
Can the history of basketball be told in 288 pages? The answer is yes. From its birth in 1891 to the present day, the orange ball has undergone an evolution that has made it one of the most followed sports in the world today.A sport that has always known how to reinvent itself to win major ideological, sporting or economic battles and break down social barriers.There's no denying it: basketball has changed the planet and the planet has changed basketball. From the five continents to the four corners of the court, from the wooden floor to the tarmac, from the invention of James Naismith to the exploits of LeBron James, from the adventure of Tony Parker to the flights of Michael Jordan, from the epic of the Demoiselles de Clermont to the legend of Julius Erving, from the greatest Olympic tournaments to the battles of EuroBasket, from the dunk contest of Vince Carter to the Stephen Curry revolution, from Krešimir Osi to Luka Doncic, from the Lisa Leslie show to the trash talking of Gary Payton, this book offers to relive, with passion and humor, the fabulous odyssey of the orange ball. Or as we like to say: This is The Greatest Basketball Book of All Time (according to TrashTalk).Preface by Evan Fournier