TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simmons,Bill
TI  - The book of basketball: the NBA according to the sports guy 
SN  - 9780345520104
AV  - GV 885.1 .Si47 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine/ESPN Books
KW  - National Basketball Association
KW  - Basketball
KW  - United States
N1  - "foreword by Malcolm Gladwell." --cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages [705]-706) and index; Prologue: A four-dollar ticket -- The secret -- Russell, then Wilt -- How the hell did we get here? -- The what-if game -- Most valuable chapter -- The Hall of Fame pyramid -- The pyramid: level 1 -- The pyramid: level 2 -- The pyramid: level 3 -- The pyramid: level 4 -- The pyramid: Pantheon -- The legend of Keyser Söze -- The wine cellar -- Life after the secret
N2  - Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com's Sports Guy, offers in a single volume his wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball
ER  -