Basketball is Jazz Paperback – February 9, 2017

The content is excellent.I’ve loved listening to David Thorpe on podcasts. He is outstanding at communicating basketball concepts; his style is clear and memorable.His lessons and anecdotes should be valuable to players, coaches, parents, and fans.However, this book is replete with errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and usage. Almost every sentence has at least one mistake, including the Acknowledgements, where he thanks his family, teachers, and editors for helping him become a great writer.It's incredibly distracting — like reading essays from mediocre high-school students.I had planned to give this book as a present to my daughter’s coaches and teammates, but I’d be embarrassed by the sloppy writing and editing.

Coach Thorpe's work on ESPN always taught you something and here he offers plenty of insight too. The stories about players he's transformed--Kevin Martin, Luol Deng, and Udonis Haslem-- are the best parts of the book. A nice complement to other books on talent, growth mindset and grit.

As a person who lives in the other side of the world universe gave me a chance to work with him. It was a glimpse but he made me feel like I can reach any goal that I truly want.Last year when I started to read this book I instantly remembered many things that I forget and learned many details and shared with my team. That journey brought us a U16 National title in Turkey. Thank you Coach Thorpe

Amazing book. Great insight to the game and great stories. Inside you will find an inspirational approach playing, coaching and parenting with love and knowledge of the game. Perfect for the player, the coach, or the parent of the athlete.

An excellent read! Fun stories about his years in the game, mixed in with good teaching ideas and his philosophy about coaching and basketball. Well worth the time for coaches and basketball fans alike.

I love this book! David Thorpe is her inspiring! I would recommend this book to anyone whether you have or work with children or you want to motivate folks in an organization...this book will give you lots to wrk with.

An outstanding compilation of stories, tips and pearls for watching and teaching basketball at all levels. I highly recommend it for the basketball fan and those involved in sports on either the coaching or parent side.

Loved it. The anecdotal approach Coach Thorpe takes creates an easy to read, easy to remember basketball guide book. If you are a coach or an involved parent, I would strongly recommend it.

Thorpe was my favorite contributor on TrueHoop. And what I read on the sample was great.But this binding? The right side is faded and cut off. I sadly didn't crack the spin until just after my return period ended. But it makes it virtually unreadable, what with the last 3 letters being unavailable. I don't know if its found on every copy. But this is the first time I've come across it. And it's so disappointing.

Fantastic annicdotal book. Really impressed me how much Coach cares for the game and how that passion breeds improvement.

Coach Thorpe's book over-delivers on the promise of being a book that helps you enhance your relationship with the wonderful game of basketball.His inspiring and entertaining stories make it a joy to learn more about the game.