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_aSquadron, Alex, _eauthor. |
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_aLife in the G : _bminor league basketball and the relentless pursuit of the NBA / _cAlex Squadron ; foreword by Andre Ingram. |
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_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _c[2023] |
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_axi, 254 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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505 | 0 | _aWhat's the G League? -- It's Nice to Have You in Birmingham -- Tryouts -- Draft Day -- Training Camp -- Winning Matters -- The Marshmallow Experiment -- November 17, 2021 -- The Panic Button -- The Price of a Dream -- Basketball in the Magic City -- Omicron -- Showcase -- Going Up -- Centimeter of Chance -- Can You Pass This Test? -- A Ruthless Business -- Keep Going -- Malcolm Hill's Here -- At Peace -- Thinking about Life -- For the Love -- We All We Got -- Win or Go Home -- Never Ending. | |
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_a"Life in the G details the G League experience and the relentless pursuit of the NBA dream through the lens of the Birmingham Squadron's first season"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_a"The G League is the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G is about the arduous quest to achieve an improbable goal: making it to the NBA. Zeroing in on the Birmingham Squadron and four of its players-Jared Harper, Joe Young, Zylan Cheatham, and Malcolm Hill-Alex Squadron details the pursuit of a dream in what turned out to be the most remarkable season in the history of minor league sports. Life in the G League during a typical season is far from glamorous. Players make enormous sacrifices and work unimaginable hours in the hopes that someone in the NBA will give them a chance. To this day, very few fans-even the most passionate followers of the NBA-know much about the G League. In the fall of 2021-the team's inaugural season-the Birmingham Squadron granted author Alex Squadron complete access to the team to capture the experience of playing in the league. That year, with hundreds of NBA players sidelined by the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the G League saw a record number of signings. Sports Illustrated called it "the year of the NBA replacement player." Many of those players stayed in the NBA, earning life-changing contracts and taking on significant roles for their new teams. In addition to recounting the team's debut season, Squadron's access to the Birmingham Squadron enabled him to document the incredible journeys of G League players and to tell the larger story of life in the G. This is the inspiring tale of an unforgettable season and the emotional roller coaster for everyone involved in the chase for an NBA dream"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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