well, partner, let me spin a yarn about the game of basketball, a sport that sure as the sun rises, has its plays as encrypted as a secret code in an old western telegram. some folks might make the assumption that it's all about height and speed, but i reckon it's more about a predispositional knack for reading the game, kinda like knowing which way the wind's gonna blow. now, hear me clear, i repudiate any claims that say you can't learn it if you didn't go back to the start with it when you were just knee-high to a grasshopper. basketball, much like ciphering through an encrypted message, is about unlocking secrets one play at a time with a keen eye and a quick mind.