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  Black Ball.    Theresa Runstedtler. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA.  If growing up in the 1970’s, the troubles that the players and management endured during the decade was not so readily or immediately apparent.     Many of the games were not televised and if they were it was often on tape delay.     Only so many cities and regions were represented at that time.    Thus, in Black Ball, authored by Theresa Runstedtler, this is the story of how a generation of professional basketball players persevered in acquiring richer contracts for themselves, augmenting their value via free agency as well as continuing to advance the game as a major sports entity in this country.   While the sub-title of the book mentions noteworthy players of that era including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Spencer Haywood, many other important characters, players, and administrators, are co...