Jamal Crawford: "This Was The First Summer I Actually Worked On My Game"

[StraxStrax]

he's lying, he's just tryin to get other dudes to say "oh hey i don't have to work at all in the offseason" while he's shootin in the gym

Like dudes are gonna listen to J.Crawford

 

[street heat]

shame... if you can as good as hes been at times off raw talent, how good could he have been if he actually put in the work ? how could you NOT want to reach your full potential as an athlete ?

 

[THE K-MAN]

thats what separates goods from greats.

 

[jilla82]

This just makes me realize that the athletic ability a lot of athletes have is a waste

If I was 6'9 and fast I would be working dam near everyday...I would beast on these dummies

 

[The 10th Letter]

THought it took a lot of practice to perfect that behind the back layup he does.

 

[Prodyson]

This just makes me realize that the athletic ability a lot of athletes have is a waste

If I was 6'9 and fast I would be working dam near everyday...I would beast on these dummies

You say that... but the moment you're 6'9 and fast you're gonna be like, "I'm 6'9 and nice, what I look like working for when I can make millions doing barely anything"

But when you're a dude like me and 5'8.... If you end up 6'9 Then you'll appreciate the height cause you know how wack it is being 5'8. They don't know what it's like not to have that talent... So some of them don't appreciate it.

*sniffles* I would appreciate every bit of talent I had *sniffles*

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

It his choice. NBA is a six month long regular season, add one moth preseason and two month postseason. Players need some R&R.

 

[FTBS]

More than twice, at least three times. Homey has dropped 50 for three different squads.

And look at his handle. We're supposed to believe that shyt was just "born" in him and he didn't have to develop that? And he shot 90%+ from the line as well, you gotta practice shyt like that.

This is probably a case of a guy who plays a lot or all of the time but doesn't really consider that working at his game, as opposed to a guy who is doing structured workouts.

This right here.

crawford
billups
matt barnes
grant hill
lamar odom

what is this 1999?

Reminds me of PHX when they had G. Hill, Nash, Shaq or MIA when they had Shaq, Zo, Walker, GP.

 

[jilla82]

You say that... but the moment you're 6'9 and fast you're gonna be like, "I'm 6'9 and nice, what I look like working for when I can make millions doing barely anything"

But when you're a dude like me and 5'8.... If you end up 6'9 Then you'll appreciate the height cause you know how wack it is being 5'8. They don't know what it's like not to have that talent... So some of them don't appreciate it.

*sniffles* I would appreciate every bit of talent I had *sniffles*

Im saying though...if you were a professional athlete wouldnt you want to be the best? You figure, if youre lucky you have about 10yrs or so to play...work your ass off those years...and then you have the rest of your life to fuk around.

But I can understand where them dudes are coming from...they've been treated like a baby their whole life...they dont know any different.

 

[Billy Preston]

Im saying though...if you were a professional athlete wouldnt you want to be the best? You figure, if youre lucky you have about 10yrs or so to play...work your ass off those years...and then you have the rest of your life to fuk around.

But I can understand where them dudes are coming from...they've been treated like a baby their whole life...they dont know any different.

In theory what you're saying makes sense, but the reality is a good portion of professional athletes don't work on their games in the off seasons. I remember Lamar Odom saying he doesn't do anything basketball related either in the off season.

We all say we would be in the gym like the Kobes and Lebrons, but who knows if we would actually do that if we were professionals.