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Robert Bradley

@librarybob.bsky.social

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Recently retired after 43 years at the Phoenix Public Library, I research and write about pro basketball history.

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Five "under the radar" pro basketball books - Spencer Haywood: The Rise, the Fall, the Recovery (Spencer Haywood & Scott Ostler) Tall Tales (Terry Pluto) Cages to Jump Shots (Robert Peterson) When Basketball Was Jewish (Douglas Stark) The Wizard of Odds (Charley Rosen)

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

THE BASKETBALL 100's top 20 - Jordan, James, Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, Magic, Wilt, Shaq, Duncan, Bird , Bryant, Olajuwon, Curry, Oscar, Durant, Erving, West, K. Malone, Garnett, M.Malone, Nowitzki.

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Looking at possible expansions and relocations here's how I think MLB might wind up - AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST - Baltimore, Boston, Montreal, New York, Toronto CENTRAL - Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Nashville Stars, Minnesota WEST - Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Texas

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My third book was THE BASKETBALL DRAFT FACT BOOK (Scarecrow Press, 2013). A complete listing of drafts for all the men's and women's leagues, it made hundreds of additions and corrections to the NBA's published draft list. I loved everything about this project except for the price.

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Next up was my second edition of the COMPENDIUM OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL (Xaler Press, 2010). The second version let me make corrections and additions, and tweak the layout. And yes, even now, 14 years later I'm still working on a third edition.

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I followed up the Compundiun with some work on TOTAL BASKETBALL (2003, Sportsclassic Books). John Grasso and I compled the statistics and wrote the chapter on early major professional leagues, which basically spanned the first half of the 1900s.

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Robert Bradley @librarybob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My first published work came out in 1999 - THE COMPENDIUM OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL (Xaler Press, 1999). It was nearly 10 years of work compiling the information for it and it led to my organizing The Association for Professional Basketbal Research (APBR.org).

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