 First edition | |
| Author | Shea Serrano |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Sean Crisden |
| Illustrator | Arturo Torres |
| Language | English |
| Series | And Other Things |
Release number | 1 |
| Subject | Basketball |
| Publisher | Abrams Image, Tantor Audio |
| Media type | Print (Paperback), Audiobook |
| ISBN | 978-1-4197-2647-7 (Paperback) |
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated is a 2017 book written by Shea Serrano [1] and illustrated by Arturo Torres, with a foreword from former NBA star Reggie Miller. [2]
Basketball (and Other Things) was published by Abrams Image on October 10, 2017. It is the second collaboration between Serrano and Torres, following their 2015 New York Times best-seller The Rap Year Book . [3] Basketball (and Other Things) shares a title with a previous email newsletter from Serrano and Torres; [4] [5] begun in March 2016, [6] the newsletter had over 30,000 subscribers as of May 2016. [7]
When pre-sales opened on Amazon for Basketball (and Other Things) in February 2017, the book hit number 13 on the site's bestseller list. [8] When Barnes & Noble announced in June that they were producing a special edition to include basketball cards with the book sold only in their stores, Basketball (and Other Things) made it to number one on Barnes & Noble's Top 100 Bestselling Books list. [9]
In November 2017, the book reached number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list for sports and fitness books. [10]
On December 31, 2017, former United States President Barack Obama listed Serrano's book [11] as one of his favorite books of the year, a "bonus for hoops fans."
The start of each of the book's 33 chapters has a full-page illustration of an iconic jersey of a player who wore the chapter's number, [12] except for chapter 18 which features an illustration of the fictional action-movie character John Harder, played by James Harden.
| Chapter | Jersey |
|---|---|
| 01 | Oscar Robertson |
| 02 | Moses Malone |
| 03 | Allen Iverson |
| 04 | Adrian Dantley |
| 05 | Jason Kidd |
| 06 | Julius Erving |
| 07 | Pete Maravich |
| 08 | Kobe Bryant |
| 09 | Tony Parker |
| 10 | Walt Frazier |
| 11 | Isiah Thomas |
| 12 | John Stockton |
| 13 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 14 | Bob Cousy |
| 15 | Vince Carter |
| 16 | Bob Lanier |
| 17 | John Havlicek |
| 18 | John Harder |
| 19 | Willis Reed |
| 20 | Gary Payton |
| 21 | Tim Duncan |
| 22 | Clyde Drexler |
| 23 | Michael Jordan |
| 24 | Rick Barry |
| 25 | Mark Price |
| 26 | Kyle Korver |
| 27 | Zaza Pachulia |
| 28 | Arron Afflalo |
| 29 | Paul Silas |
| 30 | Stephen Curry |
| 31 | Reggie Miller |
| 32 | Magic Johnson |
| 33 | Larry Bird |
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