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Can't knock the hustle : inside the season of protest, pandemic, and progress with the Brooklyn Nets' superstars of tomorrow / Matt Sullivan.

by Sullivan, Matt (Sports editor), author.

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New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2021]

Brooklyn Nets (Basketball team) -- History -- 21st century.

Basketball players -- United States.

Social justice -- United States.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- United States.

Sports -- Political aspects -- United States.

9780063036802 (hardcover) :

0063036800 (hardcover) :

xv, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Decisions, decisions -- The clean sweep -- Fight for freedom -- A conspiracy of silence -- The circuit board -- Rise of the underdog disruptors -- IRL -- Activists wear sneakers, too -- Keeper of the soul -- Disinfected -- Timeout -- The roar of the crowd -- A revolution on top -- The toothpaste is out of the tube -- Encore.

In the 2019-2020 season, the Nets were already the most intriguing startup in the NBA: a team of influencers, entrepreneurs and activists, starring the controversial Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Then one tweet launched an international scandal, pitting the team's Chinese owner and the league's commissioner against its players and LeBron James. The sudden death of Kobe Bryant, after making his final public appearance in Brooklyn, sent shockwaves through a turbulent season. A global pandemic and a new civil-rights movement put basketball's trend-setting status to the ultimate test, as business and culture followed the lead of the NBA and its empowered stars. Sullivan provides a backdrop of the NBA's impact on social media, race, politics, health, fashion, fame and fandom, for a portrait of a time when sports brought us back together again, like never before. -- adapted from jacket

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