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The Joy of Basketball: An Encyclopedia of the Modern Game
The Joy of Basketball: An Encyclopedia of the Modern Game
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A vibrant, unconventional, highly opinionated guide to the triumphs, struggles, and heartbreaks of the modern game
The Joy of Basketball celebrates the meteoric rise of the game over the last quarter-century. Using text, charts, and illustrations that upend conventional wisdom, the book details the most incredible players in history, draft flops, long-limbed oddballs, superteams, the international talent wave, brawls, scandals, the rapid evolution of contemporary gameplay, coaching, fashion, crime, positional erosion, tragic tales, memes, and the sacred Kardashian Blessing. Bouncing between graphics and sociopolitical observations, The Joy of Basketball is a subversive sports manifesto camouflaged as a colorful reference book.
Ben Detrick is a writer who has contributed to the New York Times, The Ringer, and Grantland. He is the cohost of Cookies Hoops and lives in New York.
Andrew Kuo is an artist and regular contributor to the New York Times, where his colorful visual columns have appeared in Arts & Leisure, the Magazine, T Magazine, and the Sunday Section. He is the cohost of Cookies Hoops and lives in New York.
Foreword by Desus Nice, a lifelong Knicks enthusiast and the host of Showtime's Desus & Mero.
- Publisher : Harry N. Abrams (November 9, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1419754823
- ISBN-13 : 978-1419754821
- Dimensions : 7.2 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
