{"product_id":"9781538755228","title":"Expensive Basketball","description":"Author: Shea Serrano\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781538755228\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of basketball's most iconic players, moments, games, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything in basketball is measured. Everything in basketball is counted, and quantified, and computed. And yet, no matter how expansive the list of various pinpoint-specific statistical categories gets, some basketball things remain uncountable, and unquantifiable.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome moments are more poetry than calculation; more art than numerical value; more feeling than data processing. And thus: \u003ci\u003eExpensive Basketball.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the final 196 seconds of Kobe Bryant's playing career to the Sue Bird backpedal, from the erosive terror of Tim Duncan to the Larry Bird memory carousel, \u003ci\u003eExpensive Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e is an affirmation of feelings.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an affirmation of basketball as virtuosity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an affirmation of how sometimes you watch a person perform on the basketball court and it feels the same way it does 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717757980830,"sku":"ADS-9781538755228","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781538755228.jpg?v=1776129661","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781538755228","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}