re: Enos

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But what stands out the most is confidence

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From the perspective of a player I just don’t believe that this type of emotional stuff matters much if at all. Like people get fired up and play better because someone on the other team said something or the classic “they underestimated their opponent and that was the reason they lost or played poorly.” Just no on the emotional stuff. It is about many other things: talent, coaching, execution, having your mind in the game (focus),etc. I just think fans place way too much emphasis on the feel and look of things to try and break down a team’s performance or lack thereof. You can be as confident as you want to be but if you don’t have the talent and can execute with that talent as a well coached team you are rarely going to beat a superior team absent them shooting themselves in the foot. I considered myself good at basketball but even if I work my mind up to believe I’m going to outplay LeBron that most likely isn’t going to happen.