‘Fear is the basis of human psychology’: how self-doubt haunts the NBA

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‘Fear is the basis of human psychology’: how self-doubt haunts the NBA

Players such as Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz have been accused of suffering from the yips. But every player has to confront fear at some pointPhiladelphia 76ers basketball fans know one sentence above all else: Trust the process. It was used often when the team was struggling in the 2010s as the team appeared to tank for the sake of high draft picks and long-term team building. But two of the franchise’s ensuing No 1 selections – Ben Simmons a…