Basketball and Other Things, Shea Serrano
Basketball and Other Things, Shea Serrano
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Basketball (and Other Things)
A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

Author: Shea Serrano, Reggie Miller

Narrator: Sean Crisden

Unabridged: 8 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/10/2017

Synopsis

This book is made up of thirty-three chapters. Each chapter is a different basketball question that needs to be answered. Some of them are obviously crucial (Example: What's the Most Important NBA Championship?) and some of them are secretly crucial (Example: Was Kobe Bryant a Dork?). But all of them are approached in ways that (I hope you think) are smart and fun and nuanced. Also, you should know ahead of time that some of the pieces go a bit sideways sometimes, like the chapter that ends up just being the script of an action movie, or the other chapter that’s actually just a bunch of lists and nothing else. Basketball is fun. —Shea

About Shea Serrano

Shea Serrano is the New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book. Currently, he is a staff writer at The Ringer. He is the author of several books, including Basketball (and Other Things), Movies (and Other Things), and A Wedding Thing (The One).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thekelburrows on November 06, 2017

"Shout out to pasteurization."......more

Goodreads review by Benoit on November 12, 2017

Warning: this book will make you feel lonely. If you like basketball as much as I (or Shea Serrano) do, it will make your confront the depth of your loneliness. You will find out there are other people in the world wondering which Michael Jordan is the best Michael Jordan (no, it's not the 37 ppg one......more

Goodreads review by Sebastien on October 21, 2018

A friend of mine got me this because she knows I love basketball. It's a super fun book and I really enjoy Serrano's writing style. The writing is clever, funny, irreverent, a bit wacky but truly well-crafted. I make a point of catching all his articles now (he writes for The Ringer, a sports/cultur......more

Goodreads review by Barnabas on March 02, 2019

Serrano is hilarious. I love his writing style and humor and voice. The chapters on what you can/can’t do in pickup ball are so perfect.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 28, 2022

Quick fun fact about this book, I bought it at the Strand in NYC (I’m very cultured now). If you are an NBA fan then you will love this book. It is such a fun and unique read. Some of the chapters were pretty random and weird, ex. “If Karl Malone and a Bear swapped places for a season, who would be m......more

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