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  • How Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History
  • Written by: Erik Malinowski
  • Narrated by: George Newbern
  • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Betaball

Written by: Erik Malinowski
Narrated by: George Newbern
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Publisher's Summary

Moneyball meets The City Game in this compelling look at how the NBA champion Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business practices, next-gen science, and the corporate culture of Silicon Valley to not only produce one of the greatest basketball teams in history but also revolutionize the NBA.

Discover the definitive inside account of how the Warriors, under the leadership of venture capitalist Joe Lacob and Hollywood producer Peter Guber, quickly became one of the most remarkable success stories ever, both in sports and in business. In just five years, they turned a declining franchise with no immediate hope into one of the greatest teams in basketball, a period that included the rise of All-Star point guard Stephen Curry and two NBA championships in the past three years. By operating in "beta" - always innovating, unafraid to embrace change, encouraging risk - the Warriors have become a model organization for American professional sports, instituting the best workplace principles found inside the world's most successful corporations and instilling a top-down organizational ethos that allows their employees to thrive, from the front office to the free-throw line.

With in-depth access and meticulous reporting on and off the court, acclaimed journalist Erik Malinowski recounts a gripping tale of worlds colliding, a team's reinvention, ordinary people being pushed to extraordinary heights, and the Golden State Warriors' unending quest to remain the best.

©2017 Erik Malinowski (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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Get a reader that actually knows players' names

the reader was constantly screwing up pronunciations of player's and coach's names, it was very difficult to listen to.

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A Reader Who Knows Basketball?

This was a great listen, especially for an old Warriors fan, but would it be too much to have a reader who is familiar with the names of NBA players? The mispronunciations were ridiculous.

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