To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
-- Mike Krzyzewski
For more about Mike Krzyzewski, keep reading....
About the Quote
In a team sport, not everyone can be classified as a scorer. For the player scoring points or goals, there needs to be one or more players who provide the assist to the points or goals. Although unassisted scoring is possible, it is a relatively rare event. Whether a player is classified as a scorer or a playmaker (by assisting the scorer), both need dedicated defenders who keep opposing players from scoring. For sports where goals are scored, the goaltender is a special class of defender; the goaltender is also the last line of defense.
In the case of basketball, there are situations where all of a team's players on the court act as offensive players and execute plays properly to that some player (even a defender) can be credited as the scorer. All players touch the basketball at least one time before the shot it taken. Even broken plays can end up leading to points scored if the players on the court take advantage of opportunities before them.
In professional basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s were stacked with not only Hall of Fame players but also HOF-caliber players. Although all players did all things on the court, two players stand out: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was not only the leading scorer on the Lakers, but he was also for many years the top scoring player in NBA history. Magic Johnson did his share of scoring, but he is remembered as an assist-first player: he always looked for opportunities to feed the ball to a teammate who was in position to score points. These players-- and their teammates-- knew how to play the game properly, and they did so in an entertaining way. In the process, each player was involved in getting points scored, and there was no wasted effort. Those players acted as one scoring machine, and they were able to win championships along the way.
Some Information about Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William Krzyzewski was born in Chicago, Illinois, US on 1947-February-13
Better known alternately as Mike Krzyzewski and "Coach K," he is best known as the long-time head coach of the Blue Devils college basketball team at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, US. Duke University belongs to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Blue Devils are one of the perennial favorites for the championship among the NCAA's (or NC2A) Division I teams. The 5 NCAA championships won by the Blue Devils are included in the 13 appearances in the Final Four of the annual tournament.
As a high school student in his native Chicago, Mike Krzyzewski led the Catholic League in scoring for 2 seasons. After high school, he was awarded entry to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, US as a cadet. He played basketball at the USMA for head coach Bob Knight.
After fulfilling his military service commitments required of all West Point cadets, Mike Krzyzewski followed Bob Knight's footsteps and became a head coach himself. For five years he coached armed forces teams as well as the team at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School. Krzyzewski reunited with Bob Knight as an assistant coach for one season at Indiana University (the college most associated with Coach Knight). After his only season as an assistant for Coach Knight at Indiana University, the USMA (known informally as "Army") hired Krzyzewski in 1975 to be head coach for its basketball team.
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