A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, magicians, therapists, and more.

Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the world - an insanely complicated

game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while it's enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because it's 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 LeBron's ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Chris Paul's mystifying dribbling techniques, cartographers breaking down Steph Curry's deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multi-disciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of the court, examining key elements of the sport from some surprising and revealing angles. There's a reason it has conquered the world, and every game is a chance to learn about pop culture, fashion, history, science, art, and anything else that bounces our way.

一部精彩有趣的篮球解构书，借鉴了棋盘游戏创作者、魔术师、治疗师等人的专业知识。

篮球是世界上第二大受欢迎的运动，是一项非常复杂的运动，它结合了运动能力、技巧、规则、无形资产和超级明星的地位。然而，虽然它是有趣的，但它真正的意义是，它是一场关于文化、艺术和所有使我们成为人类的事物的游戏。本书从上到下解构了这项运动，然后又将其重新组合起来，通过报道和对专家的数十次采访，详细介绍了其错综复杂的关系。然而，这些专家是一个多样化的群体：品酒师对勒布朗（LeBron）空中灌篮的能力进行了评价，魔术师分析了克里斯·保罗（Chris Paul）神秘的运球技术，制图师分析了斯蒂芬·库里（Steph Curry）的死角三分球。每一章都对篮球进行了多学科的研究，这些研究远远超出了球场的界限，从一些令人惊讶和揭示的角度来研究这项运动的关键因素。篮球征服世界是有原因的，每场比赛都是一个学习流行文化、时尚、历史、科学、艺术和其他任何东西的机会。