HereKyle Korver: ‘My best basketball is still to be played’
Last summer, Korver spent his offseason recovering from two significant surgeries. His season ended in the Eastern Conference finals when he suffered ligament damage in his right ankle. A month later, he had loose bodies removed from his right elbow. Instead of his rigorous workout regime, Korver spent his down time in recovery and rehabilitation.
“I’m in a whole other place,” Korver told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. “I think with anything in life, when you feel prepared you are ready for it. Last year, I felt like I was working like crazy, but it was just to get back on the court in time for the season to start. We did. But I didn’t feel like me. I felt like I was thinking through things too much. Still trying to put things together even though I was healthy enough to be on the court.”
In 2014-15, Korver shot .492 (221 of 449) from 3-point range. It was the second consecutive season he led the NBA in 3-point percentage. Last season, he shot .398 (158-of-397) from long distance. Korver got better as the season progressed. His 3-point percentage went from .386 before to .423 after the All-Star break.
Several Hawks assistants spent the beginning of the summer in California with Korver to set his path. His workouts involved five-day-a-week sessions at the P3 facility. He did six-day-a-week sessions on court with his personal skills coach. “And then there was that mirror. Korver installed it to work on his ballhandling skills nearly every day.
I’m not going to be (point guard) Dennis (Schroder) out there, but I feel a lot more confident about being able to expand my game a little bit and add a few more dribbles here and there,” Korver said.
Korver enters his 14th NBA season. He is determined to prove that last year was not the beginning of the end of his career and that even better days could be ahead.
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