Playground / Jul 22, 2008 / 6:16 pm
Summer Cleaning Giveaway: Ball Don’t Lie Autographed Copy
Ball Don’t LieA couple months ago we were at the Tribeca Film Festival for the premier of Ball Don’t Lie, the basketball flick starring Grayson “The Professor” Boucher and featuring guest shots from Al Jefferson, Delonte West, Ludacris and Dania Ramirez. The movie is adapted from the novel of the same name, which we’ve got autographed by author Matt de la Pena.
If you want the book, tell us why and we’ll hook up the best commenter…
Author Matt de la Pena** Make sure the email address you use to comment with is legit so that we can contact you.
*** We will be contacting winners directly.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Kudabeen says:
I want the book. I once started on a book called Shattered Dreams (with a picture of a shattered backboard on the cover), but got frustrated, distracted and ultimately loss my material while my family was forced from our place… This book captures a lot of what i was trying to bring out in my side-tracked attempt. I’m haven’t totally dismissed the idea of doing something else around my original coming of age story…
This book will serve as a reminder and inspiration that the idea was both viable and is still relevant. It will be well accounted for with me…
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Michorizo says:
Yo quiero este libro para apprender hablar ingles!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Homeless J says:
I would like it because I am an avid reader and there’s no chance I’d use the pages for rolling papers.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Kudabeen says:
I haven’t taken Spanish in like 8 years:
Is Michorizo saying:
I will use the book to better understand English?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Kudabeen says:
I’d love to have the book to learn English?
Sorry, just testing if I remember a little Spanish…
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
rob stewart says:
I would like this book because I don’t even have cable in my dorm room so I love to read. And since basketball season is over I just sit at home feenin for a basketball fix or the next issue of Dime to drop. I also got cut from AND 1, but I gave it my all.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
daQUeStIoN oR sImPlY Q says:
@ kudabeen u got it right man! the first time
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
daQUeStIoN oR sImPlY Q says:
yo how do we know who won… has anyone won anything yet?? if u have won anything plz tell us so we know
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
bballinca says:
because half of these knuckleheads on this board don’t even know how to read.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
doc says:
Im a reader
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Basketbooker says:
I’m a book devourer. Absolutely love ‘em.
Growing up in Switzerland–son of a nerdy academic–caged in by the snow, the cold and suspect Euro cartoons, I discovered a comfortable refuge in the form books. When you allow writing to teleport you to the innards of its pages, you discover a feeling of tranquility where outside distractions vanish.
That same nirvana can only be duplicated by one thing: being in “the zone.” Or momentary mastery of the rock and your opponent. Everything you chuck at the rim drops, your jukes are sharper, they increase in speed and intensity, your pupils contract, your stare turns into unalienable focus, the noise of the crowd fades away…You go SUPERNOVA. Nothing else matters.
Basketball purists (and I’d like to consider myself one) rarely discuss what it takes to get to the point of total recall, where your hours of labor in the gym; your natural ability; your killer instinct; hand eye co-ordination meld into a being in the zone.
I’d love to discover how the protagonist of BALL DON’T LIE crafted his game.
By the way, Dimemag, I’ve been a loyal fan of yours for years, even have an OG HoopsTV.com T-Shirt and you all do amazing work. I love the pulse you have on the game, the insight you shed into the planet’s best ballers and the fresh give-aways like this one. Keep up the great work!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Johnson Chau says:
Simple: I like Grayson Bucher.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
SayItAintSo says:
LMAO at Michorizo
Yo quiero este libro para apprender hablar ingles!
I want this book to learn to speak english.
Haha, I say my breakfast sausage wins it by a landslide.
This could be old news but this is a SICK video of the US team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm9XnI7C6zM
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
SickHandle says:
I think I deserve a book since I got the most game on this whole damn site. Plus sports books are the only books I read!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
MoxWestCoastRep says:
sorry sick handle…I got 50 on doc as most game on the site playa
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
daQUeStIoN oR sImPlY Q says:
@ mox id take that bet
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Read it! says:
I read it and own it. It’s a good a read. A buddy of mine gave it to me after he read it. Worth winning.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Simon says:
The book should definitely go to the first dude, or the guy with no cable (that story just makes me cry).
If people want an amazing basketball book about ball and the struggles of inner-city life, go check out Heaven is a Playground (I think written by Rick Telander). It’s a true story about a group of teenagers from New York in the 70′s and how basketball helped/added to their struggles in life. There is basically no way someone could dislike this book, so go check it out.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 am
Rachel Crisman says:
I want this book because it would be the best Birthday present in the world for my husband! He would really have to go all out on my birthday to top this! I hope we win.
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 am
SickHandle says:
I got your 50. And I got your book.
Hook an Iranian up, man!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am
MSkittle says:
The Ball Don’t Lie and neither do I! Dime Mag is the best bball magazine hands down! And their website? Best bball website in the world!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
J-McG says:
i read..i want book…me like to learn…