Even though it’s possible for a professional basketball player to play baseball, you don’t typically see them doing so.
They spend their careers developing a way to play one game that is uniquely their own. Trying to translate that to another sport leaves them without an identity and at the beginning of a journey where every other player has a years long head start; even Michael Jordan was a rookie in a double-A league when he played baseball.
If you’ve spent years becoming undeniable at what you do, honing skills and building relationships while collecting useful experience, it’s ok if you want to try to play a new game.
Just don’t be surprised when people catch you making rookie mistakes.
(H/T JP)