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We Ballin' What I Learned from LaVar Ball about Basketball, Business, and Bravado【電子書籍】[ Marissa D Mitchell ]
<p>An unauthorized sports biography, We Ballin’: What I learned from LaVar Ball about</p> <p>Basketball, Business, and Bravado centers on the rise in fame and fortune of LaVar Ball, father of</p> <p>the Ball brothers and founder of the Big Baller Brand. It is told from the perspective of Marissa</p> <p>Mitchell, former prot?g? and later biographer and publicist for LaVar Ball.</p> <p>Written from Marissa’s viewpoint, the story begins with a twelve-year-old girl aspiring to</p> <p>play basketball. Her father seeks out a coach to explore his book-smart daughter’s athletic prowess.</p> <p>He ended up finding a loud, boisterous local man named LaVar Ball. Mr. Ball put her through a</p> <p>tough, disciplined training program that honed her body while she often played one-on-one</p> <p>basketball with his small children. During that time, LaVar confided in her his dreams to make his</p> <p>three sons NBA players using a similar training method. Although she decided not to play</p> <p>basketball in college, instead taking the academic route, she and her father kept in contact with</p> <p>Mr. Ball throughout the years. With her background in English and teaching, she later contacted</p> <p>Mr. Ball with the offer to write his biography. It was the year the three “Ball Brothers” took their</p> <p>public high school basketball team to the California State Championship.</p> <p>Mr. Ball was very enthusiastic to have Marissa back in the fold of the Ball family. Several</p> <p>in-person interviews ensued, excerpts of which are included in the manuscript. During those</p> <p>interviews, Marissa was asked to assume more responsibilities for the growing family business</p> <p>(Big Baller Brand and Big Baller Media) with the understanding her compensation would be</p> <p>retroactive, with a solid contract at the end of the year 2017. Marissa eagerly accepted the challenge</p> <p>and with the biography almost completed and having worked countless hours pro bono (ending</p> <p>with Lonzo Ball being drafted to the Lakers), Marissa was then fired by LaVar Ball’s new manager.</p> <p>As she comes to terms with being fired and dealing with the complicated emotions that</p> <p>resulted from her one-time role model having her dismissed, she began to see LaVar for what he</p> <p>truly is. She saw firsthand how money, fame, and success can affect people who seem to have your</p> <p>back. In her story, Marissa provides a chronological look at how the business grew and the Ball</p> <p>brothers evolved into pro basketball players. She examines the many controversies LaVar Ball</p> <p>found himself inーfrom his sons arrest in China to his Twitter war with Donald Trump.</p> <p>Through it all, this idealistic young woman learned that people are not always the way they</p> <p>appear on the outside. And more importantly, through challenges and difficult situations, personal</p> <p>growth can come along when you least expect it. Interestingly enough, after everything she went</p> <p>through, Marissa learned a lot about herself and more importantly, she ended up with the exact</p> <p>things she admired in the Ball family: her own family, a growing career, and a renewed sense of</p> <p>self.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。   楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア   楽天 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア