Shared suffering makes a team a team.
Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.
Shout praise and whisper criticism.
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.
If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler.