Who's Better, Who's Best in Basketball: Mr. Stats Sets the Record Straight on...

ABC s and ESPN s Mr. Stats ranks the NBA s greatest players of all time in this provocative and comprehensive book Elliot Kalb s work is beyond excellent. He thinks in story lines and uses numbers ... more

ABC s and ESPN s Mr. Stats ranks the NBA s greatest players of all time in this provocative and comprehensive book Elliot Kalb s work is beyond excellent. He thinks in story lines and uses numbers and history to make compelling and often original points. --Bob CostasWhen the NBA released its supposedly authoritative list of the top 50 players, basketball fans everywhere begged to differ. In Who s Better, Who s Best? Elliot Kalb, known to TV viewers as ABC s Mr. Stats, enters the fray.The ultimate NBA historian and authority in armchair athletes disputes, Kalb interweaves numbers, facts, and anecdotes to flesh out the central question in every basketball fan s mind: Who s the best? His choices are provocative (Michael Jordan isn t #1; he s not even #2), framed by discussions with unorthodox sources and respected NBA experts, players, and coaches.A tremendously satisfying book for anyone hungry for statistics and debate, this is the ultimate behind-the-numbers story of the best of the NBA. less