The NBA preseason is a lot like junior high school; sure, the grades won’t show up on your college applications, but the study habits you build then will help determine whether or not you succeed in high school.
Unfortunately, the Boston Celtics have been treating preseason as if the grades don’t matter and they already know how to study well, so they might as well just save the effort for high school.
Of course, that type of effort is not going to fly with Boston coach Brad Stevens, whose favorite book is The Growth Mindset and who is one of the most process-oriented people in the Northeast region.