Several months ago, I heard Bill Simmons, an ESPN columist, mention this book to Bill Walton during a podcast. I had a hard time finding a copy, but eventually found a reasonable priced one from a used book user on Amazon. David Halberstam spend the 1979-1980 season traveling with the Portland Trail Blazers. This was two years after they won the championship with Bill Walton. In addition to chronicling the season, Halberstam spends a great deal of time going back and exploring the history of the NBA and digging into the life stories of the key people during that season. I was fascinated by the description of Bill Walton playing backetball in junior high and high school. As a fan who has really only followed the game for the last 25 years, the book provided some interesting history of how the league developed in the 1960’s and particularly the 1970’s. My only complaint is tangents to explore people’s lifes slow the pacing of the book.