Željko Obradović touches the ball for the first time on the open court next to the railway station in Čačak. Thodoris Papaloukas returns to the court of the Greco-Russians, alone and with the lights off, for the first dunk of his life. Ricardo Pittis confronts the Prime Minister of Italy to save a playground in Milan, and Ettore Messina unites the fans of Virtus and Fortitudo in the Gardens of Margarita in Bologna. Žarko Paspalj builds his kingdom among the pines, in the dry air and sun of Montenegro, while a playground among the apartment buildings of Ampelokipi hosts one of the most beautiful fairy tales of Greek basketball.

The legends who lifted trophies, experienced glory, and made history in world basketball, as well as the neighborhood heroes, return to where it all began. And they narrate in the first person unknown stories from the open courts of their childhood.

The book Where the Legends Were Born is a journey through space and time full of nostalgia, passion, and love for the game from Zagreb in the 1970s and the neighborhoods of Belgrade to the Basque Country and northern Italy. And from Thessaloniki, Alsos Prompona, to today's Nikaia.

A book for anyone who played one-on-one at 11 and, as soon as it ended, said: "One more game?" And somehow went unprepared to school the next day.