Seven Seconds Or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns

Jack McCallum

Simon and Schuster, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages

Sports Illustrated's chief NBA writer Jack McCallum gets in the paint with the Phoenix Suns and takes a season-long look at the NBA's most exciting and controversial team.

Jack McCallum—NBA writer for Sports Illustrated—only planned to spend the preseason with the Phoenix Suns as an "assistant coach" and then write a story about his experiences. Instead, he stayed on with the Suns throughout their exciting and controversial 2005 to 2006 season. McCallum describes in detail his year trying to keep up with the fast-breaking Suns on and off the court. He takes readers inside the heads of Steve Nash, the team's mercurial floor general; the maverick Mike D'Antoni; and dozens of others who make up the close-knit Suns family. On the court, there's excitement as the Suns overcome a rash of injuries to once again battle for a conference title. Off the court, controversy rages as the team endures a major front-office change in midseason. Throughout it all, the team continues to bedevil opponents and challenge the status quo with their throwback style.

In the spirit of Buzz Bissinger's Three Nights in August and John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink, Seven Seconds or Less is an in-depth look at one of the greatest shows in sports.

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About the author

Jack McCallum received a degree in English from Muhlenberg College and a master's degree in English literature from Lehigh University. He was a writer at Sports Illustrated for almost 30 years and is currently a Special Contributor for the publication. In 2005, he was presented with the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for excellence in basketball writing. He has written around 10 books including Dream Team, Seven Seconds or Less, Unfinished Business, and The Prostate Monologues. He also co-wrote the novel Foul Lines with L. Jon Wertheim and Bleeding Orange with Jim Boeheim.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Seven Seconds Or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
• Author: Jack McCallum
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2007
• ISBN: 0743298136, 9780743298131
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Sports & Recreation / Basketball; Sports & Recreation / Coaching / Basketball; Sports & Recreation / General