There's Always This Year

I finally recognize the game!! Jk jk. Seriously, it was a solid listen. I have always appreciated listening to others that have grown up around poverty but I also have an even greater appreciation for basketball and what it can mean to the players themselves or the community. It was beautifully written, raw, and insightful. I will think of our champions forever when watching any team really.

As a basketball fan and someone who holds some fondness for Ohio, I was interested to read this book, The parallels Abdurraqib makes between the extended LeBron era of basketball in Ohio and his own life are really pretty beautiful and amazingly well put together. I really don't believe I picked up on half of what he was putting down and I still enjoyed the read.

There's not a better writer working today. I always roll me eyes when people talk about savoring a book, about not rushing through it. But that's how I feel about anything Abdurraqib writes.

This book is about basketball, but it's also not. It's vulnerable, cutting, incisive, beautiful. Read it, and then read everything else he's written: Go Ahead in the Rain (a book about Tribe Called Quest), Little Devil in America, They Can't Kill Us 'Till they Kill Us, The Crown Ain't Worth Much. All of it.