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A review by optimismprime
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons
5.0
I'm 40 pages in--through the Prologue and a bit of the first chapter--so I still have 660 pages to go... and my qualms on spending thirty bucks on it have already been forgotten.
Early reports look like it'll be one of the three must-read modern books on basketball, along with [b:Can I Keep My Jersey? Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Professional Basketball Player|24480|Can I Keep My Jersey? Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Professional Basketball Player|Paul Shirley|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fDp-FJL3L._SL75_.jpg|25330] and [b:FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game|3355159|FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game|Bethlehem Shoals|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255929050s/3355159.jpg|3393667].
Will update this review as I progress and finish.
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Update: Am currently about halfway through, and my eyes have only started bleeding from information overload a couple times. Not bad!
Seriously, this book is big. I've been reading Clancy since I was a wee lad in fifth grade, and I'm not sure I've seen a book this big and densely packed in a while. I love basketball with a fiery passion, and this has almost burned me out.
Almost.
Fortunately, I'm still going. Made it up to the 60s in his list of the top 96 players ever, and I'm going to finish in the next couple days.
If you enjoy basketball, get this book and get ready to have your mind blown.
Early reports look like it'll be one of the three must-read modern books on basketball, along with [b:Can I Keep My Jersey? Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Professional Basketball Player|24480|Can I Keep My Jersey? Eleven Teams, Six Years, Five Countries, and My So-called Career as a Professional Basketball Player|Paul Shirley|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fDp-FJL3L._SL75_.jpg|25330] and [b:FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game|3355159|FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game|Bethlehem Shoals|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255929050s/3355159.jpg|3393667].
Will update this review as I progress and finish.
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Update: Am currently about halfway through, and my eyes have only started bleeding from information overload a couple times. Not bad!
Seriously, this book is big. I've been reading Clancy since I was a wee lad in fifth grade, and I'm not sure I've seen a book this big and densely packed in a while. I love basketball with a fiery passion, and this has almost burned me out.
Almost.
Fortunately, I'm still going. Made it up to the 60s in his list of the top 96 players ever, and I'm going to finish in the next couple days.
If you enjoy basketball, get this book and get ready to have your mind blown.