![]() When you are a passionate fan of something – be that something a boy, a girl, an object or a sport – chances are you love that something unconditionally and think it perfect. ![]() So, get ready to visit his well-crafted make-believe museum of basketball and climb up its five levels of merit all the way to the “Pantheon of the 12” – to find out which are the 96 best basketball players in history. Because of this, to our deepest regret, we didn’t have a choice but to focus our attention on the central part of the book only: Simmons’ imagined reconstruction of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Wilt debate (“Russel, then Wilt”) to a “Most Valuable Chapter” that reconsiders the worthiness of historical MVP winners, The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons – former editor-in-chief of ESPN’s Grantland and founder and CEO of The Ringer – can be loosely described as a dedicated and researched (but lighthearted nevertheless) attempt to evaluate “why certain players and teams mattered more than others.”Īt 800 immensely entertaining but loosely structured and footnote-filled pages, it is not only the longest book Malcolm Gladwell has ever read since college (his words, from the Foreword), but it is also one that defies summarization. ![]() ![]() Featuring everything from a brief history of the game to “what-if” scenarios of the “let’s say Len Bias hadn’t overdosed” type, from a once-and-for-all solution to the Russell vs. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |