NAGLE AVENUE-PROLOGUE
This book is a lifetime project. It didn’t start on a set date, it evolved from day to day, month by month, year by year. It was born out of my unconditional love for a city, New York, and an immense fascination with its sports stories, basketball in particular. During my sportswriting career, I’ve collected anecdotes, stories, informations about New York. I tried to write them down, and I did it several times. Every now and then, I found out about something new, about this park, this team, this player, this connection. A book about New York basketball is a never ending prject. I published the first version in Italy, back in 2000. I tried to update it many times, and every time basically I wrote a completely new book. Now, I hope this is something final, and I did it in English because it sounds better, it sounds new. It’s impossible - I guess - to write a New York basketball story. This is not a story. This is a collection of stories. I tried to cover as many bases as possible...