baseball wrote:balla45 wrote:I'll give Hansbrough credit for sticking to his strengths. Any player who wants to succeed at "the next level" has to develop his strengths more than his weaknesses. If a player is decent at everything, there is no use for that player, compared to a great rebounder and shot blocker, or a great passer and ball handler.
I also won't say Hansbrough is a "bad" basketball player, I think he is a good college player, just not deserving of the accolades he has received. All-American? Yes. National Player Of The Year? No.
I both disagree and agree with this post here....ill agree that its very important to develop your strengths, but in order to succeed you also need to develop your weaknesses just as much if not more, IMO. as you go to "the next level", players are better at taking away your strength so you need a fall back plan. If all you do is work on your strengths youll get eaten up when that gets taken away from you one game.
I know a guy who gives speeches to prospective NBA players (The Wizards for example). One of the things he tells them is that they need to find their niche.
Think about it, Dennis Rodman played in the NBA for a long time. He couldn't shoot. He couldn't score. He couldn't pass. All the did was rebound and play defense, and he made a great career out of that.
Ben Wallace is the same story.
I'm not saying you spend 100% of the time working on your main skillset, but I will say that a player should spend 60-70% of the time working on that. Hansbrough should spend 60-70% of his time working on his post game, and the rest of his practice time working on shooting, handling, etc.
This situation works in the real world too. If you are a very very good psychologist, and can't do math, it is more important to develop your skills as a psychologist and excel in that, than to be a decent psychologist and average at math.
Do you get what I'm saying?
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