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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Why You Shouldn't Read This Basketball Blog

Think backwards. In "Originals" Adam Grant shares how entrepreneur Rufus Griscom presented a slide show why investors shouldn't buy his startup, Babble.  

Grant argues that explaining limitations "disarms" evaluators who may reappraise their purchase options. 

Many readers have vast knowledge of basketball. They might not learn something every day from strictly within the basketball domain. 


Analogies teach. Van Gogh sold one picture during his life. I don't sell anything from blog posts and not many copies of my e-book, "The Simple Guide to Girls' Basketball." 

Best recent piece of advice. "Don't put in the time. Put in the work."


Don't be a "get off my lawn" guy. You don't have to live analytics to find some statistical measures that help - shooting percentage, turnovers, fouls and foul shooting. We can't pick and choose, saying analytics are useless, except for the ones we like. 

Old guys know nothing. Ask Geno Auriemma (71 years young). 


On average there are 500-1000 readers a day. The blog is over ten years old. The "social proof" is Feedspot's recommendation as a top 100 global basketball blog. 

Best offensive advice? "Space, cut, and move the ball. Take high percentage shots for your team." Don't apply NBA stats to high schoolers.  


There are over 4,000 posts and a 'storehouse' of over 1,200 drafts. In an 'open source' domain, there are always new questions needing new answers. 


Never confuse self-worth with readership. 

As of 7 PM today (4/10/25) here are recent Google stats. 

Joe's right. Each of us decides what to care about. 

Legitimate experts can be wrong. Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos both thought the Segway personal transport system would be the next new thing. 

Domain expertise varies. Even if we're "experts," we're not experts on everything. 

Hubris exposes "experts" to error because they believe they're "the smartest guy in the room." 

Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm can cause judgment errors. 

Lagniappe. You can't live off of "don't do that." "Discuss what you need to stop doing, but spend the great majority of your time communicating what to do." - from Kapitulik, The Program

Lagniappe 2. What matters is getting things done. "To understand the barriers that Carmen Medina (creator of DoD Intellipedia) encountered, we need to tease apart two major dimensions of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power involves exercising control or authority over others; status is being respected and admired." - From Originals, Adam Grant

Lagniappe 3. Repetitions and more. 



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