Inexperience dealing with sudden success
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Chronic feelings of under-appreciation
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Paranoia over being cheated out of one’s rightful share
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Resentment against competence of partners
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Personal effort mustered solely to outside a teammate
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A leadership vacuum resulting from the formation of cliques and rivalries
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Feelings of frustration even when the team performs successfully.
So why does this matter?
Enter the 2024-25 Boston Celtics.
But that’s only part of the equation.
What made this team truly special was thateveryonesacrificed.
Jrue Holiday completely changed his role as a Celtic.
KP went from being a #1 option to basically a #3 option.
Tatum took a step back offensively in terms of shots.
The list goes on and on.
Without that collective sacrifice, I truly believe they do not win the title.
Will Tatum or Brown change how they play in an attempt to go after more individual awards?
For Jaylen maybe that means All NBA, for Tatum it means MVP.
Jayson Tatum: Yeah, winning takes precedence over everything.
Winning a championship is the most important.
Playing the right way.
But it’s been done.
So, you don’t have to sacrifice one for the other.
it’s possible for you to do both.
When it comes to the MVP, all top 5 guys were among the league leaders in usage.
It’s certainly not easy to prevent The Disease of Me from spreading, no matter the sport.
We see it all the time to some of the best teams in history.
What makes this team unique is the fact that everyone just got paid.
If individual awards come with it, cool.
Also cool, because as Tatum said, winning takes precedence over everything.
