{"product_id":"basketball-junkie","title":"Basketball Junkie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBasketball Junkie\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eChris Herren\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250006899\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Griffin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e308\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his own words, former NBA and overseas pro Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful, honest, and dramatic, this remarkable memoir, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasketball Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e, is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eharrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was dead for thirty seconds.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThat's what the cop in Fall River told me. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhen the EMTs found me, there was a needle in my arm and a packet of heroin in the front seat.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family's and the city's dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald's All-American, featured in a \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e cover story, and at just seventeen years old became the central figure in \u003ci\u003eFall River Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003e an acclaimed book about the 1994 Durfee team's quest for the state championship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leaving Fall River for college, Herren starred on Jerry Tarkanian's Fresno State Bulldogs team of talented misfits, which included future NBA players as well as future convicted felons. His gritty, tattooed, hip-hop persona drew the ire of rival fans and more national attention: \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e profiled him, \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e interviewed him, and the Denver Nuggets drafted him. When the Boston Celtics acquired his contract, he lived the dream of every Massachusetts kid--but off the court Herren was secretly crumbling, as his alcohol and drug use escalated and his life spiraled out of control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years later, Chris Herren was married to his high-school sweetheart, the father of three young children, and a heroin junkie. His basketball career was over, consumed by addictions; he had no job, no skills, and was a sadly familiar figure to those in Fall River who remembered him as a boy, now prowling the streets he once ruled, looking for a fix. One day, for a time he cannot remember, he would die.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Basketball Junkie | Chris Herren | Paperback | 9781250006899 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760324","offer_id":49199083028632,"sku":"1760324","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81wV9glI8iL.jpg?v=1780694618","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/basketball-junkie","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}