Recommended reading

One coach tells me this book "should be required reading for any player who wants to be called a pro."

So here's the link, first in Japanese:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/NBA%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%BB%E9%97%98%E3%80%8C48%E5%88%86%E9%96%93%E3%80%8D%E2%80%95%E6%81%AF%E3%81%A5%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8B%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E5%B1%95%E9%96%8B%E3%81%AE%E5%85%A8%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2-%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96-%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3/dp/4469262862/ref=sr_1_25?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375431069&sr=1-25&keywords=%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%80%80%EF%BC%AE%EF%BC%A2%EF%BC%A1

The above link may look like pure garble, but in fact it's a translated version of Terry Pluto and Bob Ryan's "Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA."

The coach says this book, published in 1989 and co-authored by a pair of well-regarded NBA writers, will provide great insight for all players -- and, yes, I add, for their coaches, too --  to see just how demanding the pro game really is.

Here's the English link: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Forty-Eight-Minutes-Night-Life-Nba/dp/0020360509/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1375450569&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Bob+Ryan+Terry+Pluto