Defensive players should force opponents toward the baseline rather than letting them drive to the middle.

“Everybody know man when you close out on the wing, you supposed to close out top foot, man. Send the man baseline. Stop letting that man come middle and got you in the hooker book.”

To contain great players like Jalen Brunson, you must make them work hard on both ends of the court.

“And that's what you have to do with a lot of these great players, bro, especially ones who putting up, you know, these these crazy numbers 30 35 points a night. You got to make their ass work on both ends, bro.”

It is difficult for a team to maintain effectiveness when the star player is forced to carry the load alone instead of playing alongside other greats.

“When you got to carry the load, bro, that that [ __ ] tough, man. It's tough. When they look for you to score, when they look for you to distribute, be the playmaker. You got to, man. That's a lot for a guy who 37 years old, bro.”

Chris Paul views basketball as a strategic game where he constantly manipulates possessions to find the most efficient outcome for his team.

“I dribble hand off, swing it, swing it back, ball screen. And that was just so that we could know how they guard in the pick and roll. Mhm. Right? So, as soon as I see that, now I know. So, I feel like in the game cuz to me it's still a game. It's like chess. It's like anything that you're playing. ”

Elite players maintain their level of play over long careers by accumulating deep knowledge of the game that compensates for any decline in physical athleticism.

“I feel like there's an accumulation of knowledge that happens. It's the same way that we we work on our skills. Um there's an accumulation of skills as you become older. Maybe you lose a little bit of athleticism, but if you've accu- related enough knowledge and you've accumulated enough skills, the”