposure
  • Playing school ball
  • Old heads and young bulls
  • A Saturday morning at Espy
  • The heart of the playground
  • Chuck breaks them down
  • Gotta want it "like that"
  • Playing uptown
  • Some fall off
  • Bringing 'em back and putting it all together
  • The chip
  • The glow but reality of success
  • Ray vs. Green
  • Playing everywhere
  • Can't look poor
  • Implosion
  • Moving north
  • Learning other stuff
  • A star is born; another is still waiting
  • Politics and "pub(licity)"
  • Getting in (school) and getting out (of the hood)
  • Being used.