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<blockquote data-quote="Rowdypkunk" data-source="post: 1251938" data-attributes="member: 619389"><p>Yes but there's 1 big difference in your comparison of blackjack to the game of basketball.</p><p></p><p>If I sit down at a blackjack table.... I can't control whether I get dealt a 21 or whether I get dealt a 16. Only thing I can control is whether I hit, stand or surrender... and how much I bet per hand.</p><p></p><p>However if I'm a team playing the game of basketball... when we have the ball... we can control whether we want to push the tempo of the game or not.... as can your team. We can also control whether we take the ball inside or live & die by the 3 like we did yesterday. On defense we can control whether we play zone or man, whether we switch on a screen or not, and to some extent whether we foul or not. Obviously refs will sometimes make calls that are wrong or questionable.... but for the most part... the players & coaches can control the game.</p><p></p><p>The players can control whether or not they go out there and give it their all & their head is in the game... or if they go out there and just go through the motions & are unfocused.</p><p></p><p>The players in a blackjack game can't control what cards they are dealt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rowdypkunk, post: 1251938, member: 619389"] Yes but there's 1 big difference in your comparison of blackjack to the game of basketball. If I sit down at a blackjack table.... I can't control whether I get dealt a 21 or whether I get dealt a 16. Only thing I can control is whether I hit, stand or surrender... and how much I bet per hand. However if I'm a team playing the game of basketball... when we have the ball... we can control whether we want to push the tempo of the game or not.... as can your team. We can also control whether we take the ball inside or live & die by the 3 like we did yesterday. On defense we can control whether we play zone or man, whether we switch on a screen or not, and to some extent whether we foul or not. Obviously refs will sometimes make calls that are wrong or questionable.... but for the most part... the players & coaches can control the game. The players can control whether or not they go out there and give it their all & their head is in the game... or if they go out there and just go through the motions & are unfocused. The players in a blackjack game can't control what cards they are dealt. [/QUOTE]
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