I originally had a long, verbose introduction about how the development of non-future Hall of Famers in the NBA is often a grueling, seesaw process. There’s ups, downs, surprises, days of uncertainty; most of it can be summed up in this Mark Daigneault quote where he compares that grind to the importance of eating your “broccoli” vs. chasing the instant gratification of “Skittles,” you get the point...
Focus on your broccoli pic.twitter.com/ebRVZ9cBZS
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) December 15, 2021
The full quote is less lame than I made it sound.