An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.

I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

The real value in everything you do is in the details. I just like that quote. A very similar way to say the same thing. If you're washing dishes you pay attention to washing dishes. If you're driving a car, you're paying attention to driving the car.

The real value in everything you do is in the details.

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.