A review by tinnytree
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons
4.0
Well the beast has finally been slain. This really was a massive book that took ages to read, over 2 months on and off.
I had a hard time deciding whether to give it 5 stars or 3 stars so I settled for 4. If you love NBA and Basketball in general you will love this book but Bill Simmon's humor does get a bit old especially after 700 odd pages.
Most of the book is really interesting but it could have probably been a few hundred pages lighter. I loved the footnote addition but it was annoying having to look them up all the time, would have been easier if they were written on the same page instead of at the end of each chapter.
If Simmons writes another book I might read it but I dont know if he could possibly have anything else interesting to write about the NBA.
I had a hard time deciding whether to give it 5 stars or 3 stars so I settled for 4. If you love NBA and Basketball in general you will love this book but Bill Simmon's humor does get a bit old especially after 700 odd pages.
Most of the book is really interesting but it could have probably been a few hundred pages lighter. I loved the footnote addition but it was annoying having to look them up all the time, would have been easier if they were written on the same page instead of at the end of each chapter.
If Simmons writes another book I might read it but I dont know if he could possibly have anything else interesting to write about the NBA.