It seems a number of gamers are following in Victor Wembanyama’s footsteps and reaching out to NBA legends like Kevin Garnett.
Victor Wembanyama has been a breath of contemporary air for the NBA since arriving in 2023. Whereas his dimension and playstyle make him an anomaly and an evolution of the fashionable taking part in fashion, the identical can’t be mentioned for his mentality.
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 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 cellphone 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 as we speak’s era not having the psychological wherewithal that gamers from his period did.
“I acquired a few calls this summer time from a few guys to come back in and simply assist out. Quite a lot of these younger children are having issues with their mindset…
“It takes some self-discipline and consistency, and I don’t know if any of those younger gamers as we speak have been taught that. If younger guys don’t need to do one thing, they only stop.
“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 the moment’s exercises are simply 20 minutes as a result of the youngsters can’t eat (data) like they used to.”
It’s laborious to grasp why Kevin Garnett used gamers reaching out to him as a approach to name out the present era.
This serves as one more instance of gamers from the previous discrediting the present period of stars. And the worst half is, he’s incorrect 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 properly.
The truth is, Eddie Johnson slammed trendy 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 usually than ever. Final season noticed many NBA stars undergo Achilles accidents within the span of months.
Hopefully, gamers and groups can work out a approach to deal with the grueling nature of the NBA schedule and playstyle.
