DICK BOGLE
There are lo t* o f reasons why I
think au th or David H alberstam 's
latest b oo k, The Breaks o f the
Game, is the Tinesl book I ’ ve ever
read about basketball and in p a r
ticular pro basketball.
The book is an e xam in atio n o f
professional basketball and how it
has changed because o f two primary
reasons: the Black dominance o f the
game and television.
Halberstam uses the 1979 80 edi
tion o f the Portland Trailblazers as
the example o f w h at’ s good about
the game and what can go wrong a f
ter reaching the pinnacle o f a cham
pionship only three years before.
There are heroes, v illain s and
clowns. How ever, only the heroes
are one-dim ensional. A utho r H a l
berstam portrays even those the
reader would suspect o f the <reatcst
villainy in an even-handed i inner.
I must admit I raced through the
book with great excitement because
I frequently talked with Halberstam
during his many visits to Portland
while he was researching the book.
M y a n tic ip a tio n grew w ith each
passing month waiting for its publi
cation. Because I know so many o f
the players I wanted to check how
the author presented them for mass
consumption. I plan to read it a sec
ond time at a more leisurely pace,
this tim e searching for flaws and
personality m is in te rp re ta tio n . I
doubt however that I will find any
significant such mistakes.
As the book develops, the story o f
three men— Paul Silas, Lennie W il
ing pains o f the two which brings in
to great clarity the understanding o f
why each man is the way he is.
W ilkins is the player chosen to il
lustrate the then and now o f the
N B A — the then being a basically
white league and what a Black play
er had to do in o rd er to survive.
Very g ra p h ic a lly it also describes
what was done to Lennie both as a
player and then later on as a coach
in a league fin a lly dom in ated by
Black players.
Luke is chosen as the main T ra il
blazer in the book. It delves in to
what the au th or felt were L uke's
feelings, sometimes a m b iv a le n t,
to w ard his team m ate and close
triend Bill Walton and even in some
cases his closest friend on that team,
Lionel Hollins.
The b o o k ’s strong character de
velopment o f these men came not
kins and Maurice Silas— seems to be
the main thread o f continuity.
In the cases o f Wilkins and Lucas,
the author goes back to the c h ild
hood o f each to describe the grow-
only from extensive interviews with
them but seemingly word for word
re-capilulalions o f conversations be
tween only the players and o f course
interviews with their friends in and
out o f the league.
I read one review in which the re
viewer slated Halberstam cast every
thing in Black and W hile terms and
faulted him for doing so. I felt his
honest confrontation with the issue
o f race, in perhaps the most stress
ful o f all professional sports, is one
major reason for this book being so
right on the mark.
F orm er T ra ilb la z e r and now
broadcaster Steve Jones is quoted
lib e ra lly and he tells perhaps the
funnies! story in the book.
II deal, with Marvin "B ad News”
Barnes during his days with the St.
Louis Spirits in the A .B .A . For at
least one ;a r, Jones, Lucas and
New» were teammates there.
Jones re la te * the tim e the team
was to leave New York for a game in
Virginia. The Spirits coach tried in
vain several times to wake the late-
sleeping Barnes so he could catch
the learn flight for the next game. It
was all to no avail. Barnes missed
the flight. When he finally did arise,
he chartered a private plane at a cost
to him o f SI ,300 to gel to Virginia.
He arrived in the locker room wear
ing the biggest "p im p ” hat ever and
a ten-thousand-dollar fur coat. His
first words were something lik e ,
" H a v e no fear. News is here.” He
then pulled o ff the expensive fur re
vealing his full Si. Louis Spirits uni
form , all the while munching on a
Big Mac and french fries.
Barnes d id n ’ t s art the game but
when he got in , he scored 40 odd
points and hauleu down 23 re
bounds. Barnes perhaps was the
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The general nature and approximate quantities of work are as follows:
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City Hall, 205 S.E. Second, Hillsboro, Oregon. Documents will not be
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I t ’ s a book not w ith o ut great
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his complete dedication to the game,
his more than successful battle with
scholarship, the Tom janovich inci
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cloud it created. It also describes the
role o f his caring wife.
It leaves the reader w ith the
feeling of wanting to thank God for
creating a man named K erm it
Washington.
This book is must reading for
each and every fan and the youngs
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N .B .A . someday.
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Labor, Material Ef Equipment for University Park
Community Canter Rehabilitation. For information
call Michele Ackerman, Buyer, 248-4191. 10% Bid
Surety and Prequalification of Bidder Required.
11 /24/81
Labor. Material & Equipment for Landscaping Phase
I, Going Street Noise Mitigation Project. For informa
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Bid Surety and Prequalification of Bidder Required.
12/01 /81