Rob Warner reviewed Game: An Autobiography by Grant Hill
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4 stars
I watched it happen. The alley-oop in the championship game when he jumped to the rafters. The ascension toward basketball royalty. The playoffs where he gutted through a broken foot, and we all shook our heads that they suckered him into playing. He was never the same after that. Frankly, he disappeared. He never got to where he was headed.
I loved all the insights this book gave into the injuries, and was bewildered at how callously teams treated his health and their investments. It's astonishing, frankly. This guy could have been one of the all-time greats, and they cheated us all.
Hill is probably too nice a guy to write a tell-all -- he seems to get to the edge of saying what he really thinks a few times, but then backs away. Don't look for him to unload freely on his adversaries here. Still, he tells us just …
I watched it happen. The alley-oop in the championship game when he jumped to the rafters. The ascension toward basketball royalty. The playoffs where he gutted through a broken foot, and we all shook our heads that they suckered him into playing. He was never the same after that. Frankly, he disappeared. He never got to where he was headed.
I loved all the insights this book gave into the injuries, and was bewildered at how callously teams treated his health and their investments. It's astonishing, frankly. This guy could have been one of the all-time greats, and they cheated us all.
Hill is probably too nice a guy to write a tell-all -- he seems to get to the edge of saying what he really thinks a few times, but then backs away. Don't look for him to unload freely on his adversaries here. Still, he tells us just enough that we can read between the lines.
In all, a fascinating look into the career and life of Grant Hill.