Foul Lines: A Pro Basketball Novel

From two senior Sports Illustrated writers comes an explosive fast-paced satire that will do for todays NBA what North Dallas Forty did for the NFL a generation ago. Just months from his Yale graduation street-smart whiz kid Jamal Kelly leaves school to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the front office of the Los Angeles Lasers. Once on the West Coast Jamal gets a quick introduction to a subculture awash in big egos and fast cars as well as an introduction to the charms of the teams new hard-charging beat writer Jilly Forrester. In the spirit of Primary Colors and The Devil Wears Prada Foul Lines peels back the curtain on the trappings of big-time professional basketball. No other sport encapsulates so many cultural hot-button topics and Foul Lines at once exposes and lampoons this parallel universe.