Crazy Basketball

Commentator, analyst, author, and all-around pro basketball presence, Charley Rosen may seem like a natural, sprung upon the sports scene with the NBA in his blood. Phil Jackson, Rosen's longtime collaborator, might agree; after all, he attributes the statement on a plaque on his desk to Charley: "Basketball isn't just a metaphor for life-it's more important than that!" And yet how Rosen arrived at his present position comfortably overseeing basketball at its finest is a story as unexpected as it is delightful, documenting basketball travels as unlikely as they are nomadic and eclectic.

Foreword by Phil JacksonIntroductionChapter 1 - Portrait of the Hooper as a Young ManChapter 2 - Undergraduate Hits, Misses, and TurnoversChapter 3 - Basketball Follies in the Nearest EastChapter 4 - Big Man With a Small Whistle and a Medium-Sized GameChapter 5 - On the Road With the Woodstock JonesesChapter 6 - On an Off the Court With the Bard-OnsChapter 7 - The Crazy B-Ball AssChapter 8 - On the Bench With Phil JacksonChapter 9 - Good Night, Bobby KnightChapter 10 - The Fall, Winter, and Spring of Our DiscontentChapter 11 - Keeping My Day JobChapter 12 - Georgia on My MindChapter 13 - King Richard and the Rockford FilesChapter 14 - The Pacer, the D-Train, and Mister AnimalChapter 15 - In the Jailhouse NowChapter 16 - Blocked Shots, Bricks, and Barbequed BaloneyChapter 17 - Down and Eventually Out in AlbanyChapter 18 - The End of RegulationChapter 19 - Beyond BasketballOvertime