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The Games Are Going To Count Now (Blog) |
 We played our final pre-season game yesterday. Now the games are going to count from now on starting next week. I'm glad about that because I like the regular season a lot more and it's just a different feeling when you know the games count. You have a different feeling before and after that games. I mean, pre-season isn't that bad, but the stats you put up don't count and the record you have means nothing. It's just about warming up to get ready for the real thing.
During the pre-season, the question that I'm asked the most is how Jermaine and I are getting along and how we're going to work together on the court to help better the team. I've noticed that expectations have gone way up from the fans to the media to the organization and that's understandable because that's why the trade was made. Now people are asking me how well we're going to do and a lot of goal oriented question. What's our goal for pre-season? What's our goal for the team during the All-star break? What's our goal for the season? What's going to be the goal going into the playoffs??
I'll let you guys in on a little secret about myself and a little philosophy that I like to use. In my opinion, sometimes setting goals is like putting a limit on what you can do. Now, let me explain what I mean by that. Let's say I wanted our team goal to be 45 wins in a season. To me it's like putting a ceiling over your head. Once you reach 45 wins you'll get a little content because you've reached the ceiling. If you don't reach it, everyone will start asking "what happened?" and "are you disappointed?". It will just bring a whole new batch of questions that have to be dealt with. I would rather tell people we want to win as many games as possible this year. That way I don't put any limits on what this team can do. There is no ceiling put up so we can go as high as we want to.
Outside of basketball I really haven't been up to much at all. I'm still getting used to the traveling and practicing and it's taken longer than I thought. I think after this week I'll be used to it again and I can start hanging out and doing more stuff around the city. I've been tripping for about a month right now because my movie game is not up to par. I haven't been to the theaters since I got to Toronto. There's a lot of movies out that I want to see and I haven't seen any of them. We have a day off tomorrow so hopefully I can get a one in and start catching up. |