RE: Chauncey vs Marcus

[Ryan W <ubiquitous_am_i@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point, Kim.  I'm assuming that you're assuming
that Mike James is not this type of player (that is,
the veteran player capable of teaching Marcus by
repeatedly burning him in practice)...yet don't you
think he gets by (that is, if you think he is getting
by--I do, btw) on his veteran savvy as opposed to any
sort of physical attributes?  As such, it seems a safe
assumption that when James is beating Banks in
practice (he must be, since James is starting over
Banks), he is already providing the "learning by
failure" model you propose below.  

Ryan
> 
> Yeah, I was afraid I didn't make the difference
> clear enough. I'm not 
> assuming he's not being coached or mentored at all.
> On top of not being 
> inclined to assume management are idiots, Obie and
> Danny both played the 
> point themselves, on top of having people like Jo Jo
> around (who is amazing 
> and still looks better than half the people you see
> on the court, even at 
> his age). But there's a real difference in taking
> lessons from a coach, 
> even a very hands on coach, and the guy who's just
> taken you to school 
> repeatedly on the court. Especially if he's someone
> that you look at and 
> see past his prime or not as talented to begin with.
> He just beat you for 
> reasons you can do something about  -not because
> he's quicker or jumps 
> higher, but because he's smarter and a better
> player. I think that approach 
> is especially important in quickly getting lessons
> in the head of cocky 
> young players. And don't get me wrong about that
> either - I think Marcus is 
> cocky in a good way. But I think you tend to be
> quicker to absorb the 
> lessons learned that way, especially by someone who
> is able to keep 
> supplying new ones as you learn to beat them this
> way so they take 
> advantage of you and make you look bad THAT way.
> 
> Kim 


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