Jalen Brunson:
High School State Champion
Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year
Illinois Mr. Basketball
McDonald’s All-American
2x NCAA National Champion
Naismith Award for Best Player
AP College Player of the Year
Bob Cousy Award
First Team All-American
Big East Player of the Year
Big East Champion
NBA Clutch Player of the Year
NBA Cup Champion and MVP
NBA Eastern Conference Champion
NBA ECF MVP
NBA Finals Champion
NBA Finals MVP
ESPY for Best Basketball Player
ESPY for Best Male Athlete
ESPY for Best Championship Performance
What’s next?
Well said, @1NCRDB1.
This is not about Democrats versus Republicans. Nobody would care if he introduced George Bush, Mitt Romney, or some other normal Republican.
Trump is different.
At this point, aligning yourself with him is a choice. Doing it while playing in a predominantly Black sport, knowing everything we know about Trump’s history on race, makes that choice even louder.
Dart is free to make it.
Everyone else is free to criticize it.
Abdul Carter when asked if Jaxson Dart apologized, via @SNYGiants:
"Nah, I don't want him to say he's sorry. Stand on what you believe in, but it can't be a problem when I stand on what I believe in.
Geno Auriemma shares how he explains success to his players and why showing up isn't enough.
"If you go to class and you do average work, you're gonna get a C. That's why it's called average."
"If you want a B, you have to do more work. If you want an A, you have to do even more work and you have to give up stuff."
You get what you earn in life.
"You have to sacrifice. Maybe you can't do all the things that everybody else does."
It means if you want more then you have to be willing to do more.
"If you're just happy getting Bs all your life, there's nothing wrong with that either. But you're never gonna get the satisfaction of what it feels like to get an A."
Then he connected it to basketball:
"If you just wanna be average, then you do average work. If you wanna be a little bit above average then you do a little more work."
"If you wanna get As in basketball, then you gotta do stuff that other people aren't willing to do - especially if you have the talent like we do. We have talent."
It means bring a mindset of excellence to everything that you do. Excellence isn't the goal - it's the standard you set.
Then he called out the entitlement problem:
"Some of these younger guys coming out of high school, man, they wanna show up and go, 'I'm here. Where's my 3.7?'"
"Like my father used to say, 'I got your 3.7 right here.'"
Showing up doesn't earn you anything. Doing the work does.
You get the grade you earn - in school, in basketball, and in life.
It's easy to be average...successful people look to compete in everything they do.
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