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Sullivan Matt - Can't Knock The Hustle Inside The Season Of Protest Pandemic And Progress With The Brooklyn Nets Superstars Of Tomorrow - Hardcover
Sullivan Matt - Can't Knock The Hustle Inside The Season Of Protest Pandemic And Progress With The Brooklyn Nets Superstars Of Tomorrow - Hardcover
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Description: Brilliantly audacious written with the profundity of a sage baller and the acuity of a seasoned journalist. Kiese Laymon New York Times bestselling author of Heavy An award - winning journalist's behind - the - scenes account from the epicenter of sports social justice and coronavirus Can't Knock the Hustle is a lasting chronicle of the historic 2019 - 2020 NB a season by way of the notorious Brooklyn Nets and basketball's renaissance as a cultural force beyond the game. The Nets were already the most intriguing startup in the NB a: a team of influencers entrepreneurs and activists starring the controversial Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But this dynasty - in - the - making got disrupted by the unforeseen. One tweet launched an international scandal pitting the team's Chinese owner and the league's commissioner against its players and Le Bron James. The sudden death of Kobe Bryant after making his final public appearance in Brooklyn sent shockwaves through a turbulent season. Then came the unimaginable. A global pandemic and a new civil - rights movement put basketball's trend - setting status to the ultimate test as business and culture followed the lead of the NB a and its empowered stars. No team intersected with the extremes of 2020 quite like the Brooklyn Nets and Matt Sullivan had a courtside view. Can't Knock the Hustle crosses from on the court where underdogs confront A - listers like Jay - Z and James Harden to off the court as players march through the streets of Brooklyn provoke Donald Trump at the White House and boycott the NB a's bubble experiment in Disney World. Hundreds of interviews with Hall - of - Famers All - Stars executives coaches and power - brokers across the world provide a backdrop of the NB a's impact on social media race politics health fashion fame and fandom for a portrait of a time when sports brought us back together again like never before.
Title: Can't Knock The Hustle Inside The Season Of Protest Pandemic And Progress With The Brooklyn Nets Superstars Of Tomorrow
Author(s): Sullivan Matt
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063036802
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/22/2021
Description: Brilliantly audacious written with the profundity of a sage baller and the acuity of a seasoned journalist. Kiese Laymon New York Times bestselling author of Heavy An award - winning journalist's behind - the - scenes account from the epicenter of sports social justice and coronavirus Can't Knock the Hustle is a lasting chronicle of the historic 2019 - 2020 NB a season by way of the notorious Brooklyn Nets and basketball's renaissance as a cultural force beyond the game. The Nets were already the most intriguing startup in the NB a: a team of influencers entrepreneurs and activists starring the controversial Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But this dynasty - in - the - making got disrupted by the unforeseen. One tweet launched an international scandal pitting the team's Chinese owner and the league's commissioner against its players and Le Bron James. The sudden death of Kobe Bryant after making his final public appearance in Brooklyn sent shockwaves through a turbulent season. Then came the unimaginable. A global pandemic and a new civil - rights movement put basketball's trend - setting status to the ultimate test as business and culture followed the lead of the NB a and its empowered stars. No team intersected with the extremes of 2020 quite like the Brooklyn Nets and Matt Sullivan had a courtside view. Can't Knock the Hustle crosses from on the court where underdogs confront A - listers like Jay - Z and James Harden to off the court as players march through the streets of Brooklyn provoke Donald Trump at the White House and boycott the NB a's bubble experiment in Disney World. Hundreds of interviews with Hall - of - Famers All - Stars executives coaches and power - brokers across the world provide a backdrop of the NB a's impact on social media race politics health fashion fame and fandom for a portrait of a time when sports brought us back together again like never before.
Title: Can't Knock The Hustle Inside The Season Of Protest Pandemic And Progress With The Brooklyn Nets Superstars Of Tomorrow
Author(s): Sullivan Matt
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063036802
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/22/2021