{"product_id":"kyrie-irving-9781496213495","title":"Kyrie Irving","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps no NBA player today is as exciting and yet enigmatic as Kyrie Irving. Martin Gitlin's biography chronicles Irving's brilliance on the court as a devastating one on one talent, examines the influence of his father, the untimely death of his mother, his growth as a basketball player in high school and college, and his journey in the NBA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVeteran sportswriter Marty Gitlin provides an entertaining look at Kyrie Irving, an enigma who is simultaneously a product of one of the nation's top universities and a Flat Earther, a conspiracy theorist and a basketball genius, an all-time Cleveland sports hero and one of its bigger villains.\"\" - Bill Livingston, columnist for the \u003ci\u003ePlain Dealer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Prodigy from Down Under    \u003cbr\u003e 2. Rising Above the Ballers of Jersey    \u003cbr\u003e 3. Steppingstone to Stardom    \u003cbr\u003e 4. Rocking and Rolling to Cleveland    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Stagnation    \u003cbr\u003e 6. Old Story and New Contract    \u003cbr\u003e 7. Changing Expectations    \u003cbr\u003e 8. The Ecstasy and the Agony    \u003cbr\u003e 9. Spreading His Wings    \u003cbr\u003e 10. The Run and “The Shot”    \u003cbr\u003e 11. The Off-Season of Dreams    \u003cbr\u003e 12. Swan Song in Cleveland    \u003cbr\u003e 13. Say What?     \u003cbr\u003e 14. The Great Escape    \u003cbr\u003e 15. Speaking and Saying Nothing    \u003cbr\u003e 16. Going Green    \u003cbr\u003e 17. A Question of Value    \u003cbr\u003e 18. A Recovery and . . . a Reunion?     \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Index    ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409225392471,"sku":"9781496213495","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496213495.jpg?v=1730506029","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kyrie-irving-9781496213495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}