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title: 'The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy'
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<b>Author:</b> Bill Simmons</br>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/774387230?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">See in goodreads</a>
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<h3>Review:</h3>
<p>What's good about this book is the same that's bad about it. It's a collection of the prejudices, kneejerk reactions and homerisms of Bill Simmons when discussing a subject he really is passionate about, the NBA.<br /><br />I would prefer he spend his time interviewing retired players (his Walton chapter is awesome, as is a long article about Bill Russell he did earlier this year) than ordering disparate and incomparable things (because how can Bowie-over-Jordan and Walton's feet be in the same list in any order?)<br /><br />In any case, it's clearly a labour of love and footnotes, and I like both things.</p>
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