Gilbert Arenas
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And sometimes we can go our whole career and don't know there's these extra levels. Unless you're in a locker room with Kobe, you don't know there's an extra level to working out.
And sometimes we can go our whole career and don't know there's these extra levels. Unless you're in a locker room with Kobe, you don't know there's an extra level to working out.
That guy. OK. I I didn't come in as that guy. Right. You know, we have practice at 11 o'clock. Our team as a whole unit got there, you know, 1045. We had some players that got there at 11.45, right? They had to golf first, right? So they had to play their golf and then come to practice. So that's what I was, you know, looking at.
That guy. OK. I I didn't come in as that guy. Right. You know, we have practice at 11 o'clock. Our team as a whole unit got there, you know, 1045. We had some players that got there at 11.45, right? They had to golf first, right? So they had to play their golf and then come to practice. So that's what I was, you know, looking at.
That guy. OK. I I didn't come in as that guy. Right. You know, we have practice at 11 o'clock. Our team as a whole unit got there, you know, 1045. We had some players that got there at 11.45, right? They had to golf first, right? So they had to play their golf and then come to practice. So that's what I was, you know, looking at.
And then, you know, Chris Mullen basically taught me how to work out, added that with Mark Jackson. Then when I started hearing stories of Kobe, when Luke Walton got there and he said, yo, if you think you work out, cold three times a day. This is how they do it on game day. He's there at three o'clock. I'm like, bullshit. He's not there at three o'clock.
And then, you know, Chris Mullen basically taught me how to work out, added that with Mark Jackson. Then when I started hearing stories of Kobe, when Luke Walton got there and he said, yo, if you think you work out, cold three times a day. This is how they do it on game day. He's there at three o'clock. I'm like, bullshit. He's not there at three o'clock.
And then, you know, Chris Mullen basically taught me how to work out, added that with Mark Jackson. Then when I started hearing stories of Kobe, when Luke Walton got there and he said, yo, if you think you work out, cold three times a day. This is how they do it on game day. He's there at three o'clock. I'm like, bullshit. He's not there at three o'clock.
And I said, when we come to LA, I'm going to go to the, the, the Staples center and I'm going to beat her at three o'clock to see if he's there. Three o'clock. He was there. And what I seen was incredible. He was doing, um, elbow shots, 500 makes, um, The intensity of it was insane, right? Like, he's doing a pump fake shot.
And I said, when we come to LA, I'm going to go to the, the, the Staples center and I'm going to beat her at three o'clock to see if he's there. Three o'clock. He was there. And what I seen was incredible. He was doing, um, elbow shots, 500 makes, um, The intensity of it was insane, right? Like, he's doing a pump fake shot.
And I said, when we come to LA, I'm going to go to the, the, the Staples center and I'm going to beat her at three o'clock to see if he's there. Three o'clock. He was there. And what I seen was incredible. He was doing, um, elbow shots, 500 makes, um, The intensity of it was insane, right? Like, he's doing a pump fake shot.
The trainer had to be, like, he had to jump and foul him and give him the contact. Full, full playoff game seven mode before the game. And when I seen it with my own eyes, It clicked in and that's why my game really improved because I witnessed something that I didn't see the first part of my first year in the NBA. And now I see like what the next level look like.
The trainer had to be, like, he had to jump and foul him and give him the contact. Full, full playoff game seven mode before the game. And when I seen it with my own eyes, It clicked in and that's why my game really improved because I witnessed something that I didn't see the first part of my first year in the NBA. And now I see like what the next level look like.
The trainer had to be, like, he had to jump and foul him and give him the contact. Full, full playoff game seven mode before the game. And when I seen it with my own eyes, It clicked in and that's why my game really improved because I witnessed something that I didn't see the first part of my first year in the NBA. And now I see like what the next level look like.
And I, every trip we went to LA, I was at the gym at three o'clock to watch Kobe.
And I, every trip we went to LA, I was at the gym at three o'clock to watch Kobe.
And I, every trip we went to LA, I was at the gym at three o'clock to watch Kobe.
Like, I think it's this fine balance. The same thing with Jokic. The weight helps them in their style of play, right? They need their body with the contact, right? They're very great reactors. And sometimes they need to carry a little bit more weight, right, to do a lot of things that they do, hold people off. I looked at Luka's rookie year. You know, that's going to be, you know what I mean?
Like, I think it's this fine balance. The same thing with Jokic. The weight helps them in their style of play, right? They need their body with the contact, right? They're very great reactors. And sometimes they need to carry a little bit more weight, right, to do a lot of things that they do, hold people off. I looked at Luka's rookie year. You know, that's going to be, you know what I mean?
Like, I think it's this fine balance. The same thing with Jokic. The weight helps them in their style of play, right? They need their body with the contact, right? They're very great reactors. And sometimes they need to carry a little bit more weight, right, to do a lot of things that they do, hold people off. I looked at Luka's rookie year. You know, that's going to be, you know what I mean?