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Sprawlball A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA

Kirk Goldsberry

From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, how well, and why. Says Nate Silver: “If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you’ll need to read this book.” The field of basketball analyti...

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The book was highlighted during two episodes where Kirk Goldsberry appeared as a guest, using its graphics to illustrate points about MVP positions and the NBA's shift toward three‑point shooting. Both hosts praised its visual approach and even suggested it as an ideal Father's Day gift for basketball fans, noting its appeal to both numbers‑heads and casual viewers. The discussion conveyed strong enthusiasm for the title’s insight into the modern NBA.

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Episode: NBA W/ Kirk Goldsberry, Our Lawyer Mr Portnoy And...

Kirk Goldsbury was mentioned as the New York Times best-selling author of this book. He used graphics related to this book to illustrate his points about MVP positions in the NBA.

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He also is a New York Times best selling author no big deal sprawl ball

Well, that's a big theme of my book and i've been treating this graphic for a couple years like mv p's by position

Episode: Former VP Of The Spurs Kirk Goldsberry, Game 2 Roc...

The guest, Kirk Goldsberry, joined the show to discuss his new book, which visually toured the evolution of the NBA, focusing heavily on the rise of three-point shooting.

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He also did lead analyst for USA Basketball, and he has a new book out Kirk Goldsbury.

I'm the climate change guy for the NBA that's perfect.

I will endorse this book as my official father's day pick or gift this year especially if your dad's like my dad won't shut up about George Mike and how great he was you talk a lot about like George Mike and he was a great defensive player but he just goldened so much that they had to change it was legal he should have yeah which was why do you need a but Mike and is interesting too.

and if you also hate James Harden this is the book for you okay I have a question about the book and uh through all your research who is who has the most unusual heat map who that's really sprung that one on me man.

Kirk Goldberg sprawl ball it's out now literally out today right thank you yes today's the big day today's the big day a visual tour of the new era of the NBA listen even if you're on a numbers guy there's a lot of cool pictures a lot of pictures yeah.

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