The World of Basketball Books
Thinking Basketball is a book for basketball and analytics nerds, but especially for people who like to think outside the box and question prevailing narratives. It’s unlikely that you’ll read this book without having at least a few aha moments. Ben Taylor has an interesting background and is not your typical basketball journalist. In addition … Read more
Bill Bradley played for the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977 and won two titles there. In “Life on the Run,” he provides insights into the inner workings of one of the most successful teams of the 1970s. Although Bradley wrote that book as an active player, it is not an autobiography. Bill Bradley … Read more
.Jack McCallum, who writes for Sports Illustrated, covered the Phoenix Suns for the entire 2005-06 NBA season for 7 Seconds or Less. The veteran reporter first accompanied the team in the preseason to write an article for his employer. This led to the idea of covering the Suns for the entire season and writing about … Read more
Larry Bird – with the help noted Boston journalist and author Bob Ryan – wrote Drive: The Story of my Life while he was still active. Since Bird missed most of the 1988-89 season due to injury, he had time to try out his literary skills. Although Bird added a few chapters to his career … Read more
I had already briefly mentioned The Book of Basketball in the last (and first) blog post about The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam. Bill Simmons should be a household to most basketball fans around the world. Be it because of this book or because of his podcast. The book – at least the … Read more
.Anyone who has read The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons has already become aware of The Breaks of the Game there. Simmons, who wrote the foreword in this edition of Halberstam’s book, called it the best basketball book of all time. The book is about the 1979/80 season of the Portland Trail Blazers. That … Read more