The Book of Basketball

The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell

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ESPN
07 December 2010

Sports & outdoor recreation; Basketball

A runaway #1 New York Times bestseller and ""a must-read for any NBA fan"" (The Denver Post), the ultimate pro basketball book penned by the most popular sportswriter at work today is now a handsome trade paperback featuring new material from the author!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .

The wildly opinionated, thoroughly entertaining, and arguably definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA-from the founder of The Ringer and host of The Bill Simmons Podcast

""Enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future.""-The Wall Street Journal

In The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons opens-and then closes, once and for all-every major NBA debate, 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. 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.

By: Bill Simmons
Foreword by: Malcolm Gladwell
Imprint: ESPN
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 805g
ISBN: 9780345520104
ISBN 10: 0345520106
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 07 December 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

[A] slam dunk. USA Today The work of a true fan . . . It might just represent the next phase of sports commentary. The Atlantic May be one of those literary lollapaloozas that Simmons s fans must buy. The New York Times Wildly prolific, ceaselessly witty, harmlessly crass, and generally wise, Simmons has built an everydude empire by triangulating the trashy pop-culture futon talk of Chuck Klosterman and the stats-heavy philosophizing of Malcolm Gladwell. The Village Voice This is just plain fun. . . . The true NBA fan will dive into this hefty volume and won t resurface for about a week. Booklist (starred review) The book flows much like Mr. Simmons s ESPN columns. . . . Opinion gushes out of him. But he backs it up with equal parts serious research and off-angle observations. . . . He has produced enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future. The Wall Street Journal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE