The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy Review “[A] slam dunk.”—USA Today“The work of a true fan . . . It might just represent the next phase of sports commentary.”—The Atlantic“May be one of those literary lollapaloozas that Simmons’s fans must buy.”—The New York Times   “Wildly prolific, ceaselessly witty, harmlessly crass, and generally wise, Simmons has built an everydude empire by triangulating the trashy pop-culture futon talk of Chuck Klosterman and the stats-heavy philosophizing of Malcolm Gladwell.”—The Village Voice   “This is just plain fun. . . . The true NBA fan will dive into this hefty volume and won’t resurface for about a week.”—Booklist (starred review)   “The book flows much like Mr. Simmons’s ESPN columns. . . . Opinion gushes out of him. But he backs it up with equal parts serious research and off-angle observations. . . . He has produced enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future.”—The Wall Street JournalNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  About the Author Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with the New Yorker magazine since 1996. He is the author of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, all of which were number one New York Times bestsellers. Prior to joining the New Yorker magazine, he was a reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered business, science and then served as the newspaper's New York City bureau chief. Gladwell was born in England, grew up in rural Ontario and now lives in New York City. 				    	 					              See all Product description