Real Teammates in the Game of Basketball

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Basketball is supposed to be a team sport. A team can constant of ten or twelve players but only five can compete at a team. Five players on the court working together to win. Teammates are supposed to have their teammates back. Fight to the very end for their team to get a win. This is not always true. Players have their own way of doing things. They think a team should be like this or that, but they are players who do the right things for the team. I have experienced this from my team. My teammates cab be categorized based on their performance as the “Jankin’ Jerseys”, the “Limitless LeBrons”, and the “Paparazzi Peters.”
The “Jankin’ Jerseys” are a group based on their performance on the team. The “Jankin’ Jerseys” want to be able to say they are on the team. Most of the players do not really care about a win or lose. All they care for is they get to wear a jersey. For example, Bragging Bob who plays with me. He went around school bragging for just making the team. He is fine with sitting on the bench every game and playing only two or three minutes a game. Besides with the satisfaction of just being on the team, “Jankin’ Jersey” give little or no effect. They will not go hard at practice or work outside of practice to get better. They have no desire to get better when they can be great and play. They are fine with being average. For instance, Lazy Larry comes to practice every day. He does just enough to get through practice. He does not try to be first in sprints or get on the court to scrimmage first team. It is always the bare minimum for him. The “Jankin’ Jerseys” are just like their name, a joke, no effort and care only about wearing a jersey. It is easy to point a “Jankin’ Jersey” on a team based on their performance.
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...game, he would go to our stat keeper and ask how many points he had even if we were defeated. Besides caring for themselves, they can also hurt the team. “Paparazzi Peters” will try to take a game into their own hands. They want to be the hero in a close game so everyone can honor them. In most cases, they are not the hero, but the reason we lose a game. Most of the time a force shot or a turnover will occur with the ball in the hands of a “Paparazzi Peter”. In fact, Selfish Steve was in the game. We had ten seconds left in the game, and our coach wanted us to execute the play he drew up for us. Instead Selfish Steve received the ball and turned the ball over. This caused his to lose the game and miss a chance to go to the playoffs. Therefore, “Paparazzi Peters” could be helpful but are harmful and selfish players making them the worst group to play with on a team.

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