How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, - Economists, Ballet Choreographers, Theoretical Astrophysicists About

NEW TAKE ON A PERENNIAL TOPIC: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius is one part Bill Simmons, one part Malcom Gladwell-a charmingly novel look at a beloved game through a narrative that combines data analysis, storytelling, expertise, and imagination.OBSESSIVE APPEAL: If you''re a big basketball fan, you make it your mission to know every stat, watch every clip, and be able to defend any hot (or cold) take. This book takes that dedicated fandom and goes even deeper with it by using other niche, obsession-worthy topics as the means through which we can come to better understand the drama, beauty, and heartbreak of the sport.CONNECTED WRITER: Nick Greene has written for Slate, Vice, Mental Floss, and the Village Voice, among others. He has a wide-ranging network of media connections with audiences that fit squarely in the overlapping space between sports and pop culture that this book is geared to.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Greene
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2022
• EAN: 9781419744815
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-4481-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; REFERENCE / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, history of sport