How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

ISBN: 141974481X

Author: Greene, Nick

Condition: New

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, magicians, therapists, and moreReally novel way to approach the game, and pretty unique to basketball. -Sopan Deb, New York TimesBasketball is the second-most popular sport in the world-an insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while its enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because its a game of culture, art, and all the things that make us human.Nick Greenes How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius deconstructs the sport from top to bottom and then puts it back together again, detailing its intricacies through reporting and dozens of interviews with experts. These experts, however, are a diverse group: wine critics weighing in on LeBrons ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Chris Pauls mystifying dribbling techniques, cartographers breaking down Steph Currys deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multidisciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of the court, examining key elements of the sport from some surprising and revealing angles. Theres a reason it has conquered the world, and every game is a chance to learn about pop culture, fashion, history, science, art, and anything else that bounces our way.