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Gilbert Arenas, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant

Over the last four years, FreeDarko has established itself as the thinking man’s basketball blog with Q-tip references sitting comfortably next to political commentary tied together by a love for the Game. Now, the highly entertaining collective is set to release an all-inclusive illustrated compendium of their thoughts in the form of FreeDarko’s Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac.

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With an opening manifesto announcing the “dissolution of the old league, a renewal of faith in individual players, the celebration of the new league in its full glory,” and a foreward from fellow blogger (and NBA player) Gilbert Arenas, the Almanac provides clever insight onto the best players in the game. Beautifully illustrated by Big Baby Belafonte aka Jacob Weinstein, and layered with statistical information conjured up in colorful and often hilarious graphics, the book breaks down the star players with smart analysis of their individual games. Sprinkled in between the players are added extras including my favorite section, “Jerseys for Every Occasion” (ever wonder who to rep at that Civil War Reenactment or your brother’s Bar Mitzvah) and tapping into a player’s true spirit animal (Yao Ming is a Giant Moa, Stephon Marbury is a Praire Vole).

Check out their book site here for full-screen preview chapters in their entirety, desktop wallpapers, a theme song and new shirts and posters from FreeDarko.

FreeDarko’s Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac is out on November 11th on Bloomsbury Press.