Elijah Bryant tells young basketball players that moving up in competition means you won't always be the primary scorer. Focus on defense, rebounding, communication, and energy instead. Embrace your role and find ways to impact the game beyond scoring.
All right, so young Coopers, another thing that I was thinking about as I'm packing to go on a road trip— no matter what team you are on, there's one basketball. And in order to get on the court, you're not always going to be the main guy. Maybe on a different team you were, but as you continue to, you know, let's say you play in high school And then you go to your AAU team. Well, everyone's the top dog on their high school team. But when you go to AAU, now you have even more top dogs. And now you have to find a way to impact the game per se without scoring. How are you going to impact the game without scoring? Defense, rebound, communication, energy, positivity. All those things, and you need to star in your role. This isn't tennis, this isn't golf.
