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# The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

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#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.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #68 in Basketball (Books) |
| Country Of Origin | USA |
| Dimensions | 15.6 x 4.1 x 23.5 cm |
| Edition | Updated,Reprint |
| Generic Name | 1 |
| Importer | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Isbn 10 | 0345520106 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0345520104 |
| Item Weight | 805 g |
| Language | English |
| Net Quantity | 780.00 Grams |
| Packer | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Print Length | 752 pages |
| Publication Date | 7 December 2010 |
| Publisher | ESPN |
| Reading Age | 5 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this book
*by  on Reviewed in India 2 February 2018*

As a fan of Bill Simmon’s style of writing , I loved this book. Any fan of nba basketball will value this too for the comprehensive statistical review and reliving of classic moments and performances as well as the wealth of little-known stories and insights into legendary players. Simmons is a biased fan like the majority of us , as he freely admits, and this book is designed to read like a passionate conversation - you will laugh consistently except for when you will want to throttle him for unabashedly favouring the Celtics 😉

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book
*by  on Reviewed in India 25 March 2014*

Basketball (NBA) fans interested in the history of the NBA and great players through the years have to own this book. Thanks Amazon for making these books available in India. Btw, the author is Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell wrote the foreword.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ the sporty book
*by  on Reviewed in India 15 January 2017*

Bill Simons the widely opinionated and famous ESPN.com's the sport guy has written this wonderful book featuring every major pro basketball league and this book also features the winner of the rivalry duel between Russel and Chamberlain

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