A Perfect Fit
Published on 23. November 2010
208 pages
978-1-4391-9510-9 (ISBN)
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FORMER NBA STAR LUTHER WRIGHT SHARES HIS HARROWING AND UPLIFTING JOURNEY OF FINDING GOD?AND HIMSELF?WHEN HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE.
Luther Wright had the life hoop dreams are made of. A first-round NBA draft pick for the Utah Jazz, he was a rookie on a team with basketball legends Karl Malone and John Stockton. He had money, women, cars, and a luxurious bachelor pad overlooking Salt Lake City. But within a year, ravaged by drugs and unable to cope with life as an NBA star, he was homeless, broke and addicted to crack cocaine.
Wright never wanted to play basketball, yet standing more than seven feet tall even as a boy, he thought he had no choice. In this heartrending memoir, he writes candidly about the self-destructive spiral he found himself on after neglecting his passions to pursue the dreams of others. After years of living on the streets, he finally found a gift greater than anything his millions could have bought him?God. Today, Wright offers a simple message: believe in yourself, follow your dreams, and only then will you find your Perfect Fit.
Luther Wright had the life hoop dreams are made of. A first-round NBA draft pick for the Utah Jazz, he was a rookie on a team with basketball legends Karl Malone and John Stockton. He had money, women, cars, and a luxurious bachelor pad overlooking Salt Lake City. But within a year, ravaged by drugs and unable to cope with life as an NBA star, he was homeless, broke and addicted to crack cocaine.
Wright never wanted to play basketball, yet standing more than seven feet tall even as a boy, he thought he had no choice. In this heartrending memoir, he writes candidly about the self-destructive spiral he found himself on after neglecting his passions to pursue the dreams of others. After years of living on the streets, he finally found a gift greater than anything his millions could have bought him?God. Today, Wright offers a simple message: believe in yourself, follow your dreams, and only then will you find your Perfect Fit.
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Persons
Luther Wright is a former NBA player with the Utah Jazz. He was a standout at Seton Hall University and won a state champion as the center for Elizabeth High School. Today he is an assistant coach at a junior college in New York City and works with a youth group at his church.
Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy's Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.
Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy's Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Karen Hunter
- Prologue
- 1: Opening Tap
- 2: Personal Foul
- 3: Hoop Dreams
- 4: Sandy
- 5: Please Don't Stop the Music
- 6: Elizabeth, I'm Coming to Join You!
- 7: Decision Time
- 8: Down the Hall
- 9: More Money, More Problems
- 10: Rookie Blues
- 11: And All That Jazz
- 12: Out of Bounds
- 13: Blocked Shot
- 14: The Crack of Dawn
- 15: Falling Through the Cracks
- 16: Fouled Out
- 17: You Are . . . Not the Father!
- 18: My God
- 19: No More Game
- Afterword by Terry Cummings
- Photo Insert
