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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The definitive book on the NBAESPN.com’s Sports GuyEntertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketballThe Secret of Basketball.Comprehensive, authoritative, controversial, hilarious, and impossible to put down
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6 Reddit comments about The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy:

u/snatchdracula · 6 pointsr/nba

This might not be what you're looking for, but I'm a new-ish (this is my 2nd year really following the nba) basketball fan and these are the things that have really helped me enjoy the game more.

  1. Learn about all the basic plays and defense styles: pick and roll, give and go, zone defense, man defense, etc then try to recognize when people are executing them in a game. Once I started seeing this stuff I feel like watching basketball really opened up for me.

  2. Follow one team and get to know them. For a long time I would randomly watch games and I never really paid attention to a particular team. But recently I've been watching the Nets a lot (because the ticket package was much cheaper than the Knicks), the Celtics (because they are always on TV), the Heat, and the Magic (because they were my favorite team when I was a kid). So, get to know the players and their strengths and their weaknesses. Then, you will get to know the rest of the NBA because you'll see them matched up against the players that you know well. You'll get to know their strengths and weaknesses also.

  3. Go see the games live. There is tons of stuff going on that gets cut out of the TV shot. This helped me understand what was going on a lot more.

  4. To get some history and context for what's going on I like freedarko.com. Also Bill Simmons wrote (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Basketball-NBA-According-Sports/dp/034551176X)[The big book of basketball] which I haven't read, but I have been meaning too.

  5. I like watching NBA GameTime on NBA TV, but I think SportsCenter will get you caught up on all the major games.

    Anyway I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but I wish someone would have told this to me when I first started watching bball.
u/StuGovGuy · 4 pointsr/sports

Buy this book. Its the ultimate book for an NBA fan. He/she will not be disappointed. Here is the link.

u/eatmyshorts5 · 4 pointsr/nba

I found that More than a game by Phil Jackson was an excellent book. It basically is a look into the life and coaching philosophy of one of the greatest coaches of all time as well as an inside look into the 2000 champion Lakers.

Also the Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons is an essential read for all NBA fans.

EDIT: I recently also read the Jordan Rules by Sam Smith. It isn't a particularly eye opening book, but basically it's about the 1990-1991 NBA championship season from the Chicago Bulls perspective, and also a look into MJ's transformation from a ball hogging douchebag to the greatest of all time. Good read.

u/shlinton · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons - great history lesson on the NBA that is the perfect long read for people with short attention spans.

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u/rajonrondo · 1 pointr/nfl

Simmons is awesome, anyone that hasn't seen his book, Book of Basketball. its worth a read