The book sat in a box for years in Gene Lamont's Florida home, gathering dust as the baseball seasons added up. Lamont happened to come across it recently as he was clearing things out.
"The Triple-Post Offense" reads the cover, with a trio of basketball outlines. The author is Fred "Tex" Winter, the Basketball Hall of Fame coach who passed away Wednesday at age 96. Inside the leather-colored cover are the concepts and plays behind what would later become known as the Triangle Offense, the strategy behind Phil Jackson's dynasties with the Bulls and Lakers.
Also inside the cover is a message Winter wrote to Lamont.