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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2597982, member: 5823"] It is not ambiguous at all. The phrase denotes that there is a purposeful, artistic, competitive way the game of basketball is intended to be played at all levels. If you are not playing basketball for a purpose, don't bother. The artistic piece is individual talent combined into a team concept and Geno describes this best as being like a jazz band, where the individual instruments often will get time to display brilliant solos but these solo must still fit within a team (band) framework-otherwise it is just another solo no matter how brilliant. Similar to the purpose the game of basketball is competitive at all levels and demands that you do your very best at all times while playing. This is where IMO this player violated the "purity" of the game because the game demands that you try and make every shot. [/QUOTE]