the.com/team chemistry
the invisible tax break that makes five decent players outscore five great strangers.
means the intangible way teammates' skills, trust, and habits combine to perform better or worse than talent alone predicts.
from borrowed from actual chemistry, where the right combination of elements creates something new the parts couldn't do alone; sportswriters grabbed it in the mid-20th century once stats stopped explaining why some rosters just clicked.
unmeasurableno stat fully captures it, yet everyone insists it exists
superteam killerstacked rosters of stars often underperform lesser, tighter squads
locker room proofgm's still trade star players purely to fix it