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Prospects entering the NBA Draft have had plenty of downtime this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been productive.
With limited resources available, since many gyms and training facilities have shuttered, players were forced to get creative when it came to working out. Now that stay-at-home orders have eased in some areas, players have returned to the gym and are ramping up preparations for the NBA Draft.
In an interview with Jonathan Givony of ESPN, former Iowa State forward Tyrese Haliburton said he has been working out three times per day and has made noticeable gains.
I’m in Milwaukee, working three times per day. I get up in the morning and go lift. After that I eat, then I do a basketball workout around noon. Free until 7 or 8 p.m. Usually, I make calls, play video games and rest until the evening. Then I have another shooting workout. … The gains I’ve made with my body will impress people. It’s been six days a week in the weight room for two months basically. I’ve never lifted like this before.
Given his 6-foot-5 frame, and 7-foot wingspan, Haliburton is viewed as perhaps one of the most NBA-ready 3-and-D prospects coming out this year and is considered to be a lottery pick. He likely needed to bulk up some before entering the NBA and it appears as though he is doing just that.
Haliburton is projected to be selected 10th in the latest Rookie Wire 2020 NBA Mock Draft.
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