Tyronn Lue is among the luckiest males on the earth.
He spent his first three seasons as an NBA participant with the Los Angeles Lakers, which meant he bought to be teammates with Kobe Bryant (and Shaquille O’Neal).
In 2001, he joined the Washington Wizards and spent two years as a teammate of Michael Jordan.
Then years later, he was an assistant coach and later the top coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, which meant working with LeBron James.
Bryant, Jordan and James are doubtless the three best NBA gamers of the previous 30 years, and in keeping with Lue, there’s one high quality all of them shared that has gotten them to the very best pantheon of basketball greatness.
“Just seeing Kobe first, and then I left there and went to Washington and played with Jordan when he was 40,” Lue stated. “Just seeing those two, and the way they worked, and how they grinded, and then, like you said, getting LeBron, those three guys, they all the same. Want to win, whatever it takes to win, but their work ethic — you come to the gym, you come in two hours early, and they already finished the workout. They sweating. They’re done.”
Bryant was recognized for his legendary work ethic and the way he would work maniacally to turn out to be his greatest self, placing in time on the court docket in direction of refined every thing from broad expertise to what many followers would think about trivia.
James has additionally turn out to be recognized for working relentlessly, particularly with regards to his well being and conditioning.
Just a few years in the past, a report got here out that he spends $1.5 million a year to maintain his physique proper.
It’s no surprise then that James is having one among his greatest statistical seasons ever this yr, regardless of being 37 years of age and carrying an insane quantity of mileage.
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