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David Aldridge

Biography

David Aldridge

David Aldridge is a senior columnist for The Athletic. He has previously covered the NBA for Turner, ESPN and the Washington Post. In 2016, he received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame, as well as the Legacy Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

David Aldridge

Books by David Aldridge

The Basketball 100: The Story of the Greatest Players in NBA History
by David Aldridge and John Hollinger, with The Athletic NBA Staff - History, Nonfiction, Sports

Over the course of 100 luminous player profiles, the best sports newsroom on the planet paints vivid portraits of the game’s most compelling characters. They include George Mikan, Gary Payton, Dennis Rodman, Allen Iverson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Steph Curry. Edited by award-winning reporters David Aldridge and John Hollinger, THE BASKETBALL 100 also answers the game’s toughest, most important questions: How should we weigh championship rings, versus statistical profiles, versus the “eye test”? Were the great players of yesteryear, like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, propelled by the inferior athleticism of their competition, or would they have been transcendent in any era? And of course, who’s the GOAT --- MJ or LeBron?