Earl the Pearl

In his own words, the story of Knicks hero, NBA champion, and iconic superstar Earl “The Pearl” Monroe.

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe is a basketball legend whose impact on the game transcends statistics, a player known as much for his unorthodox, "playground" style of play as his championship pedigree. Observers said that watching him play was like listening to jazz, his moves resembling free-floating improvisations.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with the ball," Monroe once admitted, "and if I don't know, I'm quite sure the guy guarding me doesn't know either."

Traded to the New York Knicks before the 1971–72 season, Monroe became a key member of the beloved, star-studded 1972–73 Knicks team that captured the NBA title. And now, for the first time in paperback, Monroe tells his remarkable story of that championship season and so much more.

Written with bestselling author Quincy Troupe (Miles, The Pursuit of Happyness), Earl the Pearl retraces Monroe's life from his upbringing in a tough South Philadelphia neighborhood through his record-setting days at Winston-Salem State, to his NBA Rookie of the Year season in 1967, his tremendous years with the Baltimore Bullets, and ultimately his redemptive, championship glory with the New York Knicks. Updated since first published in hardcover, the book culminates with a revealing epilogue in which Monroe reflects on the events of the past 45 years, offers his insights into the NBA today, and his thoughts on the future of the game he loves.

In propriile sale cuvinte, povestea eroului Knicks, campionul NBA si superstarul iconic Earl "The Pearl" Monroe. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe este o legenda a baschetului al carei impact asupra jocului depaseste statisticile, un jucator cunoscut la fel de mult pentru neortodoxul sau , stilul de joc „teren de joaca” ca pedigree al campionatului sau. Observatorii au spus ca a-l privi cantand era ca si cum ai asculta jazz, miscarile lui seamana cu improvizatii plutitoare. "Nu stiu ce voi face cu mingea", a recunoscut odata Monroe, si daca nu stiu Sunt sigur ca nici tipul care ma pazea nu stie. "Comertat la New York Knicks inainte de sezonul 1971–72, Monroe a devenit un membru cheie al indragitei echipe Knicks din 1972–73, care a capturat Titlu NBA.