Game 7 in your home building, team is all battered and bruised. You go out there and shoot 2 shots against your childhood rival and watch Shai empty the clip and fight while you sit back and piss down your leg.
Accomplishments mean nothing when it’s time to compete at the highest level. He showed how mentally weak he was. You can’t teach heart.
I rather him shoot 2-17 than go out there and not even make an effort to succeed. He was scared of failure.