The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game

The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball
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In The Wizard of Odds, renowned and best-selling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us for the first time the full life story of Jack Molinas, one of the greatest basketball players of his era, a man whose gambling addiction and hubris caused his ultimate demise. Drawing on numerous, previously unavailable first-person accounts, including Jack Molinasâ€™s own journal and trial transcripts, Rosen presents the true saga of a man who perhaps better than anyone around him understood the weaknesses of the system in which he livedâ€”so much so that he convinced himself that he could manipulate that system to his advantage with total impunity, in a lifeâ€™s journey that took him from NBA play to the Mafia and the pornographic film industry, and to an ultimate tragic destiny.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2001-12-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781583222683

The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball