The Art of Manliness

By The Art of Manliness

When the Game Was War — Lessons From the Greatest NBA Season of All Time

🔊 Play episode (57 min)

Direct episode link

💬 Share episode

Published September 11, 2023 5:00am

While there may be some heated rivalries in today's NBA, the ferocity of competition doesn't compare to the hard-hitting contests that took place during the 1987-1988 season, when four rising and falling dynasties — the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, and Bulls — battled it out for supremacy.

Here to illuminate that epic era in basketball and share what can be learned from it is Rich Cohen, author of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season. Today on the show, Rich makes a case for why there's never be a season before or since like the one that played out...

Return to podcast