Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American
basketball hit rock bottom. The perception of NBA players reached an
all-time low. Team USA lost three times, disgracing the nation at the
2004 Olympics. With great historical sweep, bringing in the voices of
all-time greats like Jordan, Bill Russell, Julius Erving and Jerry West,
the book will show how American basketball bottomed out. It will chart
the path of Jerry Colangelo, a great sportsman who set out to change the
stained image of USA Basketball. And with great insight and fresh
detail, it will show how two of the best players in history - Kobe
Bryant and LeBron James - spun their own tails of redemption in while
winning gold medals.