Hall of fame basketball writer jack mccallum shares what he learned about the golden state warriors while writing his new book golden days. Wests lakers, stephs warriors, and the california dreamers who reinvented basketball. Lakers of the early 1970sto trace the dynamic history of the national basketball association, which for much of the last halfcentury has marched memorably through the state of california. Tying together the two strands of mccallums story is hall of famer jerry west, the ferociously competitive laker guard who later became one of the key architects of the warriors. This book is written by jack mccallum, considered to be one of the best basketball authors today. Golden days is a book that is not just wellwritten, but written well. In golden days, acclaimed sports journalist jack mccallum uses these two teams the jerry westwilt chamberlainelgin baylor lakers and the stephen currykevin durantdraymond green warriors to trace the dynamic history of the national basketball association, which for much of the last half century has marched memorably through the state of california. His most recent work, entitled golden days 2017, is on jerry wests l.
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