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A review by rwarner
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons
5.0
I bought the hardcover and read it some time ago. I bought the paperback recently and read it. I wasn't disappointed. I'll read it again next year. And the year after that. Simmons has great insight into the NBA, opines magnificently, has an amazing collection of anecdotes, and cracks me up, page after page. Read, for example, his writeup of Dave Cowens.
I'm amazed at the swings he takes at people: Kareem, Vince, Isiah, The Mailman. Hey, Bill! ALL those dudes are bigger and tougher than you, by orders of magnitude! You're a brave dude!
Warning: Simmons gets salty. A lot. If you can't skip over parts while reading, or at least stomach them, this isn't the book for you.
If you love the NBA, you gotta read this book. And Bill: it's not homerism. You can rank Bird over Magic--the Hick from French Lick never clanged FTs in the clutch.
I'm amazed at the swings he takes at people: Kareem, Vince, Isiah, The Mailman. Hey, Bill! ALL those dudes are bigger and tougher than you, by orders of magnitude! You're a brave dude!
Warning: Simmons gets salty. A lot. If you can't skip over parts while reading, or at least stomach them, this isn't the book for you.
If you love the NBA, you gotta read this book. And Bill: it's not homerism. You can rank Bird over Magic--the Hick from French Lick never clanged FTs in the clutch.