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Somebody Jobs vs Everybody Jobs

23 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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A short monologue from a basketball coach/observer contrasting "somebody jobs" (players whose primary role is scoring) with "everybody jobs" (teamwide responsibilities like effort, rebounding, and defense). The speaker emphasizes that earning playing time depends on effort, energy, and attention to the less-glamorous plays rather than scoring, and urges young players to value those contributions as they mature.

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In this game of basketball there's somebody jobs some guys get to shoot threes, some guys don't, you know and and then there there's everybody jobs everybody has to play with effort and energy. Everybody has to rebound, you know everybody has to you know be attentive on defense. And so you know that that's the message and sometimes you know young players get hung up on you know, you know, whether they're scoring points or not. And obviously this is you know it's a a very offensive centric game you know from a media and a fan perspective. And and you know we we got know that there's another way and the way you get on the court is effort, energy and focus on making those plays and value those plays. Then you don't have to go ride the ebbs and flows of shooting. So that's been my message and hopefully as they mature as players they understand that.