The Basketball Scientist

The author may have been quite young, playing small ball in 2005, and this approach was incredibly suffocating. The birth of small ball was based on rule changes. The change to hand checks directly increased the space for outside shots and reduced defensive intensity, thus creating the foundation for playing small ball.

I haven't finished reading it, but here's my personal opinion. It's normal for basketball novel authors to have their favorite basketball stars and to have biases, and it's also normal to criticize them. Rabbit Grass doesn't have a single book that doesn't criticize players, but completely deviating from the personalities of the basketball stars when criticizing them feels very jarring.

The female lead's singer best friend can disappear.

A second-year Paul, a Garnett, and then Joe Johnson—is this so-called "Big Three" really that strong? You're almost matching the Bulls' 72 wins? For us readers, that's hardly convincing. Adding a prime Durant would be more like it.

Curry's small-ball tactics are undoubtedly strong, but they didn't work before 2008. Curry almost went back to the rookie village in the early years of his career.

Many coaches wanted to coach Kobe, much like Coach K's resentment. During the London Olympics, when it was confirmed that Kobe would play for the national team, Coach K excitedly said, "The best player in America has arrived." Kobe's early career was limited by his lack of experience in the NCAA, which hindered his tactical awareness.

LeBron James has two championships already. If he wins another one, I'm leaving.

I don't even want to watch it after reading the description. 6 Billion fans? Are there even a billion people in the world who know about this sport?

It seemed pretty well written, so why was it abandoned?

Author, you can't even manage to update daily.