If basketball is making you less money than a fast food job, you're probably not that clever Buck Williams sort of lucked into a role for a millisecond until they realized coaching wasn't his strong suit
When I was in high school I was a big man but knew all the plays from every position. I could even run the offense from the point if needed. When one of our wings went down for the season I switched over to his spot the rest of the year. I'm not saying this to prove my knowledge but when you see players that can't even remember plays for one position it shows their lack of BBIQ. The smart players not only know where they are supposed to be but where everyone on the floor should be too. There isn't really a test for this though. It's the famous phrase "you know it when you see it!"
I don't care if it's basketball, music or whatever when you play, watch and enjoy anything for over half a century you're going to pick up on some shit....
The eye test tells me that RW is one of the most gifted athletes we may ever see. The eye test Also tells me he fucking sucks in big moments and shoots his team out of so many wins.
I'd believe you... If you didn't have this in your OP. As Charles Barkley says. Only God is an expert. fwiw I'd argue someone who says they know more about x than someone else. Is a tad bit insecure. But that's my opinion. Just like it was my opinion this thread was created to bait someone. But as I said I have no idea whats going on, nor do I want to know.
I think I must've done a poor job of explaing my point. I agree with you that if you watch just one team at great detail you'll have a great understanding of their tendencies, characeristics, etc. My point was that only watching one team would put you at a disadvantage comparing them to other teams. You would have seen the team you watch do millions of things right and wrong, so therefore you would be prone to think that your team does a lot of things way better than everyone else and a lot of things way worse (depending on your point of view). It's why fans of a certain sports team are more likely to think their best player it the best player in the league, or that their college football team is the best in the country, their coach is the worst, or refs screw their team over more than anyone else.
This is a very common practice across many career fields and while it has negatives, there is a good reason for it. People like to surround themselves with people they feel they can trust. You're more likely to feel like you can trust someone you have past shared experiences with. Therefore, if the skillsets are close, you're going to pick you family, friend, or former co-worker when you're loooking to fill a poosition than some random person off the street. Again, I'm not saying there aren't negatives to this practice, but there are positives to it as well. I would have a hard time comparing the IQ of someone on here vs someone in the NBA. We get to see the court from a much different perspective than the players, have no pressure to execute, and don't have to use physical skills to execute what we think is the right decision.
Since I'm probably the only person on here who has been paid for their opinion on the Blazers, I'll say that's why
Honestly, I wouldn't even claim to be an expert. I wrote about hoops because I loved hoops. I loved the NBA. It was a passion. Unfortunately, writing about it really kinda killed my buzz. I tried to get out before I became another Jason Quick, but sadly I'm not as passionate about sports as I used to be.
