Table of Contents COURTSIDE STORIES INTRODUCING Table of Contents GOLDEN BEGINNINGS 8 LOCAL TREASURE 16 ATTLES’S ERA 22 TALENT AND TANTRUMS 30 DIALING UP THE SPEED 38 INDEX 48 COURTSIDE STORIES A PERFECT START 11 DODGING THE BULLETS 21 THE GRANNY SHOT 24 RUN T M C 26 RUNNING DOWN THE MAVERICKS 33 LIKE FATHERS LIKE SONS 44 INTRODUCING WILT CHAMBERLAIN 12 NATE THURMOND 15 RICK BARRY 19 AL ATTLES 29 CHRIS MULLIN 35 TIM HARDAWAY 41
GOLDEN BEGINNINGS CALIFORNIA’S BAY BRIDGE CONNECTS THE CITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND GOLDEN BEGINNINGS 8
Before 1848 California was sparsely populated and valued primarily for basic resources such as furs and lumber Then near a sawmill owned by John Sutter gold was discovered and prospectors from all walks of life swarmed on California hoping to strike it rich Many came by sea and the small coastal settlements of San Francisco and Oakland soon boomed and became synonymous with dreams of a better life Today the vast Bay Area is still known for its diversity and progressive thinking and it includes some of the most affluent areas in the United States About a century after the California Gold Rush began and on the opposite side of the country a professional basketball team called the Philadelphia Warriors was among the founders of the new Basketball Association of America BAA Although other professional leagues WILT CHAMBERLAIN 9
