Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America (Haymarket) - Hardcover

"A passionately but conscientiously assembled book. Riveting profiles give life to figures both forgotten and never heard of, while a long overdue history of basketball's most elemental version is a valuable contribution to the game's historiography." -- Alexander Wolff, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated "Pickup Artists is an unusually well-written and astute picture of the ways that basketball has evolved in this country ... An exemplary piece of reporting and writing, transcending sports to give us a somber view of America's crumbling cities." -- Kirkus Reviews "The book's strength lies in its characterization of the numerous figures, both tragic and comic, who have played out roles on the nation's asphalt stages ... A meticulously researched, richly written look at a vital part of American popular culture." - Philadelphia Inquirer "Anderson and Millman obviously know their subject and have done a wonderful job tracking down playground heroes." - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Lars Anderson received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and currently works for Sports Illustrated. Chad Millman is a former Sports Illustrated reporter and CNN/SI as a correspondent who is now an associate editor at ESPN Magazine.