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“The Hardest Part for Us”: Alex Caruso Raises Concern of Physical Fitness for Los Angeles Lakers Ahead of NBA Restart

Published 07/02/2020, 2:13 PM EDT

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Imagine for a moment, your team, fine, Los Angeles Lakers, is down by 9 points. The clock is ticking with 90 seconds remaining in the match. And we’re talking about a crucial do-or-die NBA playoff match here. The mental strength in this scenario and hundreds of other such moments that arise in every match ensure that athletes must be on top of their game. It is in these times that the quitters succumb and winners delve for greatness. 

You must have noticed how converting a free throw is super simple for an NBA player when we look at their practice videos. Even the 2’s and 3’s come pretty easily with a very high success percentage (not that there is any data record). But the story changes dramatically when they have to shoot the same FT during a tense match. Not allowing the mind to wander, not being too much self/coach/fan/scoreboard/error conscious, all of these skills come handy. To find comfort in discomfort demands extreme positive visualization and rehearsed hardcore mental/physical conditioning. Why are we discussing all this?

What is this new question raised by a Los Angeles Lakers player?

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Los Angeles Lakers’ shooting guard, Alex Caruso, has some concerns that must be heard. Avery Bradley has surely decided to stay out of the playing roster in the remaining season. Many NBA pundits now believe that Alex will have to fill in that vacant position. However, Lakers’ head coach Frank Vogel was recently quoted as saying “We wouldn’t ask [Alex] to be Avery, Alex is an elite defender in his own right, in a different way than Avery or KCP.” But none of this is bothering Caruso.

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Is Alex Caruso not feeling physically ready for the NBA restart?

We are not saying this, and neither is Alex meaning to say this when he said, “The hardest part for us is getting back to doing physically what we were able to do, as far as being early on assignments, being physically ready to box out, to play as physically as it takes to beat teams like the Clippers, Bucks, Rockets, and Nuggets. Just getting back to that physical form of being able to do it a night in, take a day off, night out, keep going, and going and going for a month and a half. The mental part I feel like for our team is going to be easier.”

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Interestingly, the mental part of the game does not concern him, but it is getting back to that physical fitness. It has been noted about sportspersons from every sports domain that their physical strength declined during respective lockdowns. 

In an interview with American sportscaster Scott Van Pelt, Alex was both funny and confident. Have a look!

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It remains to see how Alex, who is touted as a great potential will take one for his team.

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Sourabh Singh is an NBA sports analyst for EssentiallySports, who has been working with the site since May 2020. Prior to this, he functioned as Managing Editor at WittyFeed, followed by a stint at Decathlon. The Sports Management graduate leads an active lifestyle, veering to the mountains for off-trail adventures.
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