Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside the Season of Protest, Pandemic, and Progress with the Brooklyn Nets' Superstars of Tomorrow

by Sullivan, Matt
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ISBN: 9780063036802
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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.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Sullivan, Matt
  • ISBN: 9780063036802
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.10 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 352
  • Publication Year: 2021

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