The other day, Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek opined: “If you are out there just relying on your athletic ability, it is tough to talk because you don’t even know what is going on.” Eric Bledsoe, his star and nominal team leader, responded: “I keep hearing everybody telling me I need to talk more. Everybody has their different thing about leadership. I am pretty much going to go out there and do.”

Translation – “I used my athletic ability to jump over people in high school, I did it in college and I can do it here.”

Wrong.