On Sale: Oct 28, 2025
Page Count: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781538755228

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – One of Barnes & Noble’s Best Sports Books of 2025

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of basketball’s most iconic players, moments, games, and more, with original illustrations by Ian Klarer.

Everything in basketball is measured. Everything in basketball is counted, and quantified, and computed. And yet, no matter how expansive the list of various pinpoint-specific statistical categories gets, some basketball things remain uncountable, and unquantifiable.

Some moments are more poetry than calculation; more art than numerical value; more feeling than data processing. And thus: Expensive Basketball.

From the final 196 seconds of Kobe Bryant’s playing career to the Sue Bird backpedal, from the erosive terror of Tim Duncan to the Larry Bird memory carousel, Expensive Basketball is an affirmation of feelings.

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"Serrano pushes back against the the stats and analytics that have come to dominate sports coverage in favor of an emotionally driven appreciation of hoops stars such as Tim Duncan and Sue Bird."
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"Serrano is one of the few writers whose on-the-page enthusiasm is infectious, who can describe a particular spin move executed during a regular season game from 2006 and successfully transfer his excitement about it to the reader—even if you didn’t watch that game, never cared about that team, are only hearing about that player for the first time."
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"Serrano is irresistibly passionate, a fan-writer who greets each game as a chance to be awed...Infectiously enthusiastic appraisals of NBA and WNBA stars."
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Shea Serrano

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Shea Serrano‘s most recent book, Movies (And Other Things), was, among other things, a #1 New York Times bestseller. His previous book, Basketball (And Other Things) was also a #1 New York Times bestseller and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of the year. His book before that, The Rap Year Book, was also a New York Times bestseller, and was turned into a documentary that aired on AMC. Currently, he is a staff writer for The Ringer where he co-hosts the popular rap podcast No Skips.

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About the Author Shea Serrano is an author, journalist, and podcaster. He’s the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book, Basketball (And Other Things), Movies (And Other Things), and Hip-Hop (And Other Things). He lives in Texas with his family.

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