Court Vision

Nobellaureatsonthefastbreak?Symphonyorchestraconductorsonthealley-oop?Astronautsonthefreethrow?BestsellingNewYorkTimeswriterIraBerkowpresentsauniquelookatAmerica'spremiersport--anditsfans--thorughinterviewswitharemarkablecrosssectionofwidlyknownandextraordinarilyaccomplishedindividualsinavarietyoffields，whoexplainwhatthelureofbasketballisforthem.BerkowtalkedwithChrisRock，WoodyAllen，TomBrokaw，SaulBellow，JohnnieCochranJr.，WalterMatthau，NikkiGiovanni，DonaldTrump，JuliaChild，FrankStella，EricaJong，GroverWashingtonJr.，SeijiOzawa，andSharonStone，amongothers，touncoverfresh，funny，controversial，andoftensurprisingopinionsabouttheteamsandplayerswhomakethegameintriguing."Myheightwasinsufficientforaseriouscareer.Buttothisday，ifIplayinagamewithkidseightyearsoldandunder，I'matremendouslyeffectiveshotblocker."--WoodyAllen"Abasketballgameisatwo-hourversionoflife，andthat'sthebeautyofit.Youhaveastart，youhaveamiddle，youhaveafinish.Thenicepartisthatyoudon'thavetogoeightyyears."--DonaldTrump"Ialwayssaythatthemostdangerousplayinbasketballistheopenwhiteman.It'sbecausethereisnothingmoresurefire....Awhiteguyopenbehindthearcisfrightening."--ChrisRockTheinterviewsalsooffercompellinginsightnotonlyintowhatmakesbasketballtranscendent，buttheseluminariesviewtheworldofbasketballhowtheirownparticularexpertiseandlearnfromit.