Basketball world tells you to point to your chest, to put 3 fingers to the head
Basketball social media tells you that you need to SCORE to get attn, you need to SCORE to bring value
Players
I get it. It’s confusing.
If you give great effort on defense and get crossed up or dunked on because you tried to take a charge as a helpside defender….you are one moment away from being on the wrong end of a VIRAL moment, so it’s EASIER to not really try, to not give that effort bc it’s safer
Real Life > Social Media
Players,
you are more than a BUCKET
YOU can IMPACT the game by
✅being a great teammate. Saying an encouraging word to a teammate who is struggling may lead to them hitting next 2 3s…that’s worth 6 pts
✅ playing great helpside Def…closing off a driving lane 5 times that could have led to 10pts
✅making the extra pass
✅diving on the floor winning the 50/50 ball