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Originally posted by JRutledge
"Basketball is 95 percent mechanics and appearance and 5 percent rules."
His point was that if you look the part, hustle have good signal mechanics, you can make it look like you know what you are doing.
"If you know the rules backwards and forward, if you signal mechanics are horse$h!t, it is not going to matter what the rule is you called."
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I think that there is some truth in what you say, but there are limits. Good mechanics, appearance, and hustle can help to overshadow one's weakness, but a couple of flawless travel calls can only fly so far the second time a player is knocked to the floor by a defender. (an extreme example)
Wed Nov 12, 2003, 01:26am
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