De'Anthony Melton, Paul Reed, and Daryl Morey recently participated in 'Melton's Make Your Move' with local students, and shared the similarities between the two games they love.
De'Anthony Melton, Paul Reed, and Daryl Morey recently participated in"Melton's Make Your Move" with local students, and shared the similarities between the two games they love.
“I love games that stroke the mental,” Reed said. “It’s not easy. You’ve really got to figure out how to win.”Chess and basketball require thinking multiple steps ahead by anticipating the opponent’s next moves. Reed and Morey compared it to when on offense, a player recognizes where the help defender might come from, and as a result, where the next pass should go.
Reed first learned the game when he joined the chess club in fifth grade. Melton, meanwhile, taught himself how to play in high school after he stumbled upon classmates in a game and became fascinated with where each piece could move . Morey started as “just a little kid that liked to win everything,” and played seriously until about age 13.
Yet when Melton and Reed became aware of their shared interest, they began convening in the players’ lounge at the Wells Fargo Center to play a 10-minute speed game about an hour before tipoff. Melton said it “gets your mind going” for the basketball floor. Reed described intense competition in a condensed time frame, which often draws a crowd of teammates and staff.
“It’s as simple as that,” Reed said. “And not get my pieces taken. … I try to stick to defense. Defense first leads to offense. Once I know my pieces are secure, that’s when I know I’m in aggressive mode.”
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