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Summary: If this guy wasn't 7 feet tall....
Review: ....he'd be flipping burgers. Like Charles Barkley (who -- big surprise -- is one of his best buddies), Jayson Williams is a self-important blowhard who uses his status as a minor celebrity as a platform to dispense his childish anecdotes and mind-numbing personal opinions. Here's an example of his brilliant insight: if you turn out the lights, any woman can be Cindy Crawford. Wow! Thanks for the tip, Jayson!
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Summary: If this guy wasn't 7 feet tall....
Review: ....he'd be flipping burgers. Like Charles Barkley (who -- big surprise -- is one of his best buddies), Jayson Williams is a self-important blowhard who uses his status as a minor celebrity as a platform to dispense his childish anecdotes and mind-numbing personal opinions. Here's an example of his brilliant insight: if you turn out the lights, any woman can be Cindy Crawford. Wow! Thanks for the tip, Jayson!
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Summary: NBA eye opener
Review: Although I am not a huge basketball fan, I found LOOSE BALLS to be quite an interesting eye-opener. I had no idea that the NBA players were as tough and their experiences as hilarious as those told by Jayson Williams.Jayson Williams has such a kind and loving spirit that is rarely seen in a young man. He also has a rough and tough side that has gotten him into and out of many situations. If you are a fan, future star, or just like funny anecdotes it is worth the read! Many kudos to you, Jayson! Loved the Book,
R.K. McMeans
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Summary: Laugh Riot
Review: As I watched the Utah Jazz make their inevitable departure from the NBA playoffs, I was able to turn my attention to more enjoyable pursuits. Jayson Willaims has crafted (along with Steve Friedman) an amusing and enjoyable look into the life of an NBA player. Now let me be upfront, I am,not a big Jayson Williams fan, having endured his play in the Delta Center. I didn't think there was much Mr. Williams had to say, but I was wrong. This is a clear-eyed view of the state of professional basketball, the strong personalities that inhabit it, and the chaos that reigns behind the scenes. Mr. Williams isn't shy about offering his opinions. He is enormously entertaining, offering his opinions on fellow players, fans, money and basketball. The story of his trip after his first time in the playoffs is fall of your chair funny. I thought this was one of the most honest and funniest sports autobiographies since my favorite of all time, "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow, Because I Get Better Looking Every Day" by Joe Nameth. A funny, funny book.
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Summary: I can?t wait for his memoirs about prison life!
Review: I can't wait for Jayson Williams' to describe his prison sentence, from his takes on soap on a rope, to prison food; it will be a laugh riot. Seriously, this book provides insight to Williams' personal and professional life, along with life in the NBA. This book is full of one to two page stories concerning a wide range of stories, from truly touching, to laugh out loud. One story describes how he was about to kill the murderer of his two sisters, only to let him go. Another story tells how he was so drunk, he woke in Phoenix thinking that he was in New York after a bomb blast. When meeting the GM of the Suns for the first time, he asked if he could call his Mom to see if she was alright, in which afterwards he was promptly traded. This book is full of very interesting tales that turn this into a great page-turner. This is truly one of the greatest sports books of all time. He doesn't glorify or vilify anyone, he just tells it how it is. If he comes out with another book, I'll be the first one to pick it up at the store. You can drive, while I'll take shotgun (get it?). This is the ultimate book for anyone who likes sports.
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Summary: ok
Review: I read Loose Balls because i'm a big basketball fan, and also a Jayson Williams fan, but I didn't like it like I throught I would. After reading the book I found him to be kinda of arrogant, and a know it all. At one point he really started to bug me, like the part where he assume that the athletes who come to the NBA early to help their families are just lying and ready to get money, how do he know what their situation are, some of those guys might need to help out their familiess. I want even get into the part what he said when his team have to play Southern teams. I actually liked Dennis Rodman's two better than this one.
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Summary: A fun, light read for any basketball fan
Review: I think most any NBA fan or casual follower will find this book entertaining. And it's certainly interesting now, given the trouble Jayson's in for some of the same kind of wild behavior he talks about in the book. It's hard to think of him as anything other than a fun loving guy who (allegedly) caused a horrible accident through wreckless actions. In the book he talks about partying at his home so no one gets in trouble or fights. The anecdotes in the book are usually funny and offer a close and lighthearted insight into a lot of things big time basketball players encounter. My instinct is that there's a lot of exaggeration in the stories, but I suspect they're generally true. Jay comes across as a good guy, as you'd expect, and he seems to be genuinely thankful for his family and his talent. It's hard to not like him and it's easy to enjoy this book. Not great literature by any means, but a fun, light read.
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Summary: Want to know more about the life of a NBA Player?
Review: I was lucky enough to read this book when it was first released several years ago. Before I read the book, I had little idea who Jayson Williams was. This book is something that everyone that wishes to know more about the life of a professional basketball player should read. Jayson reveals dirt about other players and dishes out some pretty funny stories. He also has a serious side and goes into deep depth about his childhood and his family. This one is worth checking out. Many celebrity bio's don't seem real, but this one seems as if Jayson is telling it like it is. I wasn't ready for this one to be over.
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Summary: Not quite a three-pointer, but still a passing effort
Review: Morbid curiosity led me to the pages of Jayson Williams's autobiography/NBA primer. The former pro star's current legal matters made me want to know the man behind the sports/news headlines. The author/basketball player details many anecdotes contrasting growing up in the rural South and the urban Mid-Atlantic. His tales of his years in the NBA are reflective and very revealing as he tells about fellow well-known icons of the sport from Michael Jordan to Phil Jackson to Charles Barkley. Williams pulls no punches in describing what really makes up life in the NBA, from rookie to established star. The book is chocked full of fights, contract negotiations, fights, character analyses, fights, extravagant expenditures, rowdy fans, fights, parties, practice sessions, grandmotherly interventions, championship games, and fights. Oh, did I say "fights"? The book is a simple read and should satisfy the fan and non-fan alike. The one part of the work that stands out in light of Williams's current situation comes at the end of the segment entitled "Never Trouble Trouble". The author states in this section that he avoids trouble on the road by staying in his hotel room. He writes: "Now if people want to get wild and throw a party, get crazy, they have to come do it at my house. I'm not always an angel. But if I'm a devil at home, no one gets hurt." I'm sure that the author now regrets those particular words.
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Summary: Only recomended for Hardcore NBA fans
Review: Several of the short stories in this book were amusing, but its not very well put together or well written. Not to mention, you wonder if he just put whatever he could to pad the page total, telling stories about one of his teamates heating a roast beef sandwich and such leave you saying, who cares? But Jay gives you a good inside look on the NBA from his eyes.
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