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Thinking Basketball

Ben Taylor

4.18/5 (489 ratings)

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Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win? Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. Explore how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives. New basketball concepts are introduced, such as power plays, portability and why the best player shouldn't always shoot. Discover how the box score can be misleading, why "closers" are overrated and how the outcome of a game fundamentally alters our memory. Behavioral economics, traffic paradoxes and other metaphors highlight this thought-provoking insight into the NBA and our own thinking. A must-read for any basketball fan -- you'll never view the sport, and maybe the world, the same again.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 180 pages

Publication:: 2016

Publisher:: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1532968175

ISBN13:: 9781532968174

kindle Asin:: B072KM9BJN

Thinking Basketball

Ben Taylor

4.18/5 (489 ratings)

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Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win? Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. Explore how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives. New basketball concepts are introduced, such as power plays, portability and why the best player shouldn't always shoot. Discover how the box score can be misleading, why "closers" are overrated and how the outcome of a game fundamentally alters our memory. Behavioral economics, traffic paradoxes and other metaphors highlight this thought-provoking insight into the NBA and our own thinking. A must-read for any basketball fan -- you'll never view the sport, and maybe the world, the same again.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 180 pages

Publication:: 2016

Publisher:: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1532968175

ISBN13:: 9781532968174

kindle Asin:: B072KM9BJN

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