| Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated | |
| Author: | Shea Serrano |
| Audio Read By: | Sean Crisden |
| Illustrator: | Arturo Torres |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Basketball |
| Publisher: | Abrams Image |
| Publisher2: | Tantor Audio |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback), Audiobook |
| Series: | And Other Things |
| Release Number: | 1 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-4197-2647-7 |
| Isbn Note: | (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 |