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1 hour agoRaptors film room: their stars didn't show up
The Raptors struggled against a good team despite Ingram's positive impact on spacing and offensive dynamics.
"I had to let everyone enjoy it. I couldn't come in on Monday like a cold damp blanket and just start destroying people on Monday. That just would have been a cruel thing to do to people's spirit after such an incredible victory."
I never had this feeling - I'm not involved in all this social media thing. I think that's a good thing. Every supporter of Barcelona can see it's great to have him in the team. For me it's fantastic to see, because he enjoys training, he enjoys playing with these guys. And he has huge quality.
When a player sometimes plays and sometimes doesn't, there's a lack of confidence in key moments because you don't feel the pitch, you've just come on, or you haven't played in the last two or three games. Sometimes there's a moment of hesitation.
For Boston, it's really just finding out the rhythm of the team now, of the other guys, when you insert a guy like JT. I don't want to say it seems out of whack, but their shooting has gone down since he's been here.
In the second half of Lazio vs. Milan, Leao twice made a deep run behind Adam Marusic. In both moves, there was a moment when Pulisic, in possession, could have sent a through ball to him. They were two difficult but not impossible passes that could have unlocked the game.
A dyad has three parts, not two: Partner A, Partner B, and the relationship or agreements between them. A dyad of two experts who cannot communicate clearly will often lose to a dyad of less-skilled individuals who coordinate effectively.
Kris has come in for these two games and has been a breath of fresh air. He's had home-based sessions for the players and you can see his enthusiasm already and hopefully that will come across on the pitch. He wants every individual player to be 1% better and that's all we can ask.
Maybe this stake is more prominent in start-up environments, where new ideas surface every day and the opportunity for growth is potentially wider. Philosophies like "Build fast, fail fast" are at the core of an agile mindset, helping us determine whether an idea is viable in the early stages or whether a pivot is necessary to achieve the desired numbers and experience.
You know your potential. You see what you could build, the life you could live, the business you could run. But something keeps getting in the way. Maybe you blame the market, your network, your lack of time. It's not any of those. But the real blockers are harder to spot. They hide in your environment, your language, your daily habits. They sabotage you while you're looking elsewhere.
Cormier immediately called out both of them for not following any rules. Cormier noted that their famous games of Dagestani basketball is a mixture of rugby and basketball with almost no rules. Cormier would preferably not include them on any team as they would try to modify the rules according to their convenience. However, if bound to choose, Cormier would pick Nurmagomedov, whom he sees as the bigger and rougher one.
To find the typical example, just observe an average stand-up meeting. The ones who talk more get all the attention. In her article, software engineer Priyanka Jain tells the story of two colleagues assigned the same task. One posted updates, asked questions, and collaborated loudly. The other stayed silent and shipped clean code. Both delivered. Yet only one was praised as a "great team player."
We, of course, make any changes she requests and respect that she takes every single thing we do so seriously, but you know, sometimes it's a Wednesday, and you just want to do your job and be done with it without being bogged down by changes that weren't actually necessary but perhaps made the work just a little bit more perfect.
It was a blessing in disguise," Brown told ESPN Monday on the eve of New York's title game showdown against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. "I was open and honest. He hadn't played a lot in the preseason because he got hurt early on, so I didn't have a great feel for how to use him, when to use him, what his game was completely like.