Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside Brooklyn's Season of Hope: How Basketball Helped Us Survive Power, Politics, and a Global Pandemic
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- Author：Matt Sullivan
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Summary
An award-winning sports journalist's courtside account of the Brooklyn Nets' year-long saga at the epicenter of culture and coronavirus—Moneyball meets Boom Town for an era of influence， chronicling the rise of basketball as a force for progress in society。
At the dawn of a new decade， a startup grew in Brooklyn: social influencers and political activists， media moguls and tech entrepreneurs， fashion designers and mental-wellness gurus， rappers 。 。 。 all of whom just so happened to play professional basketball。 The 2019-20 Nets were the team of tomorrow—a player-first franchise， in a star-first city， at a nation-first moment—and anything was possible。 As soon as the mega-stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving arrived， the Nets were destined to become a dynasty for the ages。
Then came the wildest year in modern NBA—and world—history。
Can't Knock the Hustle is the definitive chronicle of the season when basketball's status as a force for progress in society was put to the ultimate test， and Matt Sullivan had a courtside seat: Deal-making with Kyrie and Jay-Z。 Rehabbing with KD at the Nets' world-class health facility。 International intrigue between LeBron James and the Chinese government。 The final days of Kobe Bryant， front-row at Barclays Center in Brooklyn。 The first days of Covid-19， when the Nets found themselves at the epicenter of a virus—and integral to a comeback of the very culture they had come to define。
Hundreds of interviews—with NBA Hall-of-Famers， All-Stars， coaches， owners and power-brokers from across the globe—provide a lasting portrait of an unforgettable time， as sports brought people back together again， like never before。
At the dawn of a new decade， a startup grew in Brooklyn: social influencers and political activists， media moguls and tech entrepreneurs， fashion designers and mental-wellness gurus， rappers 。 。 。 all of whom just so happened to play professional basketball。 The 2019-20 Nets were the team of tomorrow—a player-first franchise， in a star-first city， at a nation-first moment—and anything was possible。 As soon as the mega-stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving arrived， the Nets were destined to become a dynasty for the ages。
Then came the wildest year in modern NBA—and world—history。
Can't Knock the Hustle is the definitive chronicle of the season when basketball's status as a force for progress in society was put to the ultimate test， and Matt Sullivan had a courtside seat: Deal-making with Kyrie and Jay-Z。 Rehabbing with KD at the Nets' world-class health facility。 International intrigue between LeBron James and the Chinese government。 The final days of Kobe Bryant， front-row at Barclays Center in Brooklyn。 The first days of Covid-19， when the Nets found themselves at the epicenter of a virus—and integral to a comeback of the very culture they had come to define。
Hundreds of interviews—with NBA Hall-of-Famers， All-Stars， coaches， owners and power-brokers from across the globe—provide a lasting portrait of an unforgettable time， as sports brought people back together again， like never before。
Reviews
Liam Green
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An excellently reported account of one of the strangest seasons an NBA team has ever experienced。 If there is any significant flaw， it's that the book seems to have a more rose colored vision of Obama's role in the wildcat strike than the one he actually had。 An excellently reported account of one of the strangest seasons an NBA team has ever experienced。 If there is any significant flaw， it's that the book seems to have a more rose colored vision of Obama's role in the wildcat strike than the one he actually had。 。。。more
Du
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I know very little amount of basketball。 The Nets are an even lesser known quantity in my mind。 In fact I grabbed this book because of the title。 I'm really glad that I did though it's a fascinating look at the past five years in basketball， in society， and it financial impacts of those two worlds。 The writing is really good the research is really well done and the overall tone of the book is intriguing。 I know very little amount of basketball。 The Nets are an even lesser known quantity in my mind。 In fact I grabbed this book because of the title。 I'm really glad that I did though it's a fascinating look at the past five years in basketball， in society， and it financial impacts of those two worlds。 The writing is really good the research is really well done and the overall tone of the book is intriguing。 。。。more
Jake
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Read this to learn about Kyrie Irving and also to understand how the Players Movement developed around George Floyd's murder。 The basketball stuff is better covered in Ethan Sherwood Strauss' The Victory Machine。 Read this to learn about Kyrie Irving and also to understand how the Players Movement developed around George Floyd's murder。 The basketball stuff is better covered in Ethan Sherwood Strauss' The Victory Machine。 。。。more
Jennifer
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Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside the Season of Protest， Pandemic， and Progress with the Brooklyn Nets' Superstars of Tomorrow follows the 2019-2020 NBA season with a focus on the updated roster of the Brooklyn Nets。 The author offers a look into the lives of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant， and all that went into their decisions to move to the Nets。 But even more so， the focus of the book is everything that went on surrounding this season， including the sudden death of Kobe Bryant， the Covid pandemi Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside the Season of Protest， Pandemic， and Progress with the Brooklyn Nets' Superstars of Tomorrow follows the 2019-2020 NBA season with a focus on the updated roster of the Brooklyn Nets。 The author offers a look into the lives of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant， and all that went into their decisions to move to the Nets。 But even more so， the focus of the book is everything that went on surrounding this season， including the sudden death of Kobe Bryant， the Covid pandemic， and a new civil rights movement after several instances of police brutality。 The 2019-2020 NBA season was certainly one that was unlike any other， and Can't Knock the Hustle does a great job covering the whole host of events that occurred during this time。 There are many parallels to past events presented throughout the book， and I thought that it really added to the story。 More so， the book really covers the struggle for athletes to address difficult social issues， along with the threat of backlash and powers in place attempting to profit off of the same topics。 I appreciated the author's attempt to cover seemingly controversial and misunderstood players in Kyrie and KD and tell their sides of their stories a bit more。 I'll admit a minor bias on my end reading this book as a long time Golden State Warriors fan， but I found the accounts very interesting and informative。 Can't Knock the Hustle is good book covering the year that anything and everything happened and its relation to the NBA and the Brooklyn Nets; I would recommend this book to readers with an interest in the NBA。Thanks to Netgalley and Dey Street Books for this ARC; this is my honest and voluntary review。 。。。more
Georgette
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An entertaining look at a team I did not know much about before this book。 Tied in with Kobe's death， the pandemic， bball during and after the pandemic， plus some history of the Nets before 2020。 Good solid read。 An entertaining look at a team I did not know much about before this book。 Tied in with Kobe's death， the pandemic， bball during and after the pandemic， plus some history of the Nets before 2020。 Good solid read。 。。。more
Matt
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