Wembanyama is a little bit of a throwback by way of his strategy to basketball, and making an attempt to get higher yearly. This summer time, we noticed an excellent instance of that, as Wembanyama reached out to Hakeem Olajuwon and Kevin Garnett.
We’ve seen gamers like LeBron James attain out to Olajuwon and different legends previously. And it seems Wemby has introduced this development again.
Kevin Garnett says extra NBA gamers have reached out for assist
Kevin Garnett was a visitor commentator for New Orleans Pelicans’ abroad preseason recreation in opposition to the South East Melbourne Phoenix in Australia. Garnett revealed that he’s been getting extra telephone calls from younger gamers within the NBA to assist them out with their mentality, in addition to their bodily abilities.
He then went off on a tangent about younger gamers of at present’s technology not having the psychological wherewithal that gamers from his period did. “I bought a few calls this summer time from a few guys to come back in and simply assist out.
A variety of these younger youngsters are having issues with their mindset… “It takes some self-discipline and consistency, and I don’t know if any of those younger gamers at present have been taught that. If younger guys don’t wish to do one thing, they only give up.
“Man, in our day, you had a coach in your behind telling you A, B, and C and also you needed to end your exercises. “These exercises have been an hour, 45 minutes. At this time’s exercises are simply 20 minutes as a result of the youngsters can’t devour (info) like they used to.”
Kevin Garnett is unsuitable about gamers at present
It’s laborious to grasp why Kevin Garnett used gamers reaching out to him as a strategy to name out the present technology. This serves as one more instance of gamers from the previous discrediting the present period of stars. And the worst half is, he’s unsuitable in what he’s saying. Now greater than ever, we’ve seen NBA gamers undergo the ringer bodily, not simply throughout video games, however in coaching as effectively.
In actual fact, Eddie Johnson slammed fashionable NBA trainers for overworking gamers throughout the offseason. And that isn’t the one little bit of proof. We’re seeing NBA gamers maintain brutal accidents extra typically than ever.
Final season noticed many NBA stars undergo Achilles accidents within the span of months. Hopefully, gamers and groups can determine a strategy to deal with the grueling nature of the NBA schedule and playstyle.
