For Taeshon Cherry, basketball practice ended 15 minutes ago. He didn’t have his shoes on. Most of his teammates were in the locker room. And for the moment, the game didn’t need to be his sole focus.
Still, he couldn’t help himself. He sat in the middle of a row of chairs lined behind the practice court inside Arizona State’s Weatherup Center, staring at the south backboard while articulating how he’d spend his Wednesday night.
“I’m about to get in the gym tonight, find my shot,” Cherry said. “I didn’t have a good practice here, so I’m going to go upstairs, talk to coach (Bobby) Hurley (and) figure out what I got to do to get better in practice tomorrow.