We constantly hear announcers saying that a pitcher "wasted" a pitch outside. He was ahead in the count and tried to get the batter to swing at a bad pitch. That is a mistake. IF the pitcher has good control, he should never waste a pitch. Yes, he might throw a pitch outside the zone, but it ought to be close enough to the zone to realistically tempt the batter to swing at it - and many of them present no such temptation. Efficient pitchers do not truly waste pitches.
Can we migrate that thought to basketball? I think so. There is (or at least can be and should be) an efficiency of movement in basketball. Far too much motion is wasted in trying to be flashy. Just as one example, why dribble the ball behind your back coming up the court? There is no need for it, and now the defender has watched you do it and subconsciously filed away how you did it so that he is a little more ready to defend you. If there ever is a (rare) legitimate need to dribble behind your back, at least keep it in store so that you can "spring it" on the defender.
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