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Houston Rockets forward Danuel House Jr. is no longer able to work out or practice at Toyota Center, now that the NBA has opted to shut down all team facilities amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
“They were allowing us in, two and three players at a time, but we just got a text that we had to stop until further notice,” House said.
But the 26-year-old is finding innovative ways to stay in basketball shape. In a self-authored column in The Players Tribune regarding life away from sports in the COVID-19 world, House explains:
I’ll get some working out in when I can, but everything’s closed right now. I can also get it in, here, though. I’ve got weights in my backyard. I live out in the country, so the streets go on and on. I just jog to stay in shape.
Everybody out in the country knows that when you doing house chores, the chore requires your body’s full attention. When you’re lifting a lot of heavy things, moving a lot of heavy things … here, I’ll put it this way: I’m kind of doing my squats, and bench press, and dumbbell curls, and carries by carrying these trees up here.
"Listen, it all works itself out. It will all work itself out."@DanuelHouseJr on how his faith and family help keep him grounded while quarantined. https://t.co/cH8IMwIH3f
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) March 23, 2020
House, who has three children, says the Rockets have largely given each other space during the NBA’s hiatus to be with their families.
We talk, mostly just to check on each other and see how we’re doing, and that’s pretty much it. We respect each other’s space, especially in this type of time, though, because we got kids. When kids are involved, everything gets really serious.
“We have to get in gear, and lock in to what we need to do for our families,” House concludes. “This is a sad time, of course, but I really hope that after we get through this sad time, we come together and actually BE together. That we spread positivity and show love.”
House is averaging 10.2 points (36.3% on 3-pointers) and 4.2 rebounds in 30.0 minutes per game for the Rockets (40-24) this season. The 6-foot-6 forward has played in 58 games, including 47 starts.
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