The next time you’re watching a basketball game, notice how much time you spend watching the ball.
It’s hard to watch a game without doing it, right? After all, the ball is how a player scores points, therefore is the most valuable commodity. But how often does any one player have the ball in his hands?
Billy Donovan, who won two national titles at Florida and is currently coaching the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, believes that for most players the number is five percent, which leaves 95 percent of the time without the ball.
“There are so many other things that go into impacting the outcome of the game,” Donovan has said.