@paulknepper.bsky.social
Author of MOSES MALONE: THE LIFE OF A BASKETBALL PROPHET and THE KNICKS OF THE NINETIES; Host of New Books in Sports Podcast; Sharing my love of hoops history through photographs. pauljknepper.com
Marvin Barnes
06.03.2026 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I could go on and on. I'd love to hear your lists. (3)
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Honorary Mentions:
West by West - West
The City Game -Axthelm
Giannis - Fader
Fab Five - Album
Pistol - Kriegel
From Hang Time to Prime Time - Croatto
Dream Team - McCallum
Not a Game - Babb
When the Garden was Eden - Araton
Showtime - Pearlman
Fall River Dreams - Reynolds
Jordan Rules - Smith(2)
My 10 favorite basketball books:
Foul! - Wolf
The Miracle of St. Anthony - Woj
Heaven Is a Playground - Telander
Breaks of the Game - Halberstam
The Last Shot - Frey
Loose Balls - Pluto
Life on the Run - Bradley
Wooden - Wooden
A Season on the Brink -Feinstein
The Secret Game - Ellsworth (1)
Julius Erving driving at Junior Bridgeman.
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Norm Nixon swooping to the hoop.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Yao Ming
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Patrick Ewing and Shaquille O'Neal
05.03.2026 20:24 — 👍 52 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 1Great point about Magic.
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Magic Johnson
05.03.2026 15:25 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It was 36 years ago that we lost Hank Gathers. There was a period in my youth from when Len Bias died in 1986 to losing Drazen Petrovic and Reggie Lewis in '93 that we lost 4 incredible talents at the height of their powers. It almost started to feel routine. Each death is still so sad.
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Elgin Baylor
05.03.2026 13:14 — 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Mookie Blaylock
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Dell and Steph Curry
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Allan Houston, Patrick Ewing, and Latrell Sprewell at Ewing's first trip back to Madison Square Garden after being traded to the SuperSonics.
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Connie Hawkins and Wilt Chamberlain
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Julius Erving and Oscar the Grouch
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Hersey Hawkins
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Bobby Dandridge
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John Havlicek guarding Earl Monroe.
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Patrick Ewing going up to block Hakeem Olajuwon.
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Bob McAdoo and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Jason Kidd is loving this dunk by Tracy McGrady.
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Xavier McDaniel passing to Dale Ellis.
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Dave Cowens rejecting Pete Maravich.
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Jerry West
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Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Rodman
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Kobe Bryant during his workout for the Celtics.
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