. But one of Bill Simmons favorite quote is, "But that's the thing of Basketball: You don't play games o. GENRE. Overview. I enjoyed this book, but man a livin' - there aren't many books where you can say the author probably should have cut out 500 pages... Bill Simmons has an incredible knowledge of the NBA (current and historical), much of which is first hand knowledge (having grown up with Celtics season tickets), but even with his internet articles I've always thought he talks too long. If you're a huge NBA fan, a guy, are between the ages 40 and 48 (as of 2012) and have watched an insane amount of TV and movies this is a no-brainier 5 star book(1). Did Kevin Garnett Reach His Full Potential? At 700 pages, you really have to love basketball, or Bill Simmons - or both - to get through it. I'll admit, for being five stars, the book isn't incredibly written, but Simmons makes up for it with humor and pop culture references. As a big fan of the Sports Guy's columns about the NBA, I thought I would be laughing from beginning to end and learning a lot. And. It's incredibly entertaining at best, infuriating and a drunken digression at others. ‘Book of Basketball 2.0’ Bill Simmons’s new podcast breaks down the NBA’s most important games, players, and teams, extending and reinventing his New York Times no. Bill Simmons knows a lot about the game of basketball. it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary." I would have liked it more if it had some parts about the Bucks, my favorite team, and I am a big basketball fan in general. Bill Simmons’s new podcast breaks down the NBA's most important games, players, and teams, extending and reinventing his New York Times no. Though in his articles he makes subtle (and at times not so subtle) remarks about how he is limited by corporate censorship, it turns out that extra work he had to put into his humor was actually beneficial to his writing. By expanding upon the worst parts of his columns - his obsessive biases towards certain types of players and teams - and mostly ignoring the profound insight he usually incites with his biting humor, Simmons comes off as someone who spent too much time watching pro basketball and now can do nothing but rant about it. Bill Simmons shared some "basketball secrets" that most people or players don't even know. It hones in on players that placed winning above all. 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. I started this months ago and plugged away, plugged away, finally devoting the better part of a weekend to finishing it. Simmons is funny (and also obnoxious at times), sure. The Book of Baseball would have been an easier read for me, because I already know more about the main characters. It's an in depth view of the history of the league and contains fun lists and comparisons to different eras and teams and players. Court of Opinion. Simmons views himself as an expert, and that comes through on every page - whether in his decision that John Stockton played in era of "inflated assists" or his condemnation of the last twenty minutes of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. In the interest of complete disclosure, I have to say that I am one of the biggest fans of the NBA that you will find. 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. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. It was a great summer holiday read (I've read the book in the context of being away from home over the past ten days), and a great reminder of some of the things I love about sports and writing. National Basketball Association, Basketball Publisher Ballantine/ESPN Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA. "The Book of Basketball" is a 715-page tome that presents "the NBA according to The Sports Guy," apparently with the aspiration of trying to settle every hoops debate imaginable. Simmons has a truly encyclopedic knowledge of pro players, and advances one conceit about teamwork (dubbed The Secret by Simmons and later The Choice by NBA great Bill Walton [the fact that the actual athlete is more poetic tells you all you need to know]) which is called on throughout this collosal text. I'm so grateful a book like this exists about basketball. The book starts off about him as a young Celtics fan. Neither turned out to be true. com ◁//▷나눔로또파워볼홀짝π파워볼데칼, Goodreads Members' Most Anticipated Books of April. This book teaches you how to play basketball and how it works. The best parts o. Simmons has a deep understanding of basketball, and I learned a great deal about the NBA and its players from reading this book. I really enjoyed the anecdotes (which he draws from his own life, but also from all of the NBA books and interview he has read), and the ranking of the best players ever was good, but some of his sports arguments are a little far to me (he wants to have a top 10 or top 100 list for absolutely everything). a lot of great basketball history almost ruined by two things: 1) a sometimes sickening love for the boston celtics and 2) finding david fosters wallace's style in a book about basketball (replete, with made-up proper noun titles, exuberant friendly narrative voice and a scholarly knowledge mixed with bawdy asides and metaphors, oh - and the dead giveaway - footnotes (not that dfw has a total claim to footnotes, but simmons uses them in almost the exact same way)... but other than these two thin. Simmons views himself as an expert, and that comes through on every page - whether in his decision that John Stockton played in era of "inflated assists" or his condemnation of the last twenty minutes of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. Dirk gets a ring... Timmy D gets another one...LeBron heads back to Cleveland and wins a title “by himself”... KD happens...Golden States dominance... player empowerment era...SO MUCH HISTORY! Kevin Garnett: The Stealth Superstar (With Jackie MacMullan) In the third episode of Season 3, Bill … The theme is that family is first. This book teaches you how to play basketball and how it works. * Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, is that writer. The Book of Basketball. . I am not sure if I would sit down and re-read the entire book, but it will certainly stick around as a resource and a source of entertainment. Reading this book is like arguing across the Thanksgiving table with your masshole uncle. 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