Getting cut means you're updated, not finished

Getting cut is a lie about your ceiling. Here's why. Tacko Fall got waived four times. Four different teams said no thanks. Victor Oladipo tore his quad right after signing a max deal, watched his whole career get questioned in real time. Here's the mistake most people make. They treat a roster cut like a final score. It's not a score. It's one data point in a season that hasn't ended. Elite operators know this before they know anything else about negotiating. You don't walk into a hard room believing you're finished. You walk in updated. Failure isn't your identity. It's your last data point, not your final one.