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The President plays hero ball

It’s bad for the team

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Henry Abbott
Oct 06, 2020
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BY HENRY ABBOTT

Basketball is a team game. Hero ball is the vain urge—common among brilliant scorers and ball hogs at every level—to pretend it’s one-on-one. When one player is hero balling, teammates wonder if they’ll get a chance to matter.

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