We strive to have our teams work so well together that the whole is stronger than the sum total of the parts. This effect is called synergy. On a basketball team, all players can't be all things. The essence of the game is selectivity, knowing limitations and abiding by them. Some players are capable of more skills than others, but the team situation requires that each man play his role to the best of his ability.
Great teams develop when talents and personalities mesh.
The players on the floor live and share an unusual communion, that of achieving unity, but not at the expense of individual imagination. On a good team, one can witness ultimate cooperation and an unusual kind of sharing. We want our athletes to compete to their potential. We ask and expect that they will compete to the level that they are capable. There is always disappointment with losing, but if we gave our all, that is all that is expected.