If you were an NBA player (~6'9"), what would you do differently?

[TitleMaster]

I ask this question because I don't believe many NBA players have the same work ethic, as some of us in the work world, who have less than a 4 month vacation per year and don't get paid to workout, regularly.

Here are my big three:

1) Conditioning - Yoga, Body strength training (in particular vertical leap training) and some free weights, and Martial Arts. I'd bring my trainer and massage therapists with me on the road along with a rowing machine.

2) Sky Hook - I'd work with Kareem, himself, and get this one to a near perfect, automatic release.

3) Free Throws - I'd never settle of a <80% FT season, ever.

The above alone could make one an excellent player, even if everything else is just above average.

[PosImpos]

Yeah, basically work out a ton, eat right, and practice all the time.

Oh, and stay away from partying / drugs / loose women etc.  Haha.

[Redz]

Spend less time on Celticsblog

turn down 10,000 women because of my utter devotion to my wife

pants Lebron

...not necessarily in that order

[TitleMaster]

partying / drugs / loose women

Well, the partying and loose women are all right with me.

Honestly, I don't know why more players don't learn the sky hook? It immediately forces a help defender, thus either opening a lane for the team's slasher (Pierce or Drexler) or a open man for a jump shot (House or Ray).

[cdif911]

If I were 6'9 I'd ask people how the weather was down there, allllll day

I'd also pretend to not know who I am in public - when people are like, are you [insert famous athlete], I'd be like who? I'd pretend to not even know what the sport I played was

Also I'd have a realllly big bathtub

[angryguy77]

Yeah, basically work out a ton, eat right, and practice all the time.

loose women etc.Oh, and stay away from partying / drugs /   Haha.

Let me edit this for you. It must have been a typo.

[angryguy77]

Spend less time on Celticsblog

turn down 10,000 women because of my utter devotion to my wife

pants Lebron

...not necessarily in that order

Is that you Mrs Redz?

[oldmanspeaks]

Practice with a purpose with emphasis on technique. WAAAAAAY too many guys take a 1000 shots in a practice day where they just repeat the same flawed stroke. They do pickup games the same way. I would be focusing on learning to "read the court" in many situations. Further I would practice my defense with strategy in mind. And finally I would studying all my opponents for their "tells" so I could anticipate them and make them pay for bad positioning.

[housecall]

A lot depends on my 6'9"frame...if i was a 6'9"greyhound,i would want to develop a game like a James Worthy had,if i was 6'9"and was more like Perkins i would try to develop my game similar to a Karl Malone.

seeing that im 6'5 1/2" and my game was all that once upon a time,im satisfied with who i am.

[Emperor Young]

I'd be a killer 3 point shooter.. kinda like matt bonner.

[Edgar]

I'd be a killer 3 point shooter.. kinda like matt bonner.

or brian scalabrine

[Emperor Young]

I'd be a killer 3 point shooter.. kinda like matt bonner.

or brian scalabrine

I think bonner is much better than Scal.. I wish we can trade scal for bonner..

[cdif911]

I'd be a killer 3 point shooter.. kinda like matt bonner.

or brian scalabrine

I think bonner is much better than Scal.. I wish we can trade scal for bonner..

how bout we just convince Scal he is Bonner - and vice versa, trading places here we come

[KungPoweChicken]

I wouldn't dare wear one tattoo. I'd rock the medium length socks, which not many players man up on. I wouldn't touch any headbands, sleeves, or any other "basketball accessories". During the season and during the off season, I would have my personal trainers fetch my rebounds as I take 500 contested threes, 500 contested jumpers, and 500 contested layups. When I'm done with that, I wouldn't leave the gym until I hit at least 100 free throws, preferably all in a row. At night I'd come back to the gym and run suicides by myself. I'd be the best player who ever lived.


I'd sleep with a different woman every night, but I'd stay away from drugs and alcohol. For the most part, I'd spend my money lavishly, since I'd be the highest paid player in the NBA. But you wouldn't see me in thirty years as one of those broke ex-ball players--I'm not that careless with dough.

I would never donate to charities just to do a good deed. If I were to donate money, I would have to feel passionately about it. Often times, I would probably go to poor towns and cities, where parents are struggling to make it, pick a family out, and buy a new house for them. To me that is worth a whole lot more than donating $100,000 to X Y and Z.

I would never mention God in an interview. I would never use the terms aggression, facilitator, or basketball IQ. My public appearances would be scarce. I would most likely be getting fined by Stern because of my refusal to do interviews. The times I do speak to the public, it would be for the kids.

After every game, I would take my jersey and shoes off and give them to a kid in the crowd.

[Rondo_is_better]

I wouldn't dare wear one tattoo. I'd rock the medium length socks, which not many players man up on. I wouldn't touch any headbands, sleeves, or any other "basketball accessories". During the season and during the off season, I would have my personal trainers fetch my rebounds as I take 500 contested threes, 500 contested jumpers, and 500 contested layups. When I'm done with that, I wouldn't leave the gym until I hit at least 100 free throws, preferably all in a row. At night I'd come back to the gym and run suicides by myself. I'd be the best player who ever lived.


I'd sleep with a different woman every night, but I'd stay away from drugs and alcohol. For the most part, I'd spend my money lavishly, since I'd be the highest paid player in the NBA. But you wouldn't see me in thirty years as one of those broke ex-ball players--I'm not that careless with dough.

I would never donate to charities just to do a good deed. If I were to donate money, I would have to feel passionately about it. Often times, I would probably go to poor towns and cities, where parents are struggling to make it, pick a family out, and buy a new house for them. To me that is worth a whole lot more than donating $100,000 to X Y and Z.

I would never mention God in an interview. I would never use the terms aggression, facilitator, or basketball IQ. My public appearances would be scarce. I would most likely be getting fined by Stern because of my refusal to do interviews. The times I do speak to the public, it would be for the kids.

After every game, I would take my jersey and shoes off and give them to a kid in the crowd.

It sounds like you've run through this your mind a thousand times lol.