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GOT IT. Lakers should have paid homage to Nipsey Hussle with the customized Crenshaw jersey LeBron wore during the summer. This is what fans want!! It is a great effort and I love the storytelling, but the jersey should have been black. Also, just having ORL looks a bit lazy. If you are a team sponsored by Disney, I expect to see more creativity. There is just sooooo much you can do. Our summary Not sure why the team didn't hand the keys over to Travis Scott for this.
An Astroworld themed uniform would sell out in minutes. Nike summary Situated in the heart of the California gold rush country, Sacramento has a history of sudden transformations. Nike's summary Nothing stops Detroit. Our summary No to roadlines on jerseys. All for a Bad Boys theme in the future. Nike summary Speedway to Fieldhouse, Hoosiers like it fast, and they play to win. I like these in a weird way. Is it the best jersey they could have come up with? No but appreciate the effort.
Nike's summary Minnesota is known for being nice. The state's friendly reputation comes from its people, but 'nice' means beautiful, too. Our summary The baby blue is smooth but they should have just brought back the Purple Rain! New York City is the most iconic, revered metropolis in American history—with a skyline you have to see to believe. The neckline and armhole details reference the Knickerbocker era, uniting the team's classic and modern identities.
Our summary The Knicks are recycling the same uniforms from last season. They are not bad but would have loved to see a new theme this year. Nike's summary April 19, forever changed Oklahoma and the nation. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. How many times do we have to hear how hard it is to be a white guy in the NBA. Give it a rest, pal. Poor decision by his parents. Julio seems appropriate, for some reason. Give me a break. Do yourself a favor, and never, ever read this book, ever.
Complete garbage written by a pretty despicable human being. Oct 16, Jeramey rated it liked it Shelves: sports. Here is the skinny - if you're into basketball, and you've read a number of other basketball books, read this one. Paul Shirley is a strange character, but you gain some insight into the world of "marginal" NBA players. I can't quite figure what to make of Shirley, even after spending plus pages with his thoughts. For one, he certainly tries too hard with his writing constantly self-deprecating and pointing it out , something that could probably be fixed with more editing.
Another is that he Here is the skinny - if you're into basketball, and you've read a number of other basketball books, read this one. Another is that he seems to casually burn every bridge he crosses, needlessly taking cheap shots at people left and right in the book. He also insults the intelligence and physical makeup of random strangers non-stop in the book, something I found a little hard to believe got published.
Shirley is intelligent and appears to be insightful, he just seems to lack compassion at times, and could use heeding the advice of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it all" every now and then. As far as the book itself goes, a few things come to mind. One, the absence of some characters is strange at times it seems like he has no teammates, others they're everywhere , and ultimately it makes you wondering what he's skimming over.
He randomly drops in stories about women, but they never really go anywhere, and it seems like that aspect is left out quite frequently. Three, things seem to randomly appear without much sense of the story like how did he all the sudden own property in Kansas City? Four, the tone definitely changes at the end when the last entries are blog posts written for ESPN, instead of pieces of his actual journal from his time abroad.
More editing seems like it could have addressed these issues, and cleaned up the few typos I stumbled over. Even though Shirley himself seems to dislike the NBA and practically everything else not blood related to him , I left the book looking for more insight into his time in the NBA. Mar 05, Kseniya Melnik rated it it was amazing. Chockablock with moments of journalistic brilliance and hilarity. I'm not a die-hard basketball fan, but would gladly read this author's descriptions of washing the dishes or folding laundry Jan 05, Kim Coleman rated it it was amazing.
An enthralling read. Very enjoyable. I highly recommend. Humor at its finest. May 02, Matthew rated it really liked it Shelves: vtreadingchallenge. Good read. In this book Paul Shirley writes about the nomadic, insecure lifestyle of trying to secure a position on an NBA team. In pursuing that dream he plays overseas and throughout the USA in 'minor leagues'. Very interesting. And Shirley's writing is filled with humor so the book feels like a quick read. My parents possibly had Suns tickets during a season Shirley played.
I'll have to loan the book to them and see what they think. I'm counting this as "a book about sports" for vtReading Good read. I'm counting this as "a book about sports" for vtReadingChallenge As advertised, this is definitely an unvarnished look at the contradictory experiences of a fringe NBA player. Quick solid read. Feels a little disjointed towards the end when he starts including the blog postings he wrote for nba.
Other than that it was an entertaining insight into the life of a struggling professional athlete. Sep 05, Maxbet Situs Judi Online Resmi rated it it was amazing Shelves: judi-online , judi-bola , agen-judi , situs-judi-online , situs-judi-bola. From the Hardcover edition. Dec 19, Titus rated it it was amazing.
Paul managed to play for 11 different teams in 5 different countries in both the US and Europe. Paul underlines the culture he experienced in his travels, like the time he spent in Spain.
Paul also shows how international teams do basketball business, like how some teams are nicer to their players than others. Things that I appreciated in this book was that Paul grew up in the midwest, and graduated with an engineering degree from an Iowa college, even if it is Iowa State.
I also liked his creativity in using teams to let him keep his jersey. He also used a lot of descriptive words in his writing. He divides up the book into multiple paragraph days, labeled in bold headers. They are shorter than chapters, but little bit different flow than traditional long chapters. I think that a wide range of people, males and females could like this book. People that like humor would like this book because it is funny.
People that like sportsbooks would like this book because it is about sports. Basketball players would like this book because they can relate to the topic.
People that would not like this book would be people who do not like sports because basketball is a sport. People that don't find humor good to be in books will not like this book. People who do not like books that have minor language in them would not like this book. Feb 13, Jayden McAfee rated it liked it. I enjoyed reading this book and trying something kind or different and I would like to try reading more books like this in the future.
I liked reading this book and I learned a lot about the NBA experience. Paul Shirley did a good job explaining his basketball career and I found my self very interested in it. Something I found bad about this book is that Paul complained way to much. He was in the NBA, and a lot of other professional and minor leagues, and still found a way to complain.
He was doing something that probably thousands and maybe millions of people dream about and he was complaining about the players, leagues, and coaches. I enjoyed this book and I would like to continue reading books like this in the future. I give this book 3 stars out of Feb 11, Rudy Dyck rated it liked it. The book starts out fairly entertaining. The author is cynical, sarcastic and has a number of funny one liners.
But by the end of the pages I got a bit tired of the cynicism and negativity. His hatred for religion bothered me as well. Instead you get a little taste of that and a lot of complaining from the many crappy, non NBA teams he plays for. I did find it interesting but by the end of the book I had my fill of that stuff.
It was entertaining at times but by the end I had grown tired of the adventure. Aug 30, Bob Kawaguchi rated it it was ok. There's a couple interesting stories but overall, it's a lot of whining. He's convinced he didn't make it in the NBA because he's white. There's an anecdote near the end about an old man who comes up and asks how tall he is and Shirley seems to be pissed off that people wonder just how tall he is.
Old guy even helps him load his groceries but There's a couple interesting stories but overall, it's a lot of whining.
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