KEVIN DURANT Wants YUTA WATANABE To Relax  

And risk a season ending injury? Playing hard too much will always have net positive

Gotta fight for that contract especially when it wasn’t guaranteed

@@eobardthawne6921 yes, risk everything. Yuta was undrafted 4 years ago and spent his first 2 years on 2-way contracts with 2 different teams. He can’t take a possession to rest or play lightly because he wants to earn himself a roster spot, he wants to belong on a nba team and not be stuck in the g league for 10 more years and end up wondering what would’ve happened if he played harder. Risk that injury balling out or be safe and never reach your potential??? What would you pick?

@@eobardthawne6921 I think it’s more of the fact that, even if he doesn’t sign with the nets after this season, he’ll probably be picked up by a team that needs his abilities and will likely lead to an actual contract instead of a 2-way deal. He’s tryna establish himself as a hard worker that can do a little bit of everything, even if he dips a little bit in scoring he’ll probably get a real contract as long as he keeps it up for the rest of the season.

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He’s still gotta leave just enough in the tank for teams to see he knows when restraint is needed. Then he won’t scare anyone away and make bank.

​@@mackinm00seget that soft ass out of here lol.

Asian mentality

@@HitchcockNScully Didn't know part of Kobe was Asian.

@@hsdonn664 Kobe is Dead, you can shut your mouth now

exactly aha

bruh that true

I respect it

For sure..dude gives everything when he's out there.

@@clutchdimes he not taking his opportunity for granted that’s for sure

@@iwishiwasthomasshelby bros japanese

@@iwishiwasthomasshelby im from toronto, ik who he is hes well known for being a succesful "japanese player" and yuta and watanabe are very japanese names and thats from an eastern asian

@@iwishiwasthomasshelby idk, she isnt a famous athlete whos always portrayed on television like yuta is, but if i had to guess mubo is a common african name

Him being Japanese has nothing to do with it. He just needs more confidence. No nationalism in the NBA look at Luka and the Giannis

​@MegaMatt Asians are treated a lot different from other foreigners in the nba.

@@Regalman There have only been about 10 asian players in the entire nba history.

​@@Regalman him being a foreign is a needs to be considered because just look at Luka and joker Even though they are some of the best they got downplayed soo much for soo years and they are Luka and joker now imagine I guy who doesn't have the same skill as them and he went undrafted

​@@Regalman being a foreigner and being asian is totally different in the NBA. Except for yao asians don't really get that much respect. Just look at how the NBA did lin dirty. He could have been on any reserve spot in any team and contributed significantly but nobody wanted to take a chance cuz he's asian. Yet all the shoes they wear are made in china. With poor wages and labour laws. Hypocrites I tell ya 😂😂

I thought that too

Hey don’t be hating on melo man, he didn’t cause Lin to fall off lol

@@TerribleTake its true, melo was hating on lin’s come up n didnt like him having such a big role in the offense

​@@TerribleTakehe did, he got jlous of how was lin hugging the attention right after he got injured. D'antoni said it. Tho his injury played a big part too

Melo ego that time is so big, its just sad how we gonna see his career with too little less accolades

Yea but brother getting hurt would be just as bad for him you can play hard without destroying your body

I get it, but if he gets injured or overworks himself before the playoffs that would be much worse than relaxing every once in a while during the games

@@sparks1792and end up back in the Gleague

It's not "easy for KD to say". It's not as if he hasn't worked hard himself to have the career he's had. And it's not as if KD doesn't have first hand experience of how devastating some injuries can be. If Yuta gets injured badly that will hurt Yuta's career a lot more that getting called out by the coach for not doing his best Superman impression on every posession. How hard did Kobe and Derrick Rose fall off after suffering from a severe injury? If that happened to someone who's not a household name, like Yuta, he'd _never_ get a chance again. As long as Yuta stays healthy, he *always* has a chance at being in the NBA for the rest of his career.

Look up KD’s story and where he comes from lol

man he putting his life on the line too, no one appreciates how tough it is to go for the charge

He doesn’t want to just be known as the guy who got dunked on

100% agree on the nuance here. KD loves the hustle but knows a little less intensity could help Yuta’s play, but we all know Yuta is fighting tooth and nail for an NBA career

Completely agree

there are also times where going for blocks/steals/rebounds hurt your team more than help. steals can lead to free drives, failed boards can lead to the opponent getting possession, blocks easily lead to and 1s. sometimes not doing anything is more likely to lead to a good outcome. there is almost no reason for example for a role player to jump against say embiid, any 50/50 call will go embiids way because they are a role player and he is a star. so trying to block his shots if you aren't in the right position to do so is just a free and 1. think that's another thing he is trying to teach not just the injury risk

He plays extremely hard because he isn't that good. Yuta is averaging 4ppg and 0.7 ast so he has to hustle hard to make up for It.

Yeah and you guys let him go because he wasn’t a favorite

So u saying yuta is a legend? U must be Asian lol

Legend? Lol 😂

KD is if he retires today but Yuta hell no lol

@@DemonFist94 He's a legend in Japan.

@Rent Free • 68 years ago I bet you're a lady

Lmao

LOL!!!!! You cracked me bro! Lol!

I would cry

If Lin weren’t Asian, you won’t find nothing wrong with him. Lebron do the same thing to his black and white teammates.

Nuggets a better fit

@risinglotuswind I'm asian

Same. We have a bad habit of that

And still gets paid shit very Japanese

I wanted to say that but I didn't want to sound racist

@@abnuridd24 nah it just the Japanese mentality they wanna be 10000% on their shit. Obsession for work ethic in their craft fr fr.

100%...Big Ben had so much heart! Not gonna lie, sometimes I miss defensive players like that,

ben went undrafted in 96, same class as kobe and ai

For Brooklyn, back in his okc days and even in the warriors team he would always cause drama in the back and on the court

Yes, and he's killing it.

Fax playin w a superstar like KD 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

True, tho he pave the way for yuta and every upcoming asian player that will step on that hardwood

your acting like KD aint work extremely hard to get to where hes at, it aint easy to be a top 15 player of all time

@@gokublackarcsaga752 did I say KD is not working hard? I think I clearly said that Yuta is working hard so it’s good for KD and the whole team. Don’t get me wrong bro.

blame nurse's rotations. also the fact that we cant have a superstar

Why r those sports racist?? I see NBA pretty racist as well… literally only 1 Asian player every 10 years?

@@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worldd … I wasn’t talking demographic but if you wanna go there, the NBA is like 70% black while NHL & NASCAR are both over 90% white.

Kd wasn't gifted a spot, he had to work for it too

@@rosh1145 once upon a time, there was 2 college players. 1 was Kemba Walker and the other was Jeremy Lin. They met head to head and Jeremy actually had damned good numbers. Then when draft time came, Kemba was drafted 9th overall. Jeremy, on the other hand, wasn't selected at all by any team in any round. Outer shell matters. It's a black and white world. No colors in between are allowed.

@@MinhPham-vg6bw ☹️ Sorry to hear about that brother. Yes especially in the USA, the media always focus on white and black. Wish you people would get recognized more, Ever Asian dude I meet was super cool and hardworking 👍🏿

Its not funny he is Japanese