Best books to learn Basketball, in order

Basketball rewards the informed fan. Start with the fundamentals and rules, then modern strategy and the analytics revolution, then the history and culture. A path lets you watch — and play — with real insight.

Reading paths for basketball

Understand basketball: watch and play smarter

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Popular basketball books

The breaks of the gameDavid Halberstam · 1981

The Mamba mentalityKobe Bryant · 2005

Soul of BasketballIan Thomsen · 2018

SprawlBallKirk Goldsberry · 2019

Basketball (and other things)Shea Serrano · 2017

The art of a beautiful gameChris Ballard · 2009