As a former basketball player and one that is in love with the game, I really enjoyed parts of this article. "It is better than a religion. It is a gift and a pure allegory." A truer statement has never been told. Basketball is a gift, and is the perfect combination of speed, precision, fines, fluidity, and power. I enjoyed the countless basketball references, including driving to the lane and Julius Erving's "pluperfect" layup.
Although this article describes basketball as the perfect game that it is, one small piece of the article bothered me greatly. Naismith's "profound insight" that the game does not need a coach is ignorant and completely ridiculous. Basketball coaches teach much more than basketball. They teach leadership, teamwork, and teach each and every one of their players to give that extra 10% of effort, to dig down deeper then you ever have before, and bring out the very very best in yourself and those around you. That is the role of a coach, and coaches have formed this game arguably more than the players.
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