u/seasportssocial

I’m a pretty casual basketball fan, and I’ve realized that when I’m deciding if someone is good, I’m mostly looking at the obvious stuff — how many points they scored, highlights, big blocks, assists, etc.

Then I see people who really know basketball talking about spacing, efficiency, defensive positioning, off-ball movement and a million other things I’m apparently not paying attention to 😭

So genuinely, if you were teaching a casual fan how to actually watch basketball and understand who’s playing well, what would you tell them to start paying attention to?

At what point does this stop being a rough stretch and become a “something needs to change” situation?