“As lively, thorough, and engaging as the group it chronicles” (Nathaniel Friedman), Betaball is a compelling take a look at the way the Golden Condition Warriors embraced savvy business procedures, next generation technology, and Silicon Valley’s technocentric lifestyle not only to produce one of the greatest basketball teams ever sold but also to revolutionize the NBA—perfect for supporters of Moneyball and The Book of Golf ball.

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

In only five years, they turned a declining franchise without immediate hope in to the NBA’s dominant force—and facilitated the rise of All-Star point guard Stephen Curry. By operating in “beta,” the Warriors morphed right into a model organization for American professional sports, instituting the best place of work principles found inside the globe’s most effective companies, and instilling a top-down organizational ethos which allows employees—from the front office to the free-throw line—to thrive.

With in-depth access and meticulous reporting on / off the court, acclaimed journalist Eric Malinowski recounts a gripping tale of the team’s reinvention, of worlds colliding, of ordinary people being pushed to extraordinary heights, and the Golden State Warriors’ chase for a second straight NBA championship through the 2015-’16 season. Betaball is usually “a book for fans of most sports and science, business and analytics, Silicon Valley and Wall structure Street, entrance offices and locker areas, money and earning” (Don Truck Natta Jr., ESPN reporter and New York Times bestselling writer).