Keldon Johnson: “At first it was tough. I had to really ruin my ego and put the team first. After that the sky was the limit.”
None of these guys have been bench players once in their entire career until the NBA. Must be a hard transition
Facts. And unfortunately some guys never accept it and it makes their careers much shorter than it should be.
Looking at you Cam Thomas
Bro it makes me so mad that Cam can’t accept being a 3rd option or role player. He could be such a great 6th man.
Many of them also have to significantly change the way they play in order to carve out a role on a team. I saw a video of Isaiah Hartenstein playing pickup and he can legit do everything - dribble, shoot, play-make - and probably had a lot more freedom to do so throughout his life until he got into the NBA
There’s a video of Mitchell Robinson shooting fadeaway 3s playing pick ups, and in the NBA he’s hacked before he can even touch the ball. It’s always important to remember there are levels to this.
And yet people reduce Kon’s ROTY campaign into him simply being on a better team and not recognizing how hard it is to instantly contribute as a third option at that monstrous efficiency.
Not the low battery beep lmao
It never fails lmao
Ah damn, that’s crazy. Guilty of this as well, I swear you’re not in a black household until you hear that Beep lmao
the spacing on his artwork is totally off too. Dude could use a hand around that house lol
the fire alarm low battery beep made me distracted as hell. had to watch it a second time to figure out what he said
Dude at around :35s, shit had me cackling
I thought I was hearing things 🤣🤣🤣 even as a millionaire
Bro did NOT wanna talk to them lmao
!I wouldn’t either!<
Thats how he always sounds. Its jarring compared to his energy persona.
If Keldon wasn’t a One Piece fan I be very mad at him rn
Really makes you wonder how Manu was able to do it for so long
Honestly Manu’s situation was quite a bit different. He came off the bench but he played starter minutes. It really just helped smooth San Antonio’s rotations.
Keldon IMO embodies the spirit of the role a little more. Actually averaged the 6th most minutes and made high level role-player impact, filling gaps that the team needed.
He was picked 57th in ‘99 straight onto a top tier team.
Maybe he liked winning.
He’s so precious to me. Probably 1a/1b with Wemby in terms of fan favorite (yes he’s that beloved)
Bro our sub called for his head to be traded. Him and Devin.
I was one. To be fair, he didn’t seem to have a fit or role on the team. He has evolved and refined his game. Credit to him and the staff for the transition.
maybe if he took a game off he could replace the batteries in the smoke detectors
I didn’t know Vince Staples had a ranch, man
Ahh I’m so proud of him and all he does for us couldn’t thing of a more deserving player
This guy is an Olympic gold medalist. Kudos to him.
This makes two of the most beloved Spurs in the team’s history coming off the bench and winning 6MotY. If Manu could do it, KJ could too. And look at where he and the team are now…
This guy keeps talking about it but no one has asked him
Which Spurs starter is he so much better than that he had to put his ego aside for?
Don’t think that’s how he meant it. To even get to the NBA you have to be a star at basically every level before that. Let alone on the bench. Not to mention before wemby and the miraculous 3 year rebuild, he was the guy in San Antonio
He was told to go from a full time starter who averaged 20 a game to a bench player.
That’s a whole blow to the ego a young player no matter how you dice it. He spoke recently of how it was a struggle to gracefully accept it at first.