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Bill simmons has 23 books on goodreads with 67574 ratings. Gladwell provides the book of basketballs foreword and admits its the longest book hes read since college. Bob follows michael over the year he spent playing baseball and it gives a really good insight into the whys and whats of everything that happened from someone who spent a lot of time with mj over that time. Is bill simmons ever going to write the book of basketball part 2. The nba according to the sports guy updated, reprint by simmons, bill, gladwell, malcolm isbn. The book of basketball, the nba according to the sports guy by bill. Over the course of those 700 pages and more than footnotes, simmons crazed.
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