Bill Simmons Archive

The Book of Basketball

13. December 20254. May 2023 by Luke

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

The Breaks of the Game

8. December 202529. April 2023 by Luke

.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