Brothers on Three - Very Good Book on Arlee Hoops

[mthoopsfan]

This is a very good book on the Arlee basketball team of a few years ago. Booked released in 2021. Two-time state champs, some good players (one recruited by Griz a bit), and the suicide prevention program started by the team and others. Written by the guy who wrote this great front page article for The NY Times in 2018.

"In “Brothers on Three,” the journalist Abe Streep follows the Arlee Warriors, a Montana high school team that embodies the high-speed, whip-pass, all-for-one spirit of reservation basketball. Streep follows the Warriors through a historic season, but his real interest lies in the lives of the players and their families on the Flathead Indian Reservation, along with the network of coaches, teachers and friends who invest so much of themselves in this scrappy, mighty basketball team. The kids were a diverse mix, but most of them were members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the reservation — being “a rez kid,” as the players would say — is central to the team’s identity.”

"What the Arlee Warriors Were Playing For
On Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation, basketball is about much more than winning."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/magazine/arlee-warriors-montana-basketball-flathead-indian-reservation.html

 

[EverettGriz]

Thanks for the heads up, PR. I’ll give it a look.

 

[Mousegriz]

Reading it now myself.

 

[Hoops watcher]

Going to check it out. I'm assuming you ,read this one, PR. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132267.Counting_Coup
What did you think about it? I thought it was good but something was off, maybe the author's tone.

 

[mthoopsfan]

Going to check it out. I'm assuming you ,read this one, PR. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132267.Counting_Coup
What did you think about it? I thought it was good but something was off, maybe the author's tone.

Yes, I read that one too. Loved it. Sad with all those guys dying so fast. I don't recall what was off; read it when it first came out.

 

[THE BETCH]

Best basketball book ever...Blind Your Ponies...Montana class C fictional story that is easily in my all time top ten book list. I suspect many on this forum have read it, if not, obtain it and prepare your self for a great read.

 

[Hoops watcher]

Going to check it out. I'm assuming you ,read this one, PR. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132267.Counting_Coup
What did you think about it? I thought it was good but something was off, maybe the author's tone.

Yes, I read that one too. Loved it. Sad with all those guys dying so fast. I don't recall what was off; read it when it first came out.

I liked it a lot and reread it. I think it bothered me that the author made it too much about him at a couple points in the story arc. Think it's a side effect of the Gonzo school of journalism, Rolling Stone branch.