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In theory, this should have been a great book: journeyman pro basketball player details a four year period of his life, bouncing between the CBA, the European leagues, and the NBA.
In practice: flat-out, Paul Shirley is a spoiled, entitled, self-centered, racist, upper-middle class white asshole. I probably would have thought he was kind of a jerk even if he hadn't, in the middle of my reading this, come out saying horrifically racist things about the tragedy in Haiti (google "Paul Shirley Haiti" ...more
In practice: flat-out, Paul Shirley is a spoiled, entitled, self-centered, racist, upper-middle class white asshole. I probably would have thought he was kind of a jerk even if he hadn't, in the middle of my reading this, come out saying horrifically racist things about the tragedy in Haiti (google "Paul Shirley Haiti" ...more
With this book, Shirley landed himself on my list of People Who'd Be Fun To Have a Beer With - snarky, a bit mordant, well-deployed violations of political correctness, etc. Very enjoyable for anyone who yearns to know that impatience with idiocy is alive and well, even in the overly earnest sports world.
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Sep 08, 2014
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
