Is confidence the most important thing for a basketball player to have?

[MoneyTron]

"Stop shooting?"



"Never."

 

[DANKTHRONE]

If you think this is true you're probably unable to feed yourself.

 

[Majestic Pape]

I don't know, Damon Jones had a lot of confidence in himself

Yes, and he was a one dimensional player who became a starter for playoff teams in the NBA.

Looks like that confidence paid off.




As far as the thread goes, confidence is extremely important for ANYTHING you do in life.

 

[Easy-E]

Not so sure about that. Confidence is important, but when it comes to the elite level players (Kobe, LeBron) or even those on the immediate tier below (Chris Paul, Dirk) confidence isn't gonna put you on that level. JR Smith is prolly one of the most confident players in the league but he is never gonna be on Kobe/Wade's level

Confience does have to come with discipline

If there's a :14 on the clock and we takin' it full court, I can be as confident as Jordan, but, I'm not hoising it 60 ft. because I've made it in shootarounds

You bring up Lebron

A lack of confidence makes it hard to get passed a 60 yr Jason Kidd, in the Finals (7 ft away from the basket), when u could just post him up or run him over

I tend to agree with analyst who believe his friendship with KD made the Finals less stressful for him, thus raisin' his confidence

Not sayin' my confience will allow me to drop 25 on 10 shots in a NBA game

Confidence can effect the entire way u train

"Nah, I'm straight with 500 shots a night...I mean, I ain't Kobe. Coach just need a good 10 minutes outta me a night"

Confidence (and arrogance) makes a Kobe not want to play next to the MDE, because he thinks he can do it alone. A lack of leaves you in tears because of a old Michael Jordan yellin' at u.

 

[big bun]

You have to have talent first. I would say confidence is 2nd though.

This.

I knew a gang of cocky mufukkas who were trash on the court.

 

[Jesus]

There can be a such thing as too much at times

But it is one of the most important characteristics.. This goes for all sports..

You must be talking about Kobe...Westbrook has heart because the bytch nikka Durant doesn't have it to demand the ball and take over the game at the end.

 

[Gotright]

ask jr smith