Betaball: How Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (991 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071CK11X9 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Erik Malinowski is currently the Golden States Warriors lead writer for Bleacher Report. He's also a frequent guest on NPR's "Only a Game" and his work has appeared in Best American Sports Writing three times. As a reporter and features writer based on the Bay Area, he has freelanced for many sites and publications, including Wired, Rolling State, Slate, Atlas O
As a reporter and features writer based on the Bay Area, he has freelanced for many sites and publications, including Wired, Rolling State, Slate, Atlas Obscura, Sports on Earth, Uproxx, Esquire, Vocativ, Sporting News, The New Republic, and Baseball Prospectus. About the Author Erik Malinowski is currently the Golden States Warriors lead writer for Bleacher Report. . He's also a frequent guest on NPR's "Only a Game" and his work has appeared in Best American Sports Writing three times
In the tech industry, the term for this development stage -- when your product isn't quite fully baked, so you're always in flux and open to change yet focused on the end-goal -- is "beta." By operating in "beta," the Warriors morphed into a model organization for American professional sports, instituting the best workplace principles found inside the world's most successful corporations and instilling a top-down organizational ethos that allowed all of their employees to thrive, from the front office to the free-throw line. With in-depth access and meticulous reporting on and off the court, acclaimed journalist Erik Malinowski recounts a gripping tale of worlds colliding, a team's reinvention, ordinary people being pushed to extraordinary heights, and the Golden State Warriors' unending quest to remain the best.. In just five years, the duo turned a declining franchise with no immediate hope into the NBA's dominant force, facilitated the rise of All-Star point guard Stephen Curry, produced the best single-season record in league history, and won two championships over a three