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037    |bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, 
       Westminster, MD, USA, 21157|nSAN 201-3975 
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050 00 GV885.514|b.A37 2016 
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100 1  Abrams, Jonathan P. D.,|d1984-|eauthor. 
245 10 Boys among men :|bhow the prep-to-pro generation redefined
       the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution /|cJonathan 
       Abrams. 
250    First Edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown Archetype,|c[2016] 
300    326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520    The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro
       generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 
       2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA. 
       When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he
       would not be attending college--as young basketball 
       prodigies were expected to do--but instead enter the 1995 
       NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for
       a generation of teenage basketball players to head 
       straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the
       NBA instituted an age minimum in 2005, effectively 
       requiring all players to attend college or another 
       developmental program for at least one year. Over that 
       decade-plus period, the list of players who made that 
       difficult leap includes some of the most celebrated 
       players of the modern era--Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron 
       James, Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady, and numerous other 
       stars. It also includes notable busts who either 
       physically or mentally proved unable to handle the 
       transition. But for better or for worse, the face of the 
       NBA was forever changed by the prep-to-pro generation. 
       This book goes behind the scenes and draws on hundreds of 
       firsthand interviews to paint insightful portraits of the 
       most pivotal figures and events of the time. Award-winning
       basketball writer Jonathan Abrams has obtained remarkable 
       access to the key players, coaches, and other movers and 
       shakers from that time, and the result is a book packed 
       with rare insights and never-before-published details 
       about this chapter in NBA history.--Adapted from dust 
       jacket. 
610 20 National Basketball Association. 
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650  0 Basketball draft. 
650  0 Basketball players|xRecruiting|zUnited States. 
650  7 Basketball draft.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01741532 
650  7 Basketball players|xRecruiting.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00828287 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
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