Functional basketball skills should always trump the physical traits of a player during the evaluation process
Potential does not stem from age, height, weight, wingspan or vertical leap in a direct fashion. Basketball is a skilled game. The players who can dribble, pass and shoot are the players who stand out compared to those who cannot. It sounds so simple, yet it’s often so overlooked. Good basketball players are good basketball prospects.
I like the ‘potential’ angle. I think about this in regards to NBA storytelling in general. We always tend to tell the story of potential, so much of the stuff happening outside of the game in the off-season, in the draft, in the regular season before the playoffs start, focuses on the hope of something happening. It’s something I’ve been thinking about writing about, the entire economy of the NBA seems to be about it
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Functional basketball skills should always trump the physical traits of a player during the evaluation process
Potential does not stem from age, height, weight, wingspan or vertical leap in a direct fashion. Basketball is a skilled game. The players who can dribble, pass and shoot are the players who stand out compared to those who cannot. It sounds so simple, yet it’s often so overlooked. Good basketball players are good basketball prospects.
Preach, brother, preach.
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I like the ‘potential’ angle. I think about this in regards to NBA storytelling in general. We always tend to tell the story of potential, so much of the stuff happening outside of the game in the off-season, in the draft, in the regular season before the playoffs start, focuses on the hope of something happening. It’s something I’ve been thinking about writing about, the entire economy of the NBA seems to be about it