Book Review : Bill Simmons - The Book of Basketball

Happy New Year !

May 2014 bring you health, success and tons of great NBA basketball. I finished 2013 in beauty by running away to the country with THE BIG BOOK OF BASKETBALL, 700 hundred pages of cultural history of the game we all like, wrtten by my favorite hoops journalist Bill Simmons. Now, this is not a book-oriented pop culture blog, so I cannot write a conventional book review for this book that's anything but conventional. Instead, I'll try my best to break down the best reasons why you should or shouldn't read this book. Long story short, you should. For the extended  version, you'll have to click through.

The Dwecision : Celebrating Daryl Morey

Twelve months ago, the Houston Rockets were in no man's land. Their roster looked like a yard sale for NBA teams. An incongruous set of pieces, some interesting, some depressing, but nothing fitted together. The most important piece in the organization was hidden, away from the court, stashed in a three pieces suit. I'm talking about Daryl Morey, the general manager.

This man.

Along with my boy "Handsome" Rob Hennigan, over the last twelve months Morey has secured his spot as the top dog of NBA front offices. Masai Ujiri be damned, he is good but he's just the bronze medalist in this race. Let's examine Morey's brilliant wrap sheet of the last year, that lead to its culmination. The very deliberate and very foreseen (by him) signing of superstar free agent Dwight Howard.