Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court

Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court

Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court

Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court

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Overview

A memoir by the NBA Hall of Fame player, active from 1977-1993 and widely regarded as one of the all-time great New York Knicks.

NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King is one of the most dynamic scorers in basketball history. King was notoriously private as a player, and rarely spoke to the press-not about his career and never about his personal life. And even beyond his prolific scoring, King will forever be remembered for the gruesome knee injury he suffered in 1985. Doctors who told him he'd never play again were shocked when he not only became the first player to return to the NBA from a torn ACL, but returned at an All Star level. In Game Face, King finally opens up about his life on and off the court. In his book, King's basketball I.Q. is on full display as he breaks down defenses using his own unique system for taking shots from predetermined spots on the floor. King talks about matching up against some of the all-time NBA greats, from Michael Jordan, Julius Erving and Charles Barkley to Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and many others. He also tackles issues of race and family off the court, as well as breaking a personal cycle of negativity and self-destructiveness with the help of his family. Engaging, shocking, revelatory, yet always positive and upbeat, Bernard King's memoir appeals to multiple generations of basketball fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780306825712
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 11/07/2017
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 13 MB
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About the Author

About The Author
Bernard King, NBA Hall of Famer and a college basketball legend, was one of the most explosive scorers in the history of the NBA. Though his NBA career included major knee reconstruction -- costing him two years in the prime of his career -- King returned to the court despite great odds. He proved skeptics wrong when, at thirty-four, he became the oldest player at that time to start on an NBA All-Star team. King poured in more than 19,000 points in a career spent with the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Washington Bullets.

Jerome Preisler is a New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books.

Table of Contents

B'Ball ix

Author's Note xi

Tip-off xiii

First Quarter Fort Greene, Brooklyn

1 The Birth of My Game Face 3

2 "Little Spal" 16

3 Walking in Rhythm 22

4 The Restoration Eagles 32

5 Brooklyn to Tennessee 47

Second Quarter The Big Orange

6 The Ernie and Bernie Show 69

7 Outside the Lines 102

8 Game On 110

Third Quarter The NBA Years

9 Drafted 123

10 The New Jersey Nets 138

11 Rookie Mistakes 153

12 Fast Break 161

13 Hard Falls and Second Chances 170

14 The Golden State Warriors 184

15 Knick Time 195

16 In Transition 205

17 Season of Ascension 225

18 "Who Cares? We Won!" 235

19 Battling Boston 248

20 The Injury 261

21 The Journey Back 267

22 Back to the NBA 280

Fourth Quarter Moving Forward

23 Life After the NBA 291

24 A New Life 296

Conclusion: I Love You, Son 301

Appendixes

King Spots: Scoring To Win 307

Key Statistics and Honors 311

Acknowledgments 313

Index 317

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