LeBron is an encyclopedia man. He’s such a great historian of the game and part of that is he obviously has a photographic memory. That Mutumbo moment was iconic.
I think Cam Reddish will be much more stable this year. He looks like he gained some muscle and feels comfortable. Let's hope these guys can stay more injury free this year.
He’s been on so many teams and hasn’t stuck anywhere in 7yrs. We need to be realistic with these guys and understand what they are. He’s not an nba caliber player.
One thing I noticed was LeBron saying “I have a lot left in the tank, a whole lot” or something like that. I feel like the only thing that would cause LeBron to retire in the next 3-4 yrs (assuming he’s still a top5-25 player in NBA which isn’t a given at his age/milage, but 2023-24 he was still a top6-12 type player) is if it’s required to be apart of Vegas ownership team. Another thing I noticed was Vando seemed very depressed/down 🤬🙄🤕
Somebody on the team needs to learn Japanese to impress Rui and call defensive sets on the floor for him to respond quicker. Become his literal Sensei!!
To all the morons whining about AR not being muscular: Was Larry Bird muscular? Is Kevin Durant? Not saying Austin is near their level - just making a point. It's basketball, not a bodybuilding competition.
Thank god he hasn't put on 15 pounds of upper body muscles. It would have messed Austin up in more ways than just his shooting. Would have sunk a guy that lacks explosiveness and has such a low jumping height from stand still, which is due to a massive lack of strength in relation to body weight. If you care to actually understand why that is continue reading: There is something called the ESD - explosive strength deficit. You test for it with comparing long and slow contact times usually with like a depth jump and another from a hop. The greater the difference between the two, the lower your explosive strength deficit is assuming technique is not a problem. Now because Austin's technique is really really good, his speed is great and he aces all the speed drills, that really means any big discrepancy can only be due to his explosive strength deficit being very low. He trains for short contact times and speed a lot. So it makes sense. While that is fantastic for an advanced athlete it can also be a huge problem. When an athlete has worked a lot on speed and technique yet still lacks a lot of power, then you need to improve strength to improve the athlete. If a bball player lacks power, he can't switch direction as well as others, struggles with start and stop moves, can't explode with the attacker on defense, can't jam and recover, struggles fighting over a screen and or fails to jump high when loading up on it like on a rebound as apposed to running into a jump like cutting in to a dunk. That's all Austin for you. Improving strength is the right call. Last time Austin was on, he talked about the goal of the Lakers for him being hypertrophy and putting mass onto his upper body, because his lower body is comparatively fine in size. That was absolutely the worst assessment and game plan for Austin. More weight and less explosiveness, negative impact on shooting and speed. That would have made the stuff he is good at worse without helping the stuff he is bad at. In fact it would have hurt his game across the board to just put on muscle size. A guy like Austin will only get better, if you create a new baseline strength level. The problem there is that it takes a lot of time and is much harder to do than taking a guy with a lot of strength that lacks explosiveness and speed. In other words it a player has a big explosive strength deficit focusing on hot feet, shortening contact times, doing speed drills and plyometrics etc. will quickly improve a player. If a player lacks absolute strength instead and has gotten every last bit of athleticism out of their base strength level, you need them to squat and pull heavy. That fries the CNS and takes time. You'll also get fiber conversion with intermediary fibers becoming slower. Now this swings back when you train speed again, but it zaps a bit of explosiveness and you see and feel that as a player. So it's hard to convince someone that this is the right thing to do. Boxers frequently say that working on strength makes them slower. That's true in the short term. But it is necessary for long term development. But good luck explaining that to a player or boxer. Anyway absolute strength should be his focus and hypertrophy is generally a horrible idea in his situation. Explosiveness comes from strength / weight. If weight goes up and strength stays the same, good luck becoming more explosive or worse yet increasing your speed. I don't think lack of muscle mass is actually a problem for NBA players in general. We hear that all the time, but most of the time it seems to be absolute nonsense. Players like Austin are muscularly developed enough. Some guys are just a lot stronger and you can be a lot stronger at the same size like Anatoly vs. a lot of bodybuilders. Anatoly is stronger and able to do explosive feats of strength the bodybuilders he films can't do, because they weigh a lot more, but are a lot weaker. Austin lacks absolute strength and should focus on squats, heavy pulls and then progress into power cleans until the first day of practice. Cleans have a great carryover to on-field explosiveness, but absolute strength is better developed with heavy pulls and squats. Then once the season gets started he should go back to speed and balance drills and let himself recover and get into his best ever game shape about 6 weeks in. Most of the veterans ease into a season the same way, although too few utilize a strength focused approach.
@@dmitryowens for the typical 6'9'' guy? Yes. Look at the pics with him and Magic. Besides Magic having a bigger biceps and Bird wider shoulders (frame), they look pretty much identical. Bird was about 6'9'' and 225. Magic was about 6'8'5'' and 225. Did they move like MJ at 6'6 and 225? No. Would Michael have moved even better had he added 30 pounds of muscle? I highly doubt it. I mean of course Larry was muscular. Did you think Larry moved through space through osmosis and jumped by method of rocket propulsion built into his shoes? The misconception here is that 225 pounds at probably 15%BF is not an athletic build for a lanky 6'9'' guy. That's still 190 pounds of muscles. He also had really long arms, but you can't be unfit and get 24 points, while grabbing 10 rebounds per game in the NBA. Neither then nor now. Most people have no idea how fast and explosive the NBA really is. Every single one of those guys is a 1/10000 freak athlete. If someone stands out among them, they are probably at least middle of the pack. While he wasn't jumping over guys, he was also not just tall like Dirk Nowitzki. Let's put it this way. If you put 190 pounds of muscle mass on a regular 5'9'' guy, lighting from the top and put some oil on him, you got yourself a fitness influencer. Doesn't look as much stretched out to 6'9'', but it's definitely not the same as your average 6'9'' 280 pound guy with 35% fat. That guy has 10 less pounds of muscle on his frame than Larry did and will look very skinny in the arms and have a big belly. And even that guy is more muscular than a lot of people on the street are. It is fairly normal in America to be about 280-300 for guys between 5'8'' and 6'2''. And 40% BF is also quite normal. Those guys also have 10-20 pounds less muscle than Larry had, but they most definitely have the bigger biceps. On 6'9'' frame things stretch out quite a bit and you'd have to be at least 275ish to look really muscular. Austin isn't 6'9'' though. He is 6'5''. Competition goes up as height and reach goes down. Austin is almost exactly one inch shorter than the average NBA player. The guy needs to be very strong to compete. And he is not. You're not stopping Ant, Booker, Brunson, Brown, etc. if you are half as strong as them, even if your straight line speed isn't super far off. The difference in explosiveness is clear as day every time a great player switches on to Reaves. Either way being visibly big in muscle cross-section is unnecessary for most athletes. Strength, power and speed are not. for someone to be strong and powerful in relation to BW, they need to have some muscles. And muscle size does correlate with strength, but you can get a lot of strength without getting 200 grams of protein in and doing hypertrophy training. Again Anatoly and most powerlifters and weightlifters in the lower weight classes aren't tremendously bigger than normal people, they just have very low BF and extremely good coordination. Anatoly still looks like a Greek god without the cleaner outfit, but compared to regular bodybuilders with a decade under their belt, he seems downright tiny.
@peteranders6893 Another long-winded comment from you - lol What I was saying was that Larry Bird was not very toned or very athletic compared to most NBA players but he made up for it with his deadly shooting and high basketball IQ. And 6' 5" would be undersized for a forward but it's not for a SG/PG like AR - the majority of SG's in the league are 6' 4" to 6' 6" and the majority of PG's are 6' 2" to 6' 4". Ja Morant and Jalen Brunson are 6' 2". Sure, they're more muscular and toned than AR, but I highly doubt that he's only "half as strong as them" - they're maybe 20 to 30% stronger tops. And what about Kevin Durant? He's probably the least muscular least toned star player in the league - he literally has no muscle tone or definition in his arms. LeBron James is probably literally twice as strong as him (or maybe even 3 times stronger) yet KD puts up similar stats as LBJ as far as ppg and rpg.
Why is this reporter keeping asking about the first two gave? Like ask something more meaningful or give up your pass if you have nothing more interval to ask lol
He doesn't wanna build muscle his priority is having a Golf player physique. Having muscles will mess up his form & stroke. This clown 🤡 is 💯 overated.
