{"product_id":"expensive-basketball-von-shea-serrano","title":"Expensive Basketball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rap Year Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBasketball (and Other Things)\u003c\/i\u003e Shea Serrano, a witty \u0026amp; fun reexamination of some of the most iconic—read: “expensive”—players, moments, and games from the NBA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everything in basketball is measured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everything in basketball is counted, and quantified, and computed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And yet, no matter how expansive the list of various pinpoint-specific statistical categories gets, some basketball things remain uncountable or unquantifiable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some moments are more poetry than calculation, rising to art than numerical value. More \u003ci\u003efeeling \u003c\/i\u003ethan data processing. And thus: EXPENSIVE BASKETBALL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Kobe’s 81-point game to Sue Bird’s crossover, from the majesty of Ray Allen’s legendary 3-pointer to the beautiful mystery of Allen Iverson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, Shea Serrano, illustrates, EXPENSIVE BASKETBALL is an affirmation of feelings. It’s an affirmation of basketball as virtuosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s an affirmation of how sometimes you watch a person do a thing on a basketball court and it feels the same way it feels when you lie in the grass at night and stare up at the moon for long enough that you start to think about how incredible it is that you really, truly, honestly, actually exist.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781538755228\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781538755228","offer_id":58155783586117,"sku":"9781538755228","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/af1bd086-d740-4a69-8989-22da98b451e2.jpg?v=1780546055","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/expensive-basketball-von-shea-serrano","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}