A couple of months ago a friend of mine found an exciting new basketball book by a gentleman named Arnold “Red” Aurebach that she thought I would find interesting. She was right! It was such a fascinating and informative read that I just had to share with the 3 From Deep community. Enjoy some of [...]
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Basketball: For the Player, The Fan and The Coach Leave a comment
Magic and Bird: Must See Cable TV Leave a comment
Sports movies tend to be corny. Even the good ones. Magic and Bird is anything but corny. In fact, it’s probably the second-best basketball documentary (Hoop Dreams will always be #1) I’ve ever seen. It’s raw and real and a little jarring and extremely nostalgic Raz and I plan to discuss the film on this [...]
Reading The Book of Basketball, Part V (How the Hell Did We Get Here) Leave a comment
(If you haven’t read the apologia already, you may want to start here. Trust me, everything will make more sense.) Chapter III: How the Hell Did We Get Here? Pgs: 84-156 “When I tell you that Oscar Robertson’s season-long triple double wasn’t as impressive as it seemed, you’d have to take my word unless you saw [...]
Reading the Book of Basketball: Part IV (Russell, Then Wilt) Leave a comment
Reading The Book of Basketball Part III (The Secret) Leave a comment
(If you haven’t read the apologia already, you may want to start here. Trust me, everything will make more sense.) The Secret P. 30-56 I’m going to tweak the format of my analysis from here on out, or at least for the next couple of chapters. Instead of working from big themes, I’m just going to [...]
Reading the Book of Basketball: Part II (The Four-Dollar Ticket) 1 comment
(If you haven’t read the apologia already, you may want to start here. Trust me, everything will make more sense) Prologue: The Four-Dollar Ticket Pages 1-29 The Role of Chance What if? It’s the leading theme of the prologue. What if Papa Simmons had bought the motorcycle instead of the Celtics tickets What if Russell [...]
Reading The Book of Basketball: Part 1 (Apologia) 5 comments
Basketball Books in the News 1 comment
The New York Times published a review of two new basketball books today. ESPN’s Bill Simmons’ The Book of Basketball has gotten its share of play over the last few weeks. I’ve seen the book in all sorts of people’s hands, which is sort of interesting because people — guys mostly — who read Simmons and love [...]
(If you haven’t read the apologia already, you may want to start here. Trust me, everything will make more sense.) Chapter II: Russell, then Wilt pgs. 57-83 Is Russell-Wilt in fact the “greatest debate in NBA history”? Simmons seems to think so; I don’t really care. It’s just not that important to me. I respect and [...]