by Bill Simmons
The author's highly opinionated take on the greatest players in NBA history etc. Like most of his work, far too long with many juvenile rambling asides. I did enjoy his views on the players and their place in the history of hoops though and thought his pyramid scheme for rating them was quite well t...
This is probably the best sports book I've read. Well, let's qualify that (and it's not like I've read a lot of sports books anyway): it is the best sports book I have read about a whole sport. I would argue that there as good or perhaps even better books about particular moments. But anyway: he ...
Bill Simmons writes as a fan. He has a big bias to Celtics teams (I thinks this is a big plus). Very great way to learn about the history of basketball. I was very unfamiliar with anything that didn't happen between 1990 and 2003. Between this and Simmon's ESPN column I have rediscovered my liki...
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