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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy |  | Author: Bill Simmons
Creator: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: ESPN
Category: Book
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Printing
Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.7
ISBN: 034551176X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323640973
EAN: 9780345511768
ASIN: 034551176X
Publication Date: October 27, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009: The Book of Basketball is a 700-page work of hoops genius that would make Dr. James Naismith beam proudly – and probably blush. Author Bill Simmons, best known as ESPN.com's "The Sports Guy," explores the NBA with hilarious insight, brilliant analysis, and a bevy of irreverent footnotes. Simmons is a fan first – a fact best explained in an entertaining foreword by Malcolm Gladwell – and writes from the stands, not the press room. His knowledge and passion for the game provide him with few peers, yet his voice represents those who stick by their teams through thick and thin. As a result, The Book of Basketball is not just a tribute to hardwood heroes, but also a celebration of yelling at TV sets, revering lucky jerseys, and holding our breath until the final buzzer sounds. Throw in pages of nearly-insane statistical breakdowns (including a projected boxscore from the movie Teen Wolf), and it's easy to see why fans of all levels should clear shelf space for this instant classic. --Dave Callanan
Product Description
There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, is that writer. And The Book of Basketball is that book.
Nowhere in the roundball universe will you find another single volume that covers as much in such depth as this wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball.
From the age-old question of who actually won the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain to the one about which team was truly the best of all time, Simmons opens–and then closes, once and for all–every major pro basketball debate. Then he takes it further by completely reevaluating not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons’s one-of-a-kind, five-level shrine to the ninety-six greatest players in the history of pro basketball. And ultimately he takes fans to the heart of it all, as he uses a conversation with one NBA great to uncover that coveted thing: The Secret of Basketball.
Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), The Book of Basketball offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game’s finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.
* More to the point, he’s the only one crazy enough to try to pull it off.
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 Great book November 20, 2009
Greenleaf36
For any NBA fan, casual or die-hard, this is a great read with Bill Simmons view on the history of the league. Because he presents his theories and integrates his fan perspective analysis, it makes this an NBA book like none other.
Funny, Informed and Opinionated Look at The Association November 20, 2009
Matthew B. Scott (Alexandria, VA)
Great book for any NBA fan. Non-basketball fans will appreciate Simmons cultural references and footnoted sarcasm but their interest is likely to wane across the 1000 pages of detailed analysis of the history, trades, stars, teams and league leadership. Simmons doesn't look for the high-road (Kareem and Vince fans beware) but rather combines glowing adoration, scathing critique, and tons of stats and historical detail in a highly enjoyable tome.
Phenomenal! November 20, 2009
Matthew G. Collins (Cupertino, CA)
If you even slightly enjoy basketball, you should read this. It is hilarious, informative and impossible to put down. I find his columns a little too much sometimes (mainly because of the ever-present pop culture references), but they hit more than they miss here and the book is packed with so much goodness that I can overlook stuff 13 references to Corey Haim in a paragraph.
even the details have details November 19, 2009
D. Oliver (Charlotte, NC)
wonderfully crafted with pop culture references and diehard fanatic sensibilities, simmons puts together the basketball bible. whether you agree with him or not, you find yourself engaged in the arguments put forth.
hoopster must have November 18, 2009
Harvey Levitt (aventura,fl usa)
Having been an NBA fan for over 50 years, this book is a must have!
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