101 Fascinating Basketball Facts

101 thought-provoking basketball stories and trivia to delight fans.

Author provocateur Dalton Higgins provides 101 reasons whybasketball has captured the imagination of sports enthusiastsaround the globe. Higgins unpacks the myths and realities behindthe world’s second most popular sport, breaking down with precision all kinds of wildly interesting and obscure basketball factstied to height, gender, geography, race, economics, and everythingin between.From sneakers to salacious tidbits, Higgins offers takes on ageold issues and debates:

• Can white men jump now?
• Have three-pointers become the new layup?
• Should traditional ten-foot rims be raised?
• Who is the GOAT?
• Why is Canada a basketball hot spot?
• Is the WNBA the next big thing?
• Are hip hop and hoops kissing cousins?