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The Art Of A Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour Of The NBA (2009)

by Chris Ballard(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1439110212 (ISBN13: 9781439110218)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: Every NBA fan needs to read this book. Ballard is the perfect guy for such a "behind the scenes" look at a game most never imagine involves such attention to detail. I was skeptical of Ballard's journalistic side taking over in this book. Fortunately, every chapter is devoted to the statistics as well as personal accounts and insight by players, coaches, front office personnel, and trainers. Every chapter reads like it's own 15 page article on a certain facet of the game. This makes for a very quick read.
review 2: More a series of long-form articles than one cohesive book, but The Art of a Beautiful Game gives an excellent and all-encompassing look at today's NBA, drawing heavily upon the players themselves. For the reader, it's a bit like sitting in a bar wit... moreh eight or ten of the NBA's key contributors in some facet of the game -- shot blocking, or running the point -- and just listening to them share the tricks of their trade. I'd absolutely recommend this one for any NBA fan. less

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