I'm still confused, because the article you posted had a number of quotes from people saying the imbalance could be causing him pain. So, what exactly is he faking? Worst case, it sounds like his mechanics got askew, the repetitive motion caused an imbalance that led to discomfort and so he took time off to retool.
You are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else on this board. Furthermore, I think its entirely acceptable to root for Celtics competitors to make mistakes on their roster moves.
But it would make a great Peaches & Herb song!
It's on you to provide evidence (or at least a coherent argument) that he's faking this or take your scalding hot takes elsewhere, because you're derailing the shit out of this thread.
As someone who has had the yips, I have a viscerally negative reaction to this post.
I wonder how much of athletic success is willingness to put in work on the drudgery. The 1000 three pointers. The footwork. Perfecting the jab.
Stevens puts a lot of emphasis on "grit" and I'd imagine that's something the team is very much trying to suss out in interviews and background research.
Interesting question. Most of that drudgery usually occurs in sports at a young age. In most sports refinement occurs in the minor leagues. My perception is new skill building in basketball occurs off-season versus in-season. But repairing or ripping apart a core skill and rebuilding it in-season while the world watches/waits has got to suck. We usually only see a reconstruction of a major skill on the backside of a major injury right?
Word up on the stretching. Stretching and foam rolling is crucial and just plain sucks.
True, and it's an obvious point that often the more naturally physically gifted athletes don't develop the same work habits as those who flourish later, or not at all and get to the top through grit and effort (and also being in that top .001% bracket physically).
I think the comment actually diminishes hard work (and pretty much everything else) by suggesting we're all just playing out the hand God or chance gave us. The are certain traits that are "God-given," like being 7-feet tall, or the ability to run a 4.3 forty. It may be that a stomach for hard work is among them, but I haven't seen any hard evidence to prove it.
Stuff like this is relative. It isn't like Jordan was competing against a Ledell Eackles who was on the TB12 program......those guys MJ was going up against were mostly doing the same thing, or worse, off the floor than Jordan was doing. If nutrition and personal trainers, sleep experts, etc was available to Jordan it would have also been available to those he was competing against thus negating that advantage.
TB12 and LeBron are the primary examples because they are the best players exhibiting this discipline while it is boring to look at the stuff a TJ McConnell or a Frank Gore do to continue in the league.
I wonder if this gave guys like A.C. Green an advantage over his peers. He was never a star but he made the most with his talent.
I think the bolded is it in a nutshell for some of this stuff. What these players create for themselves (either via examples set for them or their own research) as a lifestyle and approach to their personal lives and professional careers. Hiring a nutritionist (or a partner volunteering to take that on), involving a personal trainer, sleep habits, off-season choices, personal masseuse, partying choices, etc. Just so many things to pay attention to when every little bit matters. Making them permanent part of the lifestyle would seem to make things easier.
I'm not a San Antonio fan per se (admire what/how they appear to go about their business), but I would imagine that someone like Manu would be similar. I wonder what ridiculous things he might be doing to stay in the league. I bet just the ice treatments alone for his body would give me the shivers.
Agreed, because as much as Larry Bird was a notorious work-aholic when it came time to being on the floor and things with a basketball in his hand, it's pretty clear from all the stories that the man enjoyed a (cheap) beer or three. I'm doubting he was eating avocados by the bushel. Had he heard that Magic or MJ was doing X treatment to get an edge, I bet he would have at least investigated whether he thought it would have added a few miles to the tread on his own tires. I do wonder if more core strength training earlier in his career might have eased some of the back damage he went through - though if I remember right the story is he did the initial damage with yard or landscaping work on his mom's property. If I ever get a time machine, I'll let him know to hire a damn landscaper.
Sorry, that reads awkwardly. I wasn't even trying to elucidate the race point with my examples, just the first two people I thought of were a black dude and a white dude.
This has been a thing forever. It's usually called the dirt dog complex around here though. Trot Nixon is a dirt dog, Manny Ramirez is lazy. Every now and again you get a JD Drew to break the trend.
It's ok to recognize that studies have shown black athlete with ancestry traced back to West Africa have greater fast twitch fibers, including the more metabolically efficient ones, than White Americans and even East African's without being/feeling biased or racist. Recognizing genetic makeup from different regions of the globe is ok.
Yeah, I'll own that. But, unless any of us lived or worked out with these guys we're going off perception, so when people start talking about Jordan and Bird and Brady and Gore, I thought it was relevant. Maybe Brady is one of the hardest working men in the NFL. Or, maybe he's monetized his reputation and image. Or, both.
