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Especially within the first moment of …

Especially within the first moment of shutdown, we knew that there was going to be at least four weeks that we weren’t doing anything in terms of the NBA,” says trainer Mike Guevera. Seen often on Instagram as ‘Mr Do It Moving,’ the personal trainer of Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday says they immediately made the most of their time. They started by reducing all of the inflammation they could from his body that accumulated throughout the season. The next step: “How do I maintain this athletic specimen and get him in prime shape and keep him in prime shape so that if and when the season does come back, he’s ready to go and firing on all cylinders?” Guevera asked himself.

That’s where his expertise as a trainer …

That’s where his expertise as a trainer kicks in. He says he defines an athlete as anyone who can pick up a skill quickly, which is how he was able to effectively train Holiday on a football field instead of a basketball court or traditional gym. “It’s much easier as a trainer and coach to be like, ‘All right we’re going to run this type of route, cut hard here, break your feet down, make it look like a euro step and then finish like a dunk,’” says Guevera. “Boom. (He) executes it perfectly.”

“It’s funny because most think the NBA …

“It’s funny because most think the NBA players, they make millions of dollars so they automatically assume all these players have these fabulous indoor courts,” Roland said. “I really only know maybe two guys in the whole NBA that I know of that have their own gym at home. So, everybody’s pretty much in the same situation, just doing a bunch of dribbling drills out there.”

As creative as they’re getting to stay …

As creative as they’re getting to stay ready, Roland says the return to the season would be comparable to preseason. “I know the majority of the NBA has not shot a basketball since their last game over a month ago,” he said. “I saw a video of Serge Ibaka running laps down his hallway, which is only so long, you know, he’s going from the bathroom to the bedroom just running laps. So to ask these guys to go from that to ‘boom’, let’s try to revamp the season, it’s going to be really tough. You think about how sloppy the preseason can be sometimes with basketball and now we’re asking guys to go from not really working out, not touching a basketball and starting the regular season and the playoffs. So, it’s a really difficult time, guys are in a really tough space.”

LeBron James responds to Kyle Kuzma’s trainer: ‘I could care less about the guy’

Here comes the Lakers drama.

The Los Angeles Lakers seemed unstoppable just a few weeks ago, but after a four-game losing streak was capped by a loss to the rival Clippers on Christmas Day, critics of the Lakers are getting louder. Earlier this week, Kyle Kuzma’s own trainer attempted to start a beef with LeBron James, which the four-time MVP squashed on Saturday.

On Friday, Instagram posts surfaced from Kyle Kuzma’s trainer, Clint Parks, that included harsh criticism of Lakers star LeBron James.

Parks called James out after his Christmas Day performance against the Clippers, insinuating that it was clear that James’ Los Angeles counterpart Kawhi Leonard had sharper skills than James.

Kuzma’s trainer claimed that LeBron James was running from the matchup against Leonard and, basically, wasn’t as good as he was being made out to be.

Then, all of a sudden, Kuzma dropped a tweet himself that said “Call a spade a spade” with a shrug emoji. The tweet was deleted shortly after it was posted.

Boy, that paragraph was peak 2019. Anyway, take a look.

The next day, James was asked about the criticism from Kuzma’s trainer and the deleted tweet from his own teammate. He said Kuzma came to him to address the situation and it was fine, but he also had some not-so-kind words for Kuzma’s trainer.

“Kuz came to me yesterday, after practice and told me what was going on. And that was it. I really don’t care for someone’s trainer or whatever the case may be. Everyone can have their own opinion and anytime someone wants to get some notoriety they can throw my name in and people are going to pick it up. That’s why you’re asking me about it, because my name was in it. I’ve never met the guy, I don’t know the guy, I could care less about the guy.”

Sheesh. That’s a scathing statement from James and not a great look for Kuzma. Even if Kuzma isn’t openly endorsing his trainer’s comments, it’s never great to have to go and explain something to a teammate of yours after practice.

Hopefully, it doesn’t lead to a disruption in chemistry down the line for the Lakers. They certainly don’t need it — they’re losers of four straight and have a matchup on the road against the Trail Blazers coming up. Now isn’t the time for drama.

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