Bibliograph

Can't knock the hustle, inside the season of protest, pandemic, and progress with the Brooklyn Nets' superstars of tomorrow, Matt Sullivan

Type

Label

Can't knock the hustle, inside the season of protest, pandemic, and progress with the Brooklyn Nets' superstars of tomorrow, Matt Sullivan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Can't knock the hustle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1243019061

Responsibility statement

Matt Sullivan

Sub title

inside the season of protest, pandemic, and progress with the Brooklyn Nets' superstars of tomorrow

Summary

In the 2019-2020 season, the Nets were already the most intriguing startup in the NBA: a team of influencers, entrepreneurs and activists, starring the controversial Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Then one tweet launched an international scandal, pitting the team's Chinese owner and the league's commissioner against its players and LeBron James. The sudden death of Kobe Bryant, after making his final public appearance in Brooklyn, sent shockwaves through a turbulent season. A global pandemic and a new civil-rights movement put basketball's trend-setting status to the ultimate test, as business and culture followed the lead of the NBA and its empowered stars. Sullivan provides a backdrop of the NBA's impact on social media, race, politics, health, fashion, fame and fandom, for a portrait of a time when sports brought us back together again, like never before. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Decisions, decisions -- The clean sweep -- Fight for freedom -- A conspiracy of silence -- The circuit board -- Rise of the underdog disruptors -- IRL -- Activists wear sneakers, too -- Keeper of the soul -- Disinfected -- Timeout -- The roar of the crowd -- A revolution on top -- The toothpaste is out of the tube -- Encore

Target audience

adult

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