#364: What IS a role player? + Knicks, Nuggets updates

Thinking Basketball by Thinking Basketball

Mar 4, 202601:13:52Sports & Recreation

We discuss the concept of a role player: Offense vs defense concepts, the negative vs positive uses of the term, great complementary players and whether the concept makes sense in the first place. Plus, updates on the Kn...

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