Anticipation

[Josh Rice]

Agreed, Kim, but I see that as "level 1" anticipation. Every good player has
to develop level 1 at a minimum. I believe that there are advanced levels
that only a few players can ever attain or even understand. Bill Russell
talks about it in Second Wind - he describes it as a mental state where the
game becomes a slow motion dance, with every move of every player being part
of a perfect choreography. He talks about seeing 2 or 3 moves ahead, and
even about getting mad at opposing players for not making the right move and
wrecking the dance. For him, the perfection of the dance became even more
important than winning or losing. Of course, if you can play at that level
you don't lose often. 

joshr

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At 03:02 PM 10/17/2007, Kim Malo wrote:

Oh and anticipation covering BBIQ - we covered some of that with the 
idea of the difference between moving while the trap is closing vs 
too late after it had slammed shut, in other words I agree that 
there's a connection. But but isn't it really the other way around? 
It's the creative analytics of BBIQ that makes the anticipation 
useful. I can anticipate Perk raining down 20 foot jumpers and making 
them all and double team him accordingly, but it wouldn't be my 
smartest move on record.
Kim