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043 _an-us---
050 _aGV 885.1
_b.Si47 2009
100 1 _aSimmons, Bill,
_d1969-
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245 1 4 _aThe book of basketball :
_bthe NBA according to the sports guy /
_cBill Simmons.
250 _a2010 Ballantine Books and ESPN Books Trade Paperback edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bBallantine/ESPN Books,
_c2009.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBallantine/ESPN Books,
_c2009.
300 _axiii, 734 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"foreword by Malcolm Gladwell." --cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [705]-706) and index
505 0 _aPrologue: 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
520 _aBill 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
610 2 0 _aNational Basketball Association
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650 0 _aBasketball
_zUnited States
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