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Mauboussin: NBA outcomes rely on skill; hockey and baseball involve luck
“The NBA is the sport that's furthest from randomness, furthest from pure luck configuration, and sports like actually ice hockey and baseball are actually quite much closer to being random.”
Major League Lacrosse Resisted Commercial Models Used by NBA and UFC
“And I kept running into almost at every turn obstacles and questions as to why major league lacrosse at the time was not doing what the UFC was doing or MLS was doing or MLB was doing or NBA was doing. And I would have those conversations with leadership and t…”
Athletes aiming for 'average' deliver their best performance 77% of the time
“77% of the time that was their best performance of the week. Why? Because they relaxed into it. They weren't forcing anything. There was more of an allowing mindset that was there.”
Mazzulla: Resonant Breathing at Every NBA Timeout Resets In-Game Decision-Making
“She had mentioned doing small resonant breathing before every timeout. And so we have 14 timeouts. Every game. And so I started to ask, like, how many of those are on autopilot? How many of those are you, like, bringing yourself back down to a certain level? H…”
Chris Bosh: Winning three consecutive NBA championships is damn near impossible
“I've had my, you know experience trying to three-peat. It's damn near impossible, man. You know, we got the four finals in a row, and we had the shot, but boy, the Spurs were pretty darn good that year, and they were a motivated bunch of guys, and they played …”
Winning teams adapt styles; single-style teams rely on matchup luck
“Good teams that win in advance, whether it's in, in secondary basketball, it's in the NBA, is they can play different styles and still effectively win the game. But you can only play one style and you have to play that style to win. You gotta be very fortunate…”