People are incomprehensible. A basketball play is a simple thing, with simple objectives. You draw up a plan and you execute. You teach fundamentals, principles that will guide you when the play doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to, because people rarely do what they’re supposed to for any number of irritating reasons.
When random things happen, when unfortunate things happen, stay calm, act quickly, but with a clarity of thought, fall back on those basics, those essentials; this is a children’s game, you know what to do. You know where the man you’re guarding wants to go, where he likes to catch the ball, where he likes
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