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Originally Posted by darkhorse
Right, tough minded; elite athletes just turn it off and on mentally and find that the optimal strategy for playing at the highest level, garnering the largest contracts, and winning championships. That is also a fanciful notion, IMO.
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Not saying it is a positive or negative. I'm saying it is the natural order of things. Very few players can turn it up 100% for a whole season, let alone a whole franchise. The less sense of urgency, the less effort usually is put out. If you've never made the playoffs, you count games before Xmas as important. If you've lost in the playoffs, you make home court advantage a priority. When you've lost/won titles you get juiced up for only the most important matches.
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