{"product_id":"the-book-of-basketball-the-nba-according-to-the-sports-guy-paperback","title":"The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The NBA according to The Sports Guy--now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Malcom Gladwell - \"The work of a true fan . . . it might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Simmons, the wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining basketball addict known to millions as ESPN's The Sports Guy, has written the definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down (even for Celtic-haters), \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e offers every hardwood fan a courtside seat beside the game's finest, funniest, and fiercest chronicler.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e writes \"The Sports Guy\" column for ESPN online's \u003ci\u003ePage 2\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eESPN: The Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNow I Can Die In Peace, \u003c\/i\u003e founded the award-winning bostonsportsguy website, and was a writer for \u003ci\u003eJimmy Kimmel Live\u003c\/i\u003e. He commutes between his home in Los Angeles and Fenway Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.17 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979060248877,"sku":"9780345520104","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dFdNS2p3Ky9VTjkwSWI5SVRzRzZHQT09.webp?v=1775818738","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-basketball-the-nba-according-to-the-sports-guy-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}