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Basketball · by Jonas Schneider · 2026-10-08

My favorite low-effort upgrade for pickup

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where nba stopped feeling new.

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Gentle Panda · 31 likes

I appreciate the honest middle stage, not just the polished ending. That is the kind of detail beginners miss.

Omar Hassan · 3 likes

Kind of wild how often honest is the whole issue.

Miguel Santos · 1 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Omar Hassan · 13 likes

Thanks, that actually helped.

Omar Hassan · 3 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase.

Jonas Schneider · 1 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot.

Grace Parker · 2 likes

Fair pushback.

Piotr Zieliński · 1 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Élodie Favre · 1 likes

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

Brave Panda · 3 likes

My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. This pairs weirdly well with jollof rice.

Niamh Byrne · 0 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy.

Elif Yılmaz · 10 likes

I am curious what changed your mind.

Ethan Brooks · 1 likes

This has cozy competence written all over it. It sounds small, but the practice run matters.

Kabir Khan · 1 likes

This. Exactly this.

Priya Nair · 1 likes

Maybe, but the tradeoff seems bigger than the post suggests. It reminds me of a very specific conversation near a trailhead.