101 Fascinating Basketball Facts
Published on 25. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4597-5525-3 (ISBN)
Description
101 thought-provoking basketball stories and trivia to delight fans.
Author provocateur Dalton Higgins provides 101 reasons why basketball has captured the imagination of sports enthusiasts around the globe. Higgins unpacks the myths and realities behind the world's second most popular sport, breaking down with precision all kinds of wildly interesting and obscure basketball facts tied to height, gender, geography, race, economics, and everything in between.From sneakers to salacious tidbits, Higgins offers takes on age-old issues and debates:
Author provocateur Dalton Higgins provides 101 reasons why basketball has captured the imagination of sports enthusiasts around the globe. Higgins unpacks the myths and realities behind the world's second most popular sport, breaking down with precision all kinds of wildly interesting and obscure basketball facts tied to height, gender, geography, race, economics, and everything in between.From sneakers to salacious tidbits, Higgins offers takes on age-old issues and debates:
- Can white men jump now?
- Have three-pointers become the new layup?
- Should traditional ten-foot rims be raised?
- Who is the GOAT?
- Why is Canada a basketball hot spot?
- Is the WNBA the next big thing?
- Are hip hop and hoops kissing cousins?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Publishing group
The Dundurn Group
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 126 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-5525-3 (9781459755253)
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Dalton Higgins
101 Fascinating Basketball Facts
E-Book
10/2025
Dundurn Press
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Person
Dalton Higgins is a publicist, journalist, and author who has interviewed many NBA and NCAA legends, covered the Toronto Raptors, and reported on NBA All-Star games, including Michael Jordan's last one in Atlanta. He lives in Toronto.