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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
- ESPN
- 2009-10-27
- 28Rank
- $30.00
- See details at Amazon
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Pretty Good, a little short of the patheon-
It is hard to deny with the Book of Basketball that a lot of information will be learned. Pluses: The top players of all time rankings were very insightful with the average of 2 or 3 pages per player. Also the top teams were ranked (tending to leaning towards teams in the 80s and early 90s. Also the Wine Cellar Team (top team ever and choosing a individual season) was very good as well. Negative- There is some bias towards the Celtics and Laker hating going on but as a 80s Celtics fan I find it tolerable. The repeated rips of Kareem, Wilt, and Karl Malone get old. No coach rankings are a dissapointment. Probably could have been cut by 50 to 100 pages and been equally as good.Overall: This book is a must read for any basketball fan, from junkie to casual. Just be prepared to plow through 700 pages. That lowers it from 5 to 4 stars. 550-600 would have been a lot better but still a great book.
