It’s actually a trick. The joys are so incredible that they can sustain you through the misery. Winning a trophy, beating your rivals, finally having a good team, witnessing stunning goals etc. It’s not fun being heartbroken but it doesn’t come close to the happy moments.
Get this shit off my timeline and buy some books. They’ve stopped printing new ones, and soon Palantir will be able to zap the PDFs off your Google Drive. Freak the fuck out and buy books right now.
I’ve heard people say “well we don’t have an open system in basketball and we’re still best in the world.”
Guys, in a little over 30 years foreign players went from almost no nba players and getting ran off court with our best to:
-8 straight foreign MVPs
-since 2021 first team all nba has been 21/30 foreign spots
-college bball recruiting has shifted to be a race for the best 20 year old euro players
If you don’t think their approach to development on all fronts including club structure and professional league structure impacts this you’re crazy.