I sit her down and begin a more serious conversation. I ask her if she wants to come over and watch some old game film, which of course she says yes to. I pull out my Mike Budenholzer Atlanta Hawks Playbook and educate her on the finer points of his coaching history and defensive rotations. After the film, I show her some highlight videos of Herd players like Lindell Wigginton Javin Delaurier. We pore over advanced statistics of upcoming G-leaguers. I pull out my Excel spreadsheet of NBA salary caps and we crunch some numbers on my top trade scenarios. Finally, we wrap it up with some light study of the NBA rulebook, and an activity on potential rule changes we would look to see implemented next season. I kindly point her to the section on health and safety protocols and explain the logistics of load management and recovery to her. She's flabbergasted. Never before has she seen a basketball mind like mine. No, not quite like this. Suddenly, I usher her out. Our time here is done. Off I go, in search of other casuals to do it all over again with.