NERR Alum Pens Book on Professional Basketball
NERR Alum, Kirk Crecco, has recently written and published a book called Living the Dream: How to Get Recruited to Play Professional Basketball that is now available for purchase on Amazon and Lulu. Kirk had a great career at Gilford High School in New Hampshire where he collected NH Class M Player of the Year honors in 2008 and was nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Game. He then went on to have a 4-year career at Dartmouth College, but saw only limited playing time. Despite averaging just 2.7 points in 9 minutes per game in college, Kirk has enjoyed numerous seasons playing professional basketball in Europe. Last season, Kirk played for BBC Grengewald in Luxembourg where he led the league in scoring (28ppg) and this season he has signed a 1-year contract to play for the Durham Wildcats of the British Basketball League (BBL).
Kirk’s book is designed to help other aspiring players fulfill their dreams of playing professional basketball and encourages players to actively seek out their own recruitment in ways that he has found to be most effective during his professional career. Not only does the book provide players with step-by-step instructions on how to find team contact information and on what to send professional teams to get them interested, but it also discusses a few unique overseas playing opportunities that many US players are unaware of.
About his motivations for writing the book, Kirk told New England Recruiting Report, “I just felt like there have been far too many capable players over the past few years who have been stuck without a professional contract because they didn't know what to do or they assumed their agent or coach would find them an opportunity. I’ve never signed with an agent and have been able to secure professional contracts on my own. I wrote the book to shed light on the strategies I used to do this with the hope that it would help other players fulfill their dreams of playing professionally.”
Living the Dream: How to Get Recruited to Play Professional Basketball is currently available for purchase on Amazon and Lulu for just $9.99.
To purchase for PC/Mac (PDF File): http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kirkcrecco
To purchase for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GMTZXP0
To learn more about Kirk’s book, check out his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/kirkcrecco10
Kirk Crecco