Just taking a moment to engage in a bit of frivolous fandom. With a nod to Barbara Walters and her "if you were a tree, what tree would you be" question...
So in another thread I mentioned that if I were overnight transformed into a 20 year old basketball player with elite athleticism and a feel for the game of basketball I think I'd be a Gordon Haywire type player. A glue guy, jack of all trades, morphing into what the team needs on a nightly basis. Maybe another would be Al Horford. I've no interest in the limelight, let the others have it. I just want to win, and in whatever way I can help do it in the next game. I'll work on what I need to, I'll grow my game, but the reporters won't be seeking me out for too much by way of quotes.
Qualifiers:
Who are you and why?
So in another thread I mentioned that if I were overnight transformed into a 20 year old basketball player with elite athleticism and a feel for the game of basketball I think I'd be a Gordon Haywire type player. A glue guy, jack of all trades, morphing into what the team needs on a nightly basis. Maybe another would be Al Horford. I've no interest in the limelight, let the others have it. I just want to win, and in whatever way I can help do it in the next game. I'll work on what I need to, I'll grow my game, but the reporters won't be seeking me out for too much by way of quotes.
Qualifiers:
- This hypothetical player is the healthy/peak version of himself, and will have a reasonably long career.
- I'm asking about who you are on court, and in the locker room. Don't tell me anything about your ride, your crib, your charity work, I don't care about any personal life quirks/foibles/negatives.
- Edit: I guess the only bad type of answer here in my mind is college only or Len Bias type of answers, because I've no idea what professional Len would have become.
Who are you and why?