Pablo Torre

Oh, God. It's the worst. I've been fascinated by this ritual. Okay, so explain. For those not familiar with why this is a thing, please explain the thing.

Yeah, but this is a mythical concept of, like... How do you change culture as a thing that every business is going to have to grapple with at some point if they meet what is more likely than not, which is failure?

Yeah, but this is a mythical concept of, like... How do you change culture as a thing that every business is going to have to grapple with at some point if they meet what is more likely than not, which is failure?

Yeah, but this is a mythical concept of, like... How do you change culture as a thing that every business is going to have to grapple with at some point if they meet what is more likely than not, which is failure?

Which is all to say that there are these inflection points in Shane Battier's life when he has had to decide whether it is time for him to take the microphone or not. And this can be a difficult political exercise for somebody who loves karaoke as much as Shane Battier does, as we need to explain in a bit.

Which is all to say that there are these inflection points in Shane Battier's life when he has had to decide whether it is time for him to take the microphone or not. And this can be a difficult political exercise for somebody who loves karaoke as much as Shane Battier does, as we need to explain in a bit.

Which is all to say that there are these inflection points in Shane Battier's life when he has had to decide whether it is time for him to take the microphone or not. And this can be a difficult political exercise for somebody who loves karaoke as much as Shane Battier does, as we need to explain in a bit.

But this takes us to a moment, for now, on the court, when the human yellow light wasn't actually trying to slow down a superstar. Because it was June 2012, and Shane was playing for the Miami Heat, and the Miami Heat, for those not familiar, fetishized culture more than any other team in sports, as our own Ryan Cortez will gladly tell you.

But this takes us to a moment, for now, on the court, when the human yellow light wasn't actually trying to slow down a superstar. Because it was June 2012, and Shane was playing for the Miami Heat, and the Miami Heat, for those not familiar, fetishized culture more than any other team in sports, as our own Ryan Cortez will gladly tell you.

But this takes us to a moment, for now, on the court, when the human yellow light wasn't actually trying to slow down a superstar. Because it was June 2012, and Shane was playing for the Miami Heat, and the Miami Heat, for those not familiar, fetishized culture more than any other team in sports, as our own Ryan Cortez will gladly tell you.

And it's to the point where the Heat would go on to later hire Shane as an executive. But on this June evening in 2012, what Shane Battier was mostly trying to do was just not get in the way of one of his fellow starters. The issue, however, was that LeBron James, one of the best scorers ever, obviously, who was now being given the greenest possible light, had won zero titles at this point.

And it's to the point where the Heat would go on to later hire Shane as an executive. But on this June evening in 2012, what Shane Battier was mostly trying to do was just not get in the way of one of his fellow starters. The issue, however, was that LeBron James, one of the best scorers ever, obviously, who was now being given the greenest possible light, had won zero titles at this point.

And it's to the point where the Heat would go on to later hire Shane as an executive. But on this June evening in 2012, what Shane Battier was mostly trying to do was just not get in the way of one of his fellow starters. The issue, however, was that LeBron James, one of the best scorers ever, obviously, who was now being given the greenest possible light, had won zero titles at this point.

Speaking of measurables, LeBron had joined Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, only to be humiliated by Dallas in the finals the year before this. And so here the Heat were in 2012, overhyped and trailing in one of the most tense Eastern Conference finals in memory, and they were about to be eliminated by their most hated rival,

Speaking of measurables, LeBron had joined Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, only to be humiliated by Dallas in the finals the year before this. And so here the Heat were in 2012, overhyped and trailing in one of the most tense Eastern Conference finals in memory, and they were about to be eliminated by their most hated rival,

Speaking of measurables, LeBron had joined Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, only to be humiliated by Dallas in the finals the year before this. And so here the Heat were in 2012, overhyped and trailing in one of the most tense Eastern Conference finals in memory, and they were about to be eliminated by their most hated rival,

Because you guys are villains. You guys are Goliath. Again, that's the other key part of this is that it's what does Goliath do to save his own ass?

Because you guys are villains. You guys are Goliath. Again, that's the other key part of this is that it's what does Goliath do to save his own ass?

Because you guys are villains. You guys are Goliath. Again, that's the other key part of this is that it's what does Goliath do to save his own ass?

Because this is now, in terms of his character study. The LeBron game. Yes. And also like, hadn't done it. An inflection. Exactly. An inflection.