mbsnmisc wrote:Drax wrote:http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24204188/kyrie-irving-boston-celtics-relieved-long-rigorous-recovery-knee-infection-him
Kyrie on his rehab, during USA Minicamp.
Important quotes:
- "For the last two months, it was a long, rigorous process, trying to get that infection out and make sure I was safe," Irving said. "And then rehabbing from there. So I have been rehabbing probably for the last month and some change where I can actually do something without much restrictions."
- "This is probably one of the first summers in the last seven years where I have actually had time to develop and work on things that I want to improve on," he said.
- "It has been a grind, and it kind of caught up with me last season, and now getting a chance to really take my time and focus on my body this summer."
I've got a feeling.
That caught my attention too. I mean, realistically he was sitting through the ECF, so he only had the offseason arrive what a week/week and a half before it has the past 5 or so years. No real difference there.
Focus on my body, without more time must mean he thinks the screws have been hurting him all these years? Has he ever played a season of NBA basketball and just had normal wear and tear on his body?
If he is healthy that could be great though, he already doesn't rely on athleticism to get his shots off so he shouldn't lose any effectiveness from minor knicks and knacks.
I wonder what things he wants to improve on, other than running the playbook and just awareness of when and how to make difficult passes, there's not much he can do to help himself defensively and his shooting/dribbling/finishing is already as elite as we have in the game.
