If you want to think like Cory Joseph, don’t overthink it. Don’t start prattling on about how you can replace Kyle Lowry with Joseph and not miss a beat. Don’t wonder whether Joseph could score 30 with DeMar DeRozan’s shot volume. Don’t get too high, and don’t get too low. Joseph will repeat that soothing bromide, whenever you ask.
Just appreciate that going into Game 3 of this nervy first-round series for the Toronto Raptors against the Indiana Pacers, the 24-year-old local kid has been the coolest cat in the room. Joseph spent four years with the San Antonio Spurs, observing their holy trinity of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili.