Michael Grange

The greatest players in the NBA ... NOW Basketball Now has earned its place as an anticipated release, giving fans the inside stories about their favorite superstars. This fully rewritten and redesigned fourth edition is packed with over 130 action images and 50 player profiles, including a fresh crop of young players whose swagger and skills have launched them to league-wide stardom. Bona fide superstars and clutch game-changers, plus the all-stars of tomorrow, the best defenders and the proven winners -- they're all here. Look out for elite names like Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, Jimmy Butler and dozens more of your NBA favorites. Author Michael Grange gives readers an inside tour of all things NBA, including essays on the changing of the guard (the end of the LeBron, Steph and KD era), the new age of parity, the impact of international stars and the three-point revolution. The book also includes a summary of MVPs (regular season, All-Star Game and Finals) up to the end of the 2024-25 season. Mind-boggling athleticism, career-changing plays and pure magic, Basketball Now has it all -- straight from the hardwood.

In Basketball’s Greatest Stars, author Michael Grange takes you courtside for a look at the 50 best players in NBA history. From the early days of Bob Cousy to the Showtime era of Magic Johnson, from Michael Jordan’s electrifying dunks to LeBron James’ all-out dominance — the legends are here! Relive the moments and revel in the triumphs of the NBA’s superstars, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Stephen Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal, Oscar Robertson, Kevin Durant, and many more. With a foreword by NBA great Wayne Embry, Basketball’s Greatest Stars features insightful essays that highlight the leading figures and defining moments that have shaped the NBA, international basketball and statistical analysis. Profiles of the NBA’s 30 franchises round out this incredible volume. Updated for 2023, this fifth edition contains a new crop of 15 young stars who are dominating today’s game and could one day reach the heights of Basketball’s Greatest, including: Zion Williamson, Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Donovan Mitchell. Jam-packed with unforgettable stories, mind-blowing stats and over 120 photos that capture the on-court excitement, Basketball’s Greatest Stars is the ultimate book for every NBA fan.

From the authors of the national bestseller "Leafs AbomiNation," the story behind the unpredictable success of an NBA great. A small man in a big man's game, a white man in a game dominated by black men, a rare Canadian in a US-based industry, the unlikely rise of Steve Nash from Victoria high school to Hollywood hardwood is compelling proof that great things await those who refuse to accept less of themselves. Nearing the end of a nearly 2-decade Hall of Fame-bound career, Nash is a 2-time MVP, an 8-time all-star and wearer of one of the league's top-selling jerseys. And no one but Nash saw it coming. With the combination of wit and comprehensive reporting that distinguished "Leafs AbomiNation," Feschuk and Grange tell the extraordinary story of drive, confidence, commitment and learning to do without that post-game beer that turned an improbable NBA dream into the stuff of sporting legend. They convincingly bust a host of oft-repeated myths. That Nash has been an inferior athlete is one: he might have been one of the best athletes in the world, when factors like coordination, vision, balance and work ethic are given weight alongside size, speed and power. The myth that he overcame his upbringing in Canada to make it in the NBA is another: Growing up in Victoria, B. C., in the mid-1980s was more likely "why" he turned into the player he did. Revealing, playful and a perfect read for any sports fan, "Steve Nash" is the inspiring story of the consummate athletic outlier.