Jerry L. Walls - Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Paint
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What can the film Hoosiers teach us about the meaning of life? How can ancient Eastern wisdom traditions, such as Taoism and Zen Buddhism, improve our jump-shots? What can the Zen Master (Phil Jackson) and the Big Aristotle (Shaquille ONeal) teach us about sustained excellence and success? Is womens basketball better basketball? How, ethically, should one deal with a strategic cheater in pickup basketball? With NBA and NCAA team rosters constantly changing, what does it mean to play for the same team? What can coaching legends Dean Smith, Rick Pitino, Pat Summitt, and Mike Krzyzewski teach us about character, achievement, and competition? What makes basketball such a beautiful game to watch and play? Basketball is now the most popular team sport in the United States; each year, more than 50 million Americans attend college and pro basketball games. When Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, first nailed two peach baskets at the opposite ends of a Springfield, Massachusetts, gym in 1891, he had little idea of how thoroughly the game would shape American -- and international -- culture. Hoops superstars such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Yao Ming are now instantly recognized celebrities all across the planet. So what can a group of philosophers add to the understanding of basketball? It is a relatively simple game, but as Kant and Dennis Rodman liked to say, appearances can be deceiving. Coach Phil Jackson actively uses philosophy to improve player performance and to motivate and inspire his team and his fellow coaches, both on and off the court. Jackson has integrated philosophy into his coaching and his personal life so thoroughly that it is often difficult to distinguish his role as a basketball coach from his role as a philosophical guide and mentor to his players. In Basketball and Philosophy, a Dream Team of twenty-six basketball fans, most of whom also happen to be philosophers, proves that basketball is the thinking persons sport. They look at what happens when the Tao meets the hardwood as they explore the teamwork, patience, selflessness, and balanced and harmonious action that make up the art of playing basketball.
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The books published in the Philosophy of Popular Culture series will illuminate and explore philosophical themes and ideas that occur in popular culture. The goal of this series is to demonstrate how philosophical inquiry has been reinvigorated by increased scholarly interest in the intersection of popular culture and philosophy, as well as to explore through philosophical analysis beloved modes of entertainment, such as movies, TV shows, and music. Philosophical concepts will be made accessible to the general reader through examples in popular culture. This series seeks to publish both established and emerging scholars who will engage a major area of popular culture for philosophical interpretation and examine the philosophical underpinnings of its themes. Eschewing ephemeral trends of philosophical and cultural theory, authors will establish and elaborate on connections between traditional philosophical ideas from important thinkers and the ever-expanding world of popular culture.
Series Editor
Mark T. Conard, Marymount Manhattan College, NY
Books in the Series
The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick, edited by Jerold J. Abrams
The Philosophy of Film Noir, edited by Mark T. Conard
The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, edited by Mark T. Conard
The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, edited by Mark T. Conard
The Philosophy of The X-Files, edited by Dean A. Kowalski
The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film, edited by Steven M. Sanders
The Philosophy of TV Noir, edited by Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble
Basketball and Philosophy, edited by Jerry L. Walls and Gregory Bassham
Paperback edition 2008
Copyright 2007 by The University Press of Kentucky
Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth,
serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre
College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,
The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College,
Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,
Morehead State University, Murray State University,
Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University,
University of Kentucky, University of Louisville,
and Western Kentucky University.
All rights reserved.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Basketball and philosophy : thinking outside the paint / edited by Jerry L.
Walls and Gregory Bassham ; foreword by Dick Vitale.
p. cm. (The philosophy of popular culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2435-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8131-2435-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. BasketballPhilosophy. I. Walls, Jerry L. II. Bassham, Gregory, 1959
GV885.B343 2007
796.323dc22 2006039703
ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9186-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting
the requirements of the American National Standard
for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
Member of the Association of
American University Presses
To Brian Marshall and Duke Ruktanonchai, two guys with whom I have had many good hoops arguments, and who have been saved from countless confusions by my insightful observations and analyses.
JW
To coach Al Padek, who never lost sight of the fundamentals.
GB
Dick Vitale
IF YOU ARE an avid basketball fan, you are certainly aware of my passion for the game that has served me so well. I have been so lucky to have been involved in this game, which was started over a century ago by Mr. Naismith. Interestingly, I bet many of you did not know that Mr. Naismith was a philosopher and a Presbyterian minister as well as a man who was active in many ways in the great game he invented.
My journey has taken me through every level involving the roundball game. I've had the golden opportunity to coach on the scholastic, collegiate, and professional levels. Also, for several decades I have been blessed with the opportunity to share the microphone on ESPN/ABC to discuss this magnificent game. I pinch myself every day thinking how lucky I have been to be able to sit at courtside watching many of our greats, such as Jordan, Magic, Bird, LeBron, Dwyane, Shaq, and many others. I certainly have seen it all in the world of basketball, baby!
But here's something I haven't seen: philosophers sharing their concepts and feelings about the game I respect and revere. WowI may not agree with all their theories and arguments, but Mr. Walls and Mr. Bassham have created an exciting concept for hoops fanatics to analyze. They take you on a thrill ride as they and their fellow philosophers express their views of this magical game. Trust me, you will be challenged and amazed by the variety of ways they have found to look at the game. For example, who would ever think to associate basketball with the term communitarianism? That's a mouthful, baby! Or who would ever expect to be talking about hoops and Aristotle in the same sentence? Or Machiavelli and roundball? Believe me, you will find this approach to basketball to be totally different from that in any other book you have ever opened.
Well, my friends, enjoy this fascinating perspective on basketball. Take this philosophical excursion, analyze it, dissect it, and argue with it. I am so proud to know that the game I love has even touched philosophical prime-time players like Walls and Bassham. Who knows? Maybe the next Michelangelo of philosophy will read this book and come to share my passion for Mr. Naismith's marvelous game.
THANKS TO MY children, Angela Rose and Jonathan Levi, for the numerous ways they inspire and amuse me, not always consciously. Jonathan deserves a special word of acknowledgment for still loving basketball despite the workouts. Thanks to various friends with whom I have discussed and debated hoops over the years: Bill Arnold, Tony Casey, Brent Claiborne, Harriet Cook, Joe Dongell, Chris Fowler, Les Fowler, Rusty George, Tony Headley, Derek Keefe, Nick Maples, Brian Marshall, Gabe Pendleton, Duke Ruktanonchai, Reid Walker, and Ben Witherington. Thanks also to Elizabeth Victoria Glass for countless happy hours of watching ESPN together, during which she often shared her estrogen-tinged angle on the game, though I am still not sure how she was lucky enough to pick the national champion the very first time she filled out a tournament bracket.
JW
THANKS TO BILL Irwin, who read almost the whole book in draft and offered helpful suggestions on every chapter. Thanks too to Jamie McAndrew, Alex Schroeder, J. P. Andrejko, Eric Bronson, Aeon Skoble, and Kelly Clark for providing valuable feedback. Copy editor Cheryl Hoffman and the good people at the University Press of Kentucky were a pleasure to work with at every step. To friends Roger Hurt, Scott Padek, and Mike Kelley: thanks for the great hoops at the CMC. A very special thanks to Dick Vitale for contributing the foreword, and to Tom Morris for putting us in touch with Dickie V. To Al Padek, coach of the Wright Hawks and role model to dozens of kids in South Tulsa, this book is gratefully dedicated. As always, my greatest debt is to my wife, Mia, and my son, Dylan. You make all the difference.
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