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Who's Running the Asylum? Inside the Insane World of Sports Today
A no holds barred, behind-the-scenes peak at the sports world, players, and their contracts, by the # 1 ranked, most outspoken player in NBA history.
- GenresSportsNonfiction
350 pages, Paperback
First published January 20, 1997
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January 25, 2014
Unlike his previous books, this book was released by a small publishing house, seemingly without much editing. The topics covered are not organized very well, and Wilt sometimes misuses words, misspells names or calls people the wrong name (he refers to Amy Acuff as Amy Alcott, and John Paxson as Bill Paxton). Basically 350 pages of Wilt complaining about what's wrong with sports today and how everything was better back in the day. You can tell he is an intelligent individual who isn't afraid to speak his mind (and actually has some reasonable ideas), but who wants to read an entire book about complaints? Well I guess I did at first. But I have a bad habit of needing to finish what I start so I stuck with it.
December 23, 2019
If you want to read 350 pages about Wilt Chamberlain ranting on random topics, this is the book for you. His previous book was similar in style, but it was better. This one comes off as cranky, all over the place, and repetitive. There were also lots of basic grammatical errors. I wonder how much editing was done before publication.
That all being said, Wiltie has no problem sharing his many opinions, and there is much entertainment to be had. His level of pessimism is legendary - the athletes were better in his day, the TV announcers are horrible, money runs and ruins everything, etc. Some ideas are interesting, like how he wants more focus on comparing FG percentage instead of total points, and he wants all stadium seating to be first come first serve. Moreover, Wilt gives a lot of critiques about world in the late '90s (book's publication was 1997), and I found this interesting for memory lane purposes.
In sum, this is an okay read but I would advise anyone to read his other book and/or temper their expectations for this one.
That all being said, Wiltie has no problem sharing his many opinions, and there is much entertainment to be had. His level of pessimism is legendary - the athletes were better in his day, the TV announcers are horrible, money runs and ruins everything, etc. Some ideas are interesting, like how he wants more focus on comparing FG percentage instead of total points, and he wants all stadium seating to be first come first serve. Moreover, Wilt gives a lot of critiques about world in the late '90s (book's publication was 1997), and I found this interesting for memory lane purposes.
In sum, this is an okay read but I would advise anyone to read his other book and/or temper their expectations for this one.
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