Why do we praise clutch over consistency?

[NZStreetBaller]

A guy can literally suck all game but hit the game winner and we worship him like a god. Yet some one else can be great all season or all game or all playoffs but miss one lousy shot and we laugh at them

[LostCause]

A guy can literally suck all game but hit the game winner and we worship him like a god. Yet some one else can be great all season or all game or all playoffs but miss one lousy shot and we laugh at them

I don't agree that this is true

Lebron was disparaged early in his career for faltering in the clutch, but thats only because his play was at a level where people compared him to similary consistent AND clutch players like Kobe/MJ/Bird etc

I don't think I've ever seen anyone play bad all season and hit a big shot and get worshipped

[NZStreetBaller]

Ray allen was treated like a god lol.

[NBAGOAT]

someone brought up a similar thread but it had more to do with how guys get credit for elevating their play in the playoffs when it's really just not going all out during the Rs. Inconsistent play especially when it's from someone who's a great player can always be written off as he's not engaged because it's a rs game.

[Prometheus]

For the same reason that you're taught to put the shit you want them to remember at the end of your letter.

[Red Flame]

Being consistent doesnt guarantee a dub but being clutch most likely does

[AirBonner]

Being consistent doesnt guarantee a dub but being clutch most likely does

Clutch rebounds don't

[iamgine]

A guy can literally suck all game but hit the game winner and we worship him like a god. Yet some one else can be great all season or all game or all playoffs but miss one lousy shot and we laugh at them

I think in that scenario one wins and the other came up short so...we tend to favor winners?

[Bawkish]

"It's not how hard you push along the way, it's having something in you to finish"

guess who said this quote

[FKAri]

I think in that scenario one wins and the other came up short so...we tend to favor winners?

That's an illusion because its a team game. You can suck all game long and get carried until that one play in the end where you actually did something. What you're saying only has meaning in individual sports.

As for OP, I somewhat agree but there's more subtlety to clutch/choking than what you'll hear from stans on ISH. The assumption with both should be that the player played otherwise average the rest of the game and either dipped or raised his game at the end. Though like you say, that not always the case.

"It's not how hard you push along the way, it's having something in you to finish"

guess who said this quote

Ted Bundy?

[Nilocon165]

That's an illusion because its a team game. You can suck all game long and get carried until that one play in the end where you actually did something. What you're saying only has meaning in individual sports.

As for OP, I somewhat agree but there's more subtlety to clutch/choking than what you'll hear from stans on ISH. The assumption with both should be that the player played otherwise average the rest of the game and either dipped or raised his game at the end. Though like you say, that not always the case.



Ted Bundy?

[jstern]

Being consistent doesnt guarantee a dub but being clutch most likely does

Op worded it wrong. It should be why is it that some guys come through in the clutch 25% of the time and then get treated like gods. For example Lebron has better clutch numbers than Kobe, but Kobe is treated as one of the clutches player of all time.

[keep-itreal]

Kyle Lowry

[Big164]

I don't agree that this is true

Lebron was disparaged early in his career for faltering in the clutch, but thats only because his play was at a level where people compared him to similary consistent AND clutch players like Kobe/MJ/Bird etc

I don't think I've ever seen anyone play bad all season and hit a big shot and get worshipped

7 rings made a career out of it

[swagga]

not a single mention of kobe in this thread?