The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
by Bill Simmons
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Author: Bill SimmonsForeword: Malcolm Gladwell
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-27
ISBN: 034551176X
Number of pages: 736
Publisher: ESPN
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Book Review: "The Secret" killed the book
Summary: 2 Stars
I think Bill Simmons is a greatly talented and funny writer. But this book was something of a letdown for me, a fan of his overall.
"The Secret" - that to succeed as a basketball team, you must have players who care more about teamwork and chemistry than pure talent - is kind of like "The Secret to great tomato sauce is to have good tomatoes."
It was a contrivance that killed the book for me. I think I learned "The Secret" in about 1969 or so, after the Celtics won their 11th title in 13 years and talked about how it was all about teamwork, like, all the time.
The book is also too long, plain and simple. The length almost, in the end, seems to be an "Eff You" statement to reader sensibilities that Simmons didn't need to make.
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