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NBA Book Club

Once a month Book Club that meets Playback and focuses on NBA, Basketball and analytics content with a Sacramento Kings fan viewpoint. Join the discussion group : https://www.playback.tv/nbaclub other content : https://linktr.ee/nbabookclub

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01:20:22

NBA Book Club ep 18: Breaking Through: John B....

NBA Book Club ·

2024/02/20

Hagiography of the father of the fast break. John B. Mclendon was at the forefront of integrating basketball at almost every level including college, olympic, international, amature and professional and innovated college programs while making the game more fun to watch.Kevins X thread : https://x.com/RockmanDash12/status/1758955278664626229?s=20 Megans Threads thread : https://www.threads.net/@megalutou/post/C3dicnWvmnX

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01:04:35

NBA Book Club Ep 17: Why The Best are the Best by...

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2024/01/22

Motivational read about what makes the best the best in basketball, business and life. Kevin Eastman is a former assistant coach in the NBA turned motivational speaker and gives insight into what some of the greatest basketball players ever have in common as well as his own organizational and motivational philosophy through the definition, use and belief in words and list as a means to enhance skillsets, mindsets or just reset. Megan's Thread :

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01:24:23

NBA Book Club Ep 16: Blood in The Garden by Chris...

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2023/12/18

Chris Herring takes us on a journey through the 90s Knicks from Pat Riley to Jeff Van Gundy he provides an in depth look at the players, personnel and culture of a team that never reached the ultimate pinnacle but that was still great . Megans Thread: https://www.threads.net/@megalutou/post/C07_xgMruOS

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01:30:14

NBA Book Club ep 15: Chasing Perfection by Ben Glockner

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2023/11/06

Copywrite 2016 overview of the technology available to teams, coaches and players in the pursuit of perfection. Ben does a great job of explaining through anecdotes what technological pathways are available to create perfected players if used correctly. Covers things like Synergy, SportVU, P3 and organizational cohesiveness to explain successes and failures of said technology and information. Megan's Thread : https://www.threads.net/@megalutou/post/CzPQ3T4S1B0 Jon's

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01:01:10

NBA Book Club Ep 14: The Cap by Joshua Mendolsohn

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2023/10/04

Comprehensive history of the negotiations that led up to the modern NBA salary Cap and revenue sharing. Joshua Mendelsohn does and incredible job of infusing seemingly dry material with relevant history about the NBA , characters, NBPA, and relevant labor battle. Spotlights the accomplishments of people like Larry Fleisher and David Stern along with players to bring equitable conditions to the growing league in a time of uncertainty and unstable franchise ownership. My Threads thread

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02:31:23

NBA Book Club ep 13 : How to Watch Basketball Like a...

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2023/08/14

What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth Super fun Journey through the history and major moves in the NBA through the lens of different experts. my Threads thread : https://www.threads.net/@megalutou/post/Cvy0sswOIP8

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01:04:37

NBA Book Club Ep. 12: Reynolds Remembers re-read

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2023/07/11

Deep dive into early Sacramento Kings History through the eyes of Jerry Reynolds through 2005 . Unique perspective from one of the longest tenured Kings employees who served as assistant coach, head coach, scout, GM, Monarchs GM, and color commentator. Essential reading for any hardcore Kings fan. Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1552151525362843648?s=20 Threads thread: https://www.threads.net/t/Cudgi6qLE6y/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

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01:34:02

Basketball Analytics: Spatial Tracking by Steven...

NBA Book Club ·

2023/06/17

2013 extrapolation of the impact and abilities of SportVU technology on modern basketball analytics especially on the eve of the 3 point revolution. Covers concepts like floor spacing, versatility, efficiency, shot selection, and player evaluation using the new technology and stats available with SportVU. My Twitter Thread : https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1662971209942974464?s=20 Jon's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/catterj12/status/1663000221939568640?s=20

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01:50:01

Breaks of the Game by David Halberstram part 2: pg. 233-

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2023/05/03

Our discussion on Part 2 of David Halberstram's masterpiece that documents embedding with the 1979 Portland Trailblazers. Extremely far reaching and surprisingly relevant narrative that discusses everything from the marketing and television contracts of the league, formation of the players union, to every role on the team that year and beyond. My twitter thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1653080863134060544?s=20

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01:58:49

The Breaks of The Game by David Halberstram ( part 1)

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2023/03/27

Comprehensive overview of a rapidly growing and changing NBA through the lens of a declining Portland Trailblazers team and market. Halberstram uses the rookie season of Magic and Bird ( 1979-1980) to tell the personal stories of the blazers, their opponents, the market, athlete activism, racial integration, commercialization and commodification of the product of Basketball. Masterfully and beautifully written it presents an epic story of sport on multiple levels. Part 2 next month ! My

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01:51:52

Thinking Basketball By Ben Taylor

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2023/02/28

Examination of our ability to process complex information and categorize it sometimes erroneously. Ben examines biases and narratives associated with the way basketball is perceived and discussed. Uses stats and historical data to demonstrate ways that we are prone to over and under value the complexity of the product on the court , extended analytics and team building. Examines and advances concepts like variance, winning bias, redundancy, portability and things like global impact . my twitter my

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01:37:09

Loose Balls The Short , Wild Life of the 🏀American...

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2023/01/30

The definitive "history" of the ABA . Epic journey through the teams, players and events of a somewhat ill conceived or at least under concieved attempt to compete with the NBA, The ABA may have lost the battle but in terms of playstyle and league showmanship they won the war. My twitter thread : https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1619782294151258112?s=20&t=i8m0FTvRQNSA7BsJSw_vvA

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01:22:29

Spaced Out by Mike Prada

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2022/11/28

A journey through basketball to the 3 point revolution, pace and space and what happens in that space. twitter thread with google doc https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1597027388340129792?s=20&t=Yb2CNwrgHoAJ_b5ZS6TxiA

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01:48:52

Built To Lose by Jake Fischer

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2022/10/27

entertaining journey through the actively tanking and just bad teams in NBA during the Sam Hinkie "process" years. My Thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1585313128815861760?s=20&t=A_oOlXn76-Vtv7hei8rkyQ Jon's Thread: https://twitter.com/catterj12/status/1585350011381915648?s=20&t=A_oOlXn76-Vtv7hei8rkyQ

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01:34:33

The Smart Take From The Strong by Pete Carril

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2022/09/29

Book of coaching philosophy by the legendary "Coachie" , Pete Carril My thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1574973746514825216?s=20&t=enm-4e5pYMNAhVOVu5J9Nw Jon's thread: https://twitter.com/catterj12/status/1575144994255425536?s=20&t=enm-4e5pYMNAhVOVu5J9Nw

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01:33:22

The Midrange Theory by Seth Partnow

NBA Book Club ·

2022/08/25

great current overview of the strengths and complexities of modern analytics and how they are applied Jons Twitter thread : https://twitter.com/catterj12/status/1562240918471643137?s=21&t=_agLVpkba9xzGab6AblSpQ My Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1561823973016342528?s=21&t=_agLVpkba9xzGab6AblSpQ

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00:58:09

NBA Book Club: Reynolds Remembers by Jerry Reynolds...

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2022/08/13

Jerry recounts his early life and career through the early 2000's with the Kings-- Accompanying Thread: https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1552151525362843648?s=20&t=U5boehkqsnrF0h91lP-uZg

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01:23:33

NBA Book Club: Sprawlball by Kirk Goldsberry

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2022/08/13

NBA Book Club is a monthly meeting book club that focuses on nba stories , analytics and other basketball adjacent leagues and history. We meet once a month on Twitter Spaces to discuss our current books . Thread associated with the space : https://twitter.com/megalutou/status/1541586733447360512?s=20&t=pVZgthpuxVFfOQcn4IWzWg

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00:00:55

NBA Book Club (Trailer)

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2022/08/12

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