Lisa Leslie

Over the course of Lisa Leslie's very successful career she's emerged as the Top women's center to ever play the game, if not the top player regardless of position. This book is great for it's stories about the early years when Lisa was in high school and college. Follows her career right thru the first WNBA Season. I find it an interesting read to look back on the perception of Leslie from 10 years ago, since then she's only gotten better. A very good read about a most beautiful and gifted woman, who is also an athlete who has been the face of the women's game for USA Basketball internationally for more than a decade. This book helps with the "before" part of the story for the "after" we are aware of today. Also it gives a good perspective on where she was as a player and should be a real nice timecapsule for anyone who follows Lisa's stellar career. (It must be in the final years at this point.) She has shown the drive to continue to work to reach her goals, and improve her game every year. How much more can she continue to do this? This book won't give that answer, but it might help you ujnderstand the mountain she's climbed thru the years. Downside of the book? Only that it does not have the full decade of WNBA play to draw from. This was written in 1997, the leagues first season. If you've been a fan of Lisa over the years, you know most of this stuff, and more. ON the positive side, if you're a new fan of the WNBA of women's basketball, the Sparks and or Lisa Leslie, then this book gives you background on her that covers the time before she became as polished and successful as she is today. Lisa is an inspiration and she takes nothing for granted this book is a great read for anyone looking for the good side of sports and athletes who you can look up to with honor. Plus any Lisa Leslie Memorabilia collection is not complete without this book.