My son’s teacher just called and said I might have to pick him up from school today because he started a loud “KNICKS IN 4 !” chant followed by a “LETS GO KNICKS!” chant during class.
I’m not sure if I should discipline him or be proud that he’s showing leadership qualities.
An accidental slip became the brightest moment of the show.
What made it special wasn’t the mistake, it was the response.
Teammates immediately stepped in to support one another, turning an awkward moment into a powerful reminder of what teamwork looks like.
The best teams aren’t the ones that never fall. They’re the ones that always lift each other up.
"At that point I thought I was the best player in the game"
– Bernard King on The Texas Massacre
He scored 50 one night in San Antonio
And 50 the next night in Dallas
42 years ago today
This was an eye opener from Jensen Huang
When asked whether he would rather relive his 20s or be 20 years old today, this is what he had to say:
"I thought our 20s were happier than these 20s. I think everyone deserves some time to be oblivious, and not wear all of the world's problems on their shoulders on Day 1
We are raising a generation that is very cynical and too informed
They are cynical, not because they are inherently cynical. They are cynical because they see so much stuff. It is too much stuff
You have to build up some internal reserve of optimism. You have to build up some reserve of goodness."
As a young man in my early twenties, I’m unsure if I would have made the same decision as Michael Jordan…but what I do know is that these kind of sliding door moments are all around us every day…
In different flavours and in varying degrees of influence…but they really are all around us.
This can be as small as choosing to get up a little earlier, completing that bit of work that needs finishing rather than stopping, or reading those extra few pages to learn a little more (rather than skipping over them). Or it can be bigger moments - summoning up the courage to have that conversation that can make a difference to your career (rather than being passive from fear), or owning up to a mistake that has been costly to the people around you (rather than ignoring it and damaging relationships at a later time).
I write all of this not because I’m some kind of machine that gets these moments right. I write this not because I’m someone who makes great decisions all the time and walks through the right door often.
On the contrary, I regularly miss the door or walk with carefree abandon through the wrong one.
I write this as a reminder to myself. Those sliding door moments are all around us. They impact our relationships, success and enjoyment at work, and experiences in life.
Moments make a life. That’s worth thinking about daily…
Bernard King was one of the original masters of volume scoring with no wasted movement. Here is, dropping 46 points on 18 baskets in just 14 dribbles. Two of those baskets were breakaways accounting for 6.
Oh, and he was also playing with dislocated fingers on both hands:
It's been over an hour since the Clippers game ended, and fans are still here playing basketball outside of Intuit Dome. Still one of the coolest feature the building has for fans.