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Author Strauss, Ethan Sherwood, author.

Title The victory machine : the making and unmaking of the Warriors dynasty / Ethan Sherwood Strauss.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  796.323 STRAUSS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.323 STR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3236 STRAUSS    Check Shelf
Edition First Edition.
Description 214 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "The Golden State Warriors are the envy of the modern NBA. Chasing their third consecutive championship, they have assembled an incredible wealth of athletic talent, lead the league in merchandise sales, and are planning to move into a glitzy new stadium next season. Their owner, Joe Lacob, regularly hosts the top CEOs and influencers of Silicon Valley in his box, fashioning himself into one of the most powerful men in the world. Yet inside the organization, there is considerably more strife. In this breakthrough work of reportage, star NBA reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss investigates the team's culture, its financial ambitions and struggles, and the toll that being a super-team can take. In so doing, he not only rewrites the story of the Warriors, but reveals how the Darwinian business of NBA basketball really works. Reconstructing the deals that lured Steph Curry away from Nike and Kevin Durant away from Oklahoma City, Strauss shows how the smallest mistakes can define success or failure for years. And, as he looks ahead to the 2020 season, Strauss ponders whether this organization can survive its own ambitions"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents The big deal -- Light-years -- The invention of Kerr -- Sneaker wars -- Kevin and me -- The final March after April -- The king of "I don't know" -- Maximum chaos.
Subject Golden State Warriors (Basketball team)
Basketball -- Economic aspects.
National Basketball Association -- History.
Golden State Warriors (Basketball team) (OCoLC)fst00586525
National Basketball Association. (OCoLC)fst00516112
Basketball -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00828214
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author PublicAffairs (Publisher)
Added Title Making and unmaking of the Warriors dynasty
ISBN 9781541736238 (hardcover)
1541736230 (hardcover)
9781541736214 (eBook)
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