From #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Rap Year BookandBasketball (and Other Things)Shea Serrano, a witty & fun reexamination of some of the most iconic–read: “expensive”–players, moments, and games from the NBA.

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 or unquantifiable.

Some moments are more poetry than calculation, rising to art than numerical value. Morefeelingthan data processing. And thus: EXPENSIVE BASKETBALL.

From Kobe’s 81-point game to Sue Bird’s crossover, from the majesty of Ray Allen’s legendary 3-pointer to the beautiful mystery of Allen Iverson,New York Timesbestselling author, Shea Serrano, illustrates, EXPENSIVE BASKETBALL is an affirmation of feelings. It’s an affirmation of basketball as virtuosity.

It’s an affirmation of how sometimes you watch a person do a thing on a basketball court and it feels the same way it feels when you lie in the grass at night and stare up at the moon for long enough that you start to think about how incredible it is that you really, truly, honestly, actually exist.

Shea Serranois an American author, journalist, and former teacher. He’s the #1New York Timesbestselling author of The Rap Year Book, Basketball (and Other Things) and Movies (and Other Things). Shea lives in Texas with his family. You can follow him on X & Instagram @SheaSerrano.

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  
• Publish Date: October 28, 2025
  
• Pages: 352
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9781538755228
  
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.1 inches | 0.0 pounds
  
• BISAC Categories: Sports & Outdoors