Canadian Clippers rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander may be young, but his game isn’t. (Via loung_s)
Underrated and with a style of play from another era, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has found unexpected early NBA success always working to be the smartest player on the floor.hai Gilgeous-Alexander receives the inbound pass from Tobias Harris and looks up the court, before dribbling slowly and methodically along the right side of the floor.
Laying down that groundwork wasn’t easy or glamourous, but when you’re chasing a dream as improbable as the NBA, tenacity and perseverance are baseline requirements. “It was very much a tedious thing that most people would not want to do because it’s not cool, but he had the drive,” says Dwayne Washington, director of UPLAY Canada.
“A lot of it is just reading and understanding the game, mentally,” says Gilgeous-Alexander of the work he’s done with Washington. “That’s his biggest thing and that’s what I’ve always been taught growing up from my dad as well: Being the mentally toughest, being the smartest player out there. You’re not always going to be the strongest, the fastest, jump the highest, shoot the best, but mentally you can work on that.
“That’s why a lot of guys in the NBA can’t run the ball screen, and the guys that can, those guys are the James Hardens and Chris Pauls of the world… superstars. Running the screen at a high level will keep you around for a very, very long time.”
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