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Borderline psychopath? Disagree man. Basketball is too fun honestly to be a psychotic pursuit. I could be in an open gym and shoot 12 hours a day if my body allowed me to do so. Basketball is peace and serenity. Not surprised these dudes at the highest level still have an admirable amount of passion for the game.
I feel like you would naturally start very quickly losing passion and interest in a sport if you play it for over half your lifetime. I definitely would. LeBron is an outlier. Most atheletes aren’t this passionate after this much time in the same league
You miss out on a lot of ‘life’ having to play basketball for 9-10 months every year
You’re not considering all the extra curricular activities that come with being an NBA player thought. All the travelling and being away from your family half the year, all the media interviews where they repeat the sane points 95% of the time, the training and diet to maintain NBA-level fitness. Doing that for a single season is a grind, let alone having the mental capacity to do that for 22 years at the highest level.
That’s my point. These guys are living bad ass lives doing what everyone would want to do. It’s never a psychotic pursuit. That’s wildly soft thinking and not surprising seeing it here on Reddit.
Even when it becomes a chore it’s never a proper grind. It’s fun. Playing a game and practicing that game is fun. Working on your skills is fun. I can understand that it can be daunting at times but dudes calling it a psychopathic pursuit I think is a bit much.
Like you said grinding in a coal mine is a psychotic pursuit bc it’s killing you slowly. These NBA dudes stay in shape, get paid millions, fuck whatever they want and play the game they love to play all while creating generational wealth. And even if they hate the game they’re getting paid so much who tf cares?
Borderline psychopath? Disagree man. Basketball is too fun honestly to be a psychotic pursuit. I could be in an open gym and shoot 12 hours a day if my body allowed me to do so. Basketball is peace and serenity. Not surprised these dudes at the highest level still have an admirable amount of passion for the game.
I feel like you would naturally start very quickly losing passion and interest in a sport if you play it for over half your lifetime. I definitely would. LeBron is an outlier. Most atheletes aren’t this passionate after this much time in the same league
You miss out on a lot of ‘life’ having to play basketball for 9-10 months every year
You’re not considering all the extra curricular activities that come with being an NBA player thought. All the travelling and being away from your family half the year, all the media interviews where they repeat the sane points 95% of the time, the training and diet to maintain NBA-level fitness. Doing that for a single season is a grind, let alone having the mental capacity to do that for 22 years at the highest level.
They work less hours than a 9-5?
That’s my point. These guys are living bad ass lives doing what everyone would want to do. It’s never a psychotic pursuit. That’s wildly soft thinking and not surprising seeing it here on Reddit.
Even when it becomes a chore it’s never a proper grind. It’s fun. Playing a game and practicing that game is fun. Working on your skills is fun. I can understand that it can be daunting at times but dudes calling it a psychopathic pursuit I think is a bit much.
Like you said grinding in a coal mine is a psychotic pursuit bc it’s killing you slowly. These NBA dudes stay in shape, get paid millions, fuck whatever they want and play the game they love to play all while creating generational wealth. And even if they hate the game they’re getting paid so much who tf cares?