![]() While (usually) knowledgeable about many sports, it's pro basketball where Simmons excels. And while he continues that with TBoB, it's clear that he could teach a university class on NBA 101 at any school in the country. Simmons' hook is that he writes about sports from a fan's perspective not a sportswriter. ![]() This is by far the biggest surprise and one that makes the book special. Oh sure, some topics that Simmons has written about previously are touched upon and excerpts are pulled to support or debunk a claim but it's a standalone book and not a best-of compendium.ģ) The detail. Rather than a rehash of his columns for and ESPN The Magazine, TBoB (as Simmons himself might nickname it) is new content. You can digest it at your pace without losing the plot because you know (almost) all of the characters (Jordan, Kareem, Russell, Bird, Magic, Lebron, Shaq, Kobe, et al).Ģ) The freshness. But as author Malcolm Gladwell writes in the foreword, this book isn't a novel and you don't need to read it at one sitting. I'm a fast reader and it still took me a long time to read the book. It could be called the "Big Book of Basketball." It's about 700 pages long and even the electronic version isn't small. I've been a fan of Bill Simmons, aka The Sports Guy, ever since he joined many years ago, but was taken aback by three things in his book on pro hoops.ġ) The volume. ![]() I was surprised by "The Book of Basketball." I really was. ![]()
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