FreeDarko Presents the Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac by Bethlehem Shoals

FreeDarko Presents the Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac by Bethlehem Shoals

Unlike regimented football or stats-happy baseball, The National Basketball Association is above all else a league of characters. Over the course of a season, games are, of course, won or lost, but for millions of devoted fans, the final result is almost incidental to the way the league's best players perform on - and off - the court.

This book is the indispensible companion to today's game - a roundball Rosetta Stone that hilariously decodes the trends and tendencies of this enormously popular game. The NBA of the moment is a league of hugely charismatic celebrities, crackling aesthetic intrigue, socio-political undercurrents, and raw humanity: every Kobe Bryant pump-fake or LeBron James dunk symbolizes the changing landscape of professional sports and holds within it a Shaq-sized load of meaning. Fans who know the sport recognize how much more there is to basketball than, well, basketball. The Macro-Phenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac is a brilliantly illustrated guide to this tumultuous and exciting landscape. It explains what each player--from Tim Duncan and Gilbert Arenas to Amare Stoudemire and Lamar Odom--reveals, through their play and conduct, about who they are and, more importantly, who the fans want them to be.

Like the game it celebrates, The Macro-Phenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac is simultaneously authentic and cerebral, funny and accessible, wholly original, and always entertaining.

FreeDarko is a collective of like-minded writers and artists (Bethlehem Shoals, Big Baby, Dr. Lawyer IndianChief, Billups, and Silverbird 5000) who gather to celebrate (and take down) the National Basketball Association. Their website garners 70,000 unique hits per months and has a devoted audience that includes many sportswriters, athletes, and literary figures.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781596915619
ISBN 10	1596915617
Title	FreeDarko Presents the Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac
Author	Bethlehem Shoals
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2008-11-18
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.