There was a saying that sounded a little cynical, but it was true in every walk of life.
Success was 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent talent, but that 1 percent of talent was often the most important part—even more important than the 99 percent of perspiration.
Let's take a simple example: you and Shaquille O'Neal playing basketball.
Did Shaquille O'Neal work hard?
Not particularly. Kobe Bryant even thought he was too lazy.
Meanwhile, you trained diligently for ten years, working hard to improve your skills.
Would that let you beat Shaquille O'Neal?
Even if Shaquille O'Neal never trained at all, his talent alone would still let him crush you.
That was why Shaquille O'Neal didn't train hard.
He didn't need to work that hard to become dominant, so why bother busting his hump?
Ninety-nine percent of people, if they had talent enough to dominate, wouldn't train all that hard either, because they'd have no motivation to.
Back to the game.
After X made the shot, he immediately lifted his chin at Mad Tiger Tagore in a taunt.
After all, ever since Tagore had entered the game in the second quarter, he'd kept getting the better of X. And since they were both rookies in the same draft class, it was only natural that they'd feel competitive.
So after making a great play in front of Tagore, X naturally had to taunt him.
The Raptors went on offense.
The Spurs didn't have many other players who could initiate their offense, and neither did this Raptors lineup. Wang Yi was the only one.
Fortunately, he could still call for a pick and roll.
Pang Bo came over and set one for him.
After the screen, the Spurs didn't send just one defender to guard Wang Yi this time. Instead, Wemby and