(19-16) Post-game memory wipe: the Zen of Basketball
Suffering comes from attachment to wins and ignorance of the true nature of the league
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1.
Two monks were arguing about a charge/block call.
One said, “The ball handler was moving.”
The other said, “The defender was moving."
They argued back and forth and the video replay was inconclusive.
Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said, “It is not the ball handler that moves. It is not the defender that moves. It is your mind that moves.”
The two monks were struck with awe.
2.
What is the Warriors original playbook, before the team was formed?
3.
If you meet the Buddha in the lane, flagrantly foul the Buddha.
4.
Zen is a man hanging from the rafters at Chase Center. He is holding on with his teeth. His hands are weighed down with free T-shirts. His feet can find no step. From center court, a man shouts at him: “Why hasn’t Stephen Curry ever carried his own team without four all-stars?” If he fails to answer, he is lost. If he answers, he dies. What must he do?
5.
A monk asked Ummon: “What is Buddha?” Ummon answered him: “This trash game, Warriors at Lakers, on 2021.02.28.”
Completely arbitrary number but Wiggins in his past 15 games, 29% from 3. I had confidence in Oubres shot coming around but I can't say the same for Wiggins. His career high is 35% from 3 in his 3rd year and since then it's been 33% every year. It's unlikely he improved it as much as it seemed earlier in the year, but I also think he's not this bad. I'm guessing his percentage will settle between 33-35 which honestly isn't that good. He's not aggressive enough going to the rim to make up for it imo. He settles way too often. I really wish he was on a better contract.
Will you get me some of that tea that me and Lapsang got when we were free climbing the Mayan ruins?
Just give into the power of the tea...