When it comes to “clutchness,” that elusive yet essential trait of NBA success, a famous quote comes to mind.

“Do or do not. There is no try.”

The source of that wisdom is:

Jalen Brunson

Steph Curry

Yoda, everyone’s favorite little green Jedi Master

The answer is C, but there easily could have been a fourth option: “D, All of the above.” Without conviction, without commitment, there is no clutch. In the closing minutes and pressure shots of NBA games or in pretty much any nervous moments across all sports.

Brunson and Curry, the past two winners of the Kia Clutch Player of the Year Award, personify that mindset.

As a team, the Minnesota Timberwolves are determined to embrace it this season.

(A brief aside: There’s a variation that was spelled out to me around the batting cage be

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