Sam Smith
@SamSmithHoops
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Growing up a square, Phil helped me see the benefits of the triangle. It helped lead to this terrific NBA history collaboration, Masters of the Game. Available preorder.
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If you're looking for a holiday gift for @NBA aficionados, you ought to check out Masters of the Game, by @SamSmithHoops & Phil Jackson. Really fun read! Two grizzled Hall of Famers--a writer & a coach--sharing memories of the 75 greatest players & the league they built!
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Masters of the Game. Released Tuesday Nov. 4. Selected by Barnes & Noble top 10 Sports book of 2025. https://t.co/olxx0CUfj3
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Sports and storytelling go hand-in-hand. There are always inspiring underdog stories, athletes overcoming hurdles and even feel-good moments in every stadium, court or arena. No matter what your...
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One night and one more time, thanks for the memories Johnny Bach, Bill Cartwright, Neil Funk, Horace Grant, John Paxson and Norm Van Lier, the Bulls 2025-26 Ring of Honor.
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Publication Date for Masters of the Game: Nov. 4 Early reviews amazing: One, "It's a book!" Another: "Words and then even more words."
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Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off all upcoming books until September 5. For Masters of the Game by Sam Smith and Phil Jackson use code “Preorder25” at checkout. #BNPreorder
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Masters of the Game available for preorder April 21. https://t.co/MjrQw3v1e0
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The legendary sportswriter and the Hall of Fame, eleven-time NBA champion coach separate the music from the noise in the stories of the greatest who ever played and their impact on the game ...
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Masters of the Game began with the premise that Phil Jackson and I saw in person, played or coached against and interviewed every one of the top 75, and readers can eavesdrop on our casual conversations about the best and very many digressions in bite sized chunks of NBA history.
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Had a great time doing this book with Phil the past few years. We figured we better get the stories down before we also forgot.
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The legendary sportswriter and the Hall of Fame, eleven-time NBA champion coach separate the music from the noise in the stories of the greatest who ever played and their impact on the game ...
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You're going to love this walk down NBA memory lane now available preorder. Guar-on-tee, as you sometimes hear. But he'd get this one right.
Announcing Masters of the Game, the new book from the legendary sportswriter Sam Smith and the Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson. A love letter to basketball–its colorful history, its most successful teams, its biggest stars–both a joyous read and a master class on greatness.
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The case for Derrick Rose for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The accumulation of his basketball accomplishments makes him a slam dunk--and we know he could do that with the best of them--candidate and worthy of first ballot admittance. https://t.co/xvNfdQ0hMa
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Ahead of Derrick Rose Night on Jan. 4, Sam Smith details why Derrick Rose without questions deserves to be in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Author, author. Basketball icon, Chicago treasure...and the other guy. Like Derrick wrote, I'll Show You. He always did.
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If you truly want to know Derrick, read his story in his own words. His memoir is honest and deeply personal.
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There have been many epic journeys: Homer's Odyssey, Don Quixote, and Derrick Rose, whose began in Chicago and appropriately continues Saturday in the United Center with a celebration of his life, his legend and basketball.
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Thanks to The Tribune, where I loved being for 29 years, for allowing me a cameo to weigh in on two of my favorite teams I was in the building to see, the '24 Sox and the '62 Mets.
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Sam Smith was in the Polo Grounds, he saw the New York Mets. As Lloyd Bentsen might have said, the Chicago White Sox are no ’62 Mets.
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From Downstate Benton to Illinois State, Should Have Been Olympic hero, four-time NBA All-Star. more than 400 NBA coaching wins, broadcasting HOF, and now the journey of Paul Douglas Collins Sunday is to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement. https://t.co/Zy4un0Tdw8
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Collins, the Bulls head coach from 1986 through 1989, gets his Hall of Fame nod in a basketball career which includes his contributions in the 1972 Olympics,...
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If you want to know Derrick, his memoir from Triumph Books is revealing, sincere and honest. And he talks for 235 pages. Wow
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Thanks, Derrick, for the memories. Derrick Rose retiring joins the Hall of Fame of greatest hometown Chicago players with Dick Butkus, Chris Chelios, KIrby Puckett, Anthony Davis, Dwyane Wade and Isiah Thomas. https://t.co/wFv0figkxr
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