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The book of basketball
The NBA According to the Sports Guy
Book • 2009
Published in 2009, 'The Book of Basketball' covers the history of the NBA, featuring a brief history of the league, corrections to past MVP awards, a new and improved Basketball Hall of Fame with 96 selected players, rankings of the top 20 teams of all time, and hypothetical scenarios such as the perfect 12-man roster to face a team of Martians.
Simmons spent three years researching, reading over 80 books on basketball and watching 400 game tapes to compile this extensive work.
Simmons spent three years researching, reading over 80 books on basketball and watching 400 game tapes to compile this extensive work.
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Bill Simmons
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