Betaball: How Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History Audiobook (Free)

“As lively, thorough, and engaging as the team it chronicles” (Nathaniel Friedman), Betaball is a compelling look at how the Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business methods, next generation research, and Silicon Valley’s technocentric lifestyle not only to produce one of the biggest basketball teams ever sold but also to revolutionize the NBA—ideal for enthusiasts of Moneyball and The Book of Basketball.

Betaball is the definitive, inside accounts of how the Golden State Warriors, under the approximately Betaball: How Silicon Valley and Technology Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams ever sold ownership of endeavor capitalist Joe Lacob and Hollywood producer Peter Guber, quickly became one of the biggest success stories in both sports and business.

In just five years, they turned a declining franchise with no immediate hope in to the NBA’s dominant force—and facilitated the rise of All-Star point guard Stephen Curry. By working in “beta,” the Warriors morphed right into a model firm for American professional sports activities, instituting the very best workplace principles found in the globe’s most effective corporations, and instilling a top-down organizational ethos that allows employees—from the front office to the free-throw series—to thrive.

With in-depth access and meticulous reporting on and off the court, acclaimed journalist Eric Malinowski recounts a gripping tale of a team’s reinvention, of worlds colliding, of ordinary people being pushed to extraordinary heights, as well as the Golden State Warriors’ chase for another straight NBA championship during the 2015-’16 time of year. Betaball is usually “a publication for fans of all sports and research, business and analytics, Silicon Valley and Wall Street, front side offices and locker areas, money and earning” (Don Truck Natta Jr., ESPN reporter and NY Times bestselling writer).