Elijah Bryant tells young basketball players to drop their ego around better players. Ask them for advice on specific moves, take notes, and treat them as tools for learning. Focus on five to ten years of improvement, not your pride right now.
If you're a young hooper and you're not playing at your school or wherever you're at, this is for you. If there's a player that is better than you and he's in front of you, why don't you ask him what he does to do certain moves, certain things to get those advantages? I know it might be hard to put your ego down because you don't want to say he's better than you. Young hoopers, we're not worried about who's better right now. We're trying to be better in 5, 10 years. So take his advice, write it down, learn from him, use him as a tool in your skill set. Don't let your ego and your pride be the downfall, allowing you not to gain access to these skills and attributes that this player has.
