WAKE UP CALL!!!

Summer league basketball season has begun to start on a rocky road but theirs still time to turn it around. The one thing that has been missing ever since varsities first victory is effort and intensity. The urgency of winning,battling for every possession, and attacking on defense instead of being attacked. For example, I was sitting down watching the NBA finals game 1 last night and on one possession Kevin Durant had a block on defense then scores a cutting lay-up on the ensuing fast break. This is telling you effort will make you successful and is the key to winning the only person that can judge effort is you and you, but you have to realize it all starts on DEFENSE!!! It's time to put up or shut up time to cutout the excuses don't blame it on the coaching or anything else do whats asked of you and if it is wrong adjustments will be made. Everyday is a new day, every moment is a new moment, every game is a new game its time for a new beginning get better every day. I see players working hard but another thing that needs to be showed is patience the players need to have time to know each others games and also for the coaches to recognize who works well together. One thing i see especially from the bigs is too much walking on the court specifically on the defensive end its time to exuberate all you have on the court if you really love this game you would be giving much better effort its time for a reality check. Look in the mirror and say is this what i really want to do if it is then play like you never have before having your next game better than the last, i don't mean in stats but in effort and smart plays. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE ROAD TO LAKELAND STARTS NOWWWW!!! In all their are some positives in certain guard play and giving maximum effort at times but lets play hard for 40 minutes, and most of all take no opponent lightly.