Simmons, Bill.

The book of basketball : the NBA according to the sports guy / Bill Simmons ; [foreword by Malcolm Gladwell]. - New York : Ballantine/ESPN Books, 2010. - xiii, 734 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: A four-dollar ticket -- The secret -- Russell, then Wilt -- How the hell did we get here? -- The what-if game -- Most valuable chapter -- The Hall of Fame pyramid -- The pyramid: level 1 -- The pyramid: level 2 -- The pyramid: level 3 -- The pyramid: level 4 -- The pyramid: Pantheon -- The legend of Keyser Söze -- The wine cellar -- Life after the secret.

Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com's Sports Guy, offers in a single volume his wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball.

ISBN: 0345520106 (pbk.) 9780345520104 (pbk.) 0345520106 (pbk.) : $18.00 9780345520104

Subjects--Corporate Names:
National Basketball Association.
National Basketball Association.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Basketball--United States.
Basketball--United States.

LC Class. No.: GV885.1 / .S46 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 796.32364 SIM