Stealing moves
Lots of folks have talked about creative theft in art and writing, but not so much in the realm of sports. Luckily, I have Twitter buddies who are geeks *and* interested in sports. (Thanks, @TWalk @Mattthomas & @tcarmody!)
Kobe Bryant on his influences:
There isn’t a move that’s a new move. There’s nothing that hasn’t been done before. I seriously have stolen all of these moves from all these great players…
Mike Miller, quoted in an NYTimes article about USA players importing “The Euro Step” move:
That’s the beauty of basketball….If you’re a basketball player and you want to get better, you’re going to take things from everybody. They take stuff from what we do. We take stuff from what they do.
Allen Iverson in this terrific video on the evolution of the crossover move:
I’m pretty sure there’s gonna be some guy who come along that’s gonna learn it and get it better than I got it and his is gonna be better than mine. Hopefully it’s my son.
And Kobe, again:
I just try to do them proud, they guys who came before, because I learned so much from them. It’s all in the name of the game. It’s a lot bigger than me.
Okay, back to work.
betzistar
