{"product_id":"the-wizard-of-odds-how-jack-molinas-almost-destroyed-the-game-of-basketball","title":"The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Wizard of Odds  renowned and best-selling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us for the first time the full life story of Jack Molinas  one of the greatest basketball players of his era  a man whose gambling addiction and hubris caused his ultimate demise. Drawing on numerous  previously unavailable first-person accounts  including Jack Molinass own journal and trial transcripts  Rosen presents the true saga of a man who perhaps better than anyone around him understood the weaknesses of the system in which he livedso much so that he convinced himself that he could manipulate that system to his advantage with total impunity  in a lifes journey that took him from NBA play to the Mafia and the pornographic film industry  and to an ultimate tragic destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945326866485,"sku":"ByrdShop_1583222685","price":63.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781583222683_8f2b183d-a2c0-4b1a-8c5c-d301dc92619b.jpg?v=1770605827","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wizard-of-odds-how-jack-molinas-almost-destroyed-the-game-of-basketball","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}