Who was the  American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) that read and spoke positively of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You?
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You is a 1998 book written by John C. Maxwell and published by Thomas Nelson. It is one of several books by Maxwell on the subject of leadership. It is the book for which he is best-known. The book was listed on "The New York Times" Best Seller list in April 1999 after marketing company ResultSource manipulated the list by making it look like copies of "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" had been purchased by thousands of individuals when, in actuality, ResultSource had simply made a bulk order of the book. The book had sold more than one million copies by 2015. Christian businessperson John Faulkner was inspired to found Christian business magazine "TwoTen" when he read "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership". Professional basketball player Harrison Barnes read and spoke positively of the book. Annie Grevers of "Swimming World Magazine" wrote of Maxwell's book, "it's cheesy, but ... it did me some good". Columnist Michael Hiltzik of the "Los Angeles Times" criticized Maxwell for including in the book "the insidious subtext ... that externalities have nothing to do with your failure", an assertion that Hiltzik argues research studies have demonstrated to be false.
Jerry Sloan Gerald Eugene Sloan (born March 28, 1942) is an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history". Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two coaches in NBA history to record 1,000 wins with one club (the Utah Jazz). He also coached for one team longer than anyone in NBA history. The 2009–10 season was his 22nd season (and 21st full season) as coach of the Jazz. Sloan coached the Jazz to 15 consecutive playoff appearances from 1989 to 2003. Although he never won a Coach of the Year award, he is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15-plus consecutive seasons with a winning record (Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are the others). He led Utah to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, but lost to the Chicago Bulls both times.