How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers,: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth - Softcover

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A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, winemakers, therapists, and more Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the worldùan insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while itÆs enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because itÆs a game of culture, art, and all the things that make us human.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 LeBronÆs ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Kyrie IrvingÆs mystifying dribbling techniques, SpaceX rocket scientists breaking down Steph CurryÆs deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multi-disciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of t

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