The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers

The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers

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Publisher Description

"Not your typical sports biography . . . Take[s] the reader behind the scenes in the Cavaliers’ front office, revealing how championship contenders are built" — Library Journal


Two award-winning sports journalists give an in-depth look at how a team and a city were rebuilt around superstar LeBron James. 


When the Cleveland Cavaliers drew the top pick in the 2003 NBA draft, an entire city buzzed with excitement. After all, how often does a LeBron James come along? Especially for Cleveland, a midmarket Rust Belt city without a sports championship in forty years. Especially for the Cavaliers, a long-struggling team that had never reached the NBA finals. 


Soon, everyone had something riding on LeBron—billionaire team owner Dan Gilbert looking for a return on his investment . . . teammates eager for a championship ring . . . the league in need of the next Michael Jordan to promote . . . the shoe company with its multimillion-dollar endorsement deal . . . even popcorn vendors in the stands of Quicken Loans Arena and servers waiting restaurant tables in a downtown that now booms every game night. 


Terry Pluto and Brian Windhorst tell the converging stories of a struggling franchise that had to get worse in order to get better and a highly touted teenage phenom, the local kid who became their future. 


This book will fascinate any basketball fan who wants the inside story of how LeBron James became the young superstar shouldering the weight of an entire NBA franchise. Chock full of facts and analysis.

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
RELEASED
2007
16 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
206
Pages
PUBLISHER
Gray & Company, Publishers
PROVIDER INFO
Gray and Company, Publishers
SIZE
617.8
KB
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