Basketball Junkie

Authors: Herren, Chris
Genres: Autobiography
Topics: Teen Topics, Sports, Careers
Lexile: 810,
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781429924146,
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 170,
Synopsis:

CHRIS HERREN is a former NBA basketball player for the Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics. His company, Hoop Dreams with Chris Herren, Inc., provides basketball training for young players as well as educational talks. He lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Chris Herren is the founder of Hoop Dreams with Chris Herren, a basketball player development company; the author of Basketball Junkie; and a public speaker with the American Program Bureau.


BILL REYNOLDS is a sports columnist for The Providence Journal and the author of several previous books, including Fall River Dreams and (with Rick Pitino) the #1 New York Times bestseller Success Is a Choice. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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