Greene Nick - How To Watch Basketball Like A Genius: What Game Designers Economists Ballet Choreographers And Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About The Greatest Game On Earth - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A brilliant entertaining deconstruction of basketball drawing on the expertise of board - game creators magicians therapists and more Really novel way to approach the game and pretty unique to basketball. Sopan Deb New York Times Basketball 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 it's enjoyable to watch the real reason it works is because it's a game of culture art and all the things that make us human. Nick Greene's 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 Le Bron's ability to delegate on the fly magicians analyzing Chris Paul's mystifying dribbling techniques cartographers breaking down Steph Curry's 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. There's 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.
Title: How To Watch Basketball Like A Genius: What Game Designers Economists Ballet Choreographers And Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About The Greatest Game On Earth
Author(s): Greene Nick
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419744815
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Basketball