Billy "The Hill " and the Jump Hook: The Autobiography of a Forgotten Basketball Legend, McGill Billy, Brach Eric

The first African American to play basketball for the University of Utah and the highest scoring big man in NCAA history, McGill was the first pick of the 1962 NBA draft. But the injury that would undo him—a knee injury in his junior year of high school—had already occurred, and it would worsen year after year until his career faded away. From college star (whose scoring record is still unbroken) to troubled player, bouncing around the NBA and the ABA, McGill takes us from the heights to his precipitous fall—and the slow recovery of a life he had never prepared for. A cautionary tale, written with a candor and authenticity rarely seen in pro athletes, his book is also the incredible story of one of the greatest unknown basketball players of all time.

Дополнительное описание:

Preface

Prologue

1. The Beginning

2. Welcome to LA

3. Introduction to the Game

4. The First Day of the Rest of My Life

5. Things Come Together; Things Fall Apart

6. The Hill

7. The Shot

8. The Other