A book about the first year of the Birmingham G League team? I'll read that! It was really good. The author was a fly on the wall for Birmingham's first season. He focussed on several players and the coaches as they played through the season. I learned about the team, the G League and about guys who were so close and yet so far away from their dreams. I was really rooting for all of them to make it to the NBA.

The NBA G League has always been a curiosity of mine. The G League is the NBA’s minor league, it prepares players, coaches, and team personnel for the NBA. NBA G League teams are usually affiliated with a NBA franchise, but there are exceptions. Alex Squadron’s new book, Life in the G, shares the story of the Birmingham Squadron through his eyes. We meet the head coaches and some of the players including Joe Young, Jared Harper, Zylan Cheatham, and Malcolm Hill.

Alex explains in great detail the realities of playing in the G League and the differences between playing in the NBA when it comes to flying commercial, per diems, training facilities, etc. He shares the history of each of the subjects with the reader as well as interview NBA players who also played in the G League at some point in their careers. I was engrossed in learning how each player coped with fighting for their NBA dream by playing in the G League, hoping that someone would be given a fair shot to make a roster. You see that’s why these young men are in the G League, they are fighting for the chance Alex Caruso, Danny Green, Seth Curry, and Gary Payton II.

I learned a lot about the G League experience from this book and couldn’t put the book down. I must say I am a basketball junkie so I was engrossed in the story. I believe this book will be of interest of sports fans who want to learn what the G League experience is like. I highly recommend it.