Lance Allred

Basketball Gods is a book about acceptance, about picking up the pieces as you go along, while providing insight into the supposedly glamorous world of professional sports. It is a story about basketball. And a story about spirituality, as well as forgiveness and acceptance....

Born near death and legally deaf from within a fundamentalist polygamist commune in rural Montana, Lance Allred's story is the inspiring journey of an underdog who never gave up on a dream on his way to becoming the first deaf player in NBA history....

The first deaf player in NBA history, Lance Allred covers and uses a wide array of poetic forms in telling a narrative of his time in Italy, as he travels through and eventually rises....

Using humorous and insightful anecdotes, Lance Allred, the first deaf player in NBA history and TEDx star, takes any aspiring fan of TED Talks, "TEDsters", on his journey of hubris, awkwardness and catharsis that was his TEDx experience....

“Men are being asked to adapt to our changing world, yet many still want to play by the old rules,” teaches Lance Allred. Now this former NBA star and leadership consultant presents a new game plan for evolving, growing, and succeeding in the modern era: The New Alpha Male....