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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Basketball: Dropping Tools

What ‘sacred tools’ need to be abandoned? An endless list exists. 

1. Having the last word. Times come to let it go. 

2. Being the "I'm always right" guy. Nobody is. 

3. Hero ball. Life is a team sport. Nobody can do it alone. Oscar Wilde said it another way, "Your friends stab you in the front." 

4. "We do it that way because we've always done it that way." That's one of the worst reasons. 

5. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." - Einstein

6. Indulging our anger. Remember Lincoln's "Hot Letters," that were never signed, never sent.

7. Stubbornness. The Lakers won the NBA championship in the 1981-1982 season. They made 13 three point shots out of 94 (14%). That was then. 

8. False truths. "What you don't know can't hurt you." It absolutely can. What we hold dear could be wrong. Think again. 

9. Pet drills, pet extras that don't matter. Prem Watsa says, "don't major in the minors." Writer David Mamet teaches, "Kill your darlings." 

10. Condition during scrimmages and drills. Punitive running is a tool to drop. 

Lagniappe. Two approaches we know... run different actions from the same formations and the same action from different formations. 

Lagniappe 2. Draw 2. Dish. One more. Draw 2. Dish. Splash. 

Lagniappe 3. Teams take advantage of young players and teams unable to handle pressure. That stops working. 


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