Drew Hanlen is the worst “trainer” in the League

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RJ Barrett was a top 3 pick and was looked at as a number one overall coming out of high school. Gordon Hayward was an all star. Andrew Wiggins was a number one pick.
underachiever ???? This is off two summer league games
Gordon Hayward bust his foot open he was a premier two way player before that
 

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If a bodybuilder hires a trainer and doesn't turn into Mr. Olympia, does that make the trainer bad at what he does? No.

These players are already elite. Improving by just 1% would be worth it. Not every success story will be as drastic as a guy like Kawhi going from no jumper in college to a near 50%/40% guy.
 

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RJ Barrett was a top 3 pick and was looked at as a number one overall coming out of high school. Gordon Hayward was an all star. Andrew Wiggins was a number one pick.

They’re underachievers if anything, not mediocre. Even if they are mediocre, there are dozens of articles calling him a guru, so why can’t he make them better?

Fam you gonna hit and miss sometimes

Michael Jordan trainer(Tim Grover) didn’t always produce superstars

Everyone you train not gonna reach that top level no matter how hard y’all go
 

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If he’s such a scam artist then why would players continue to go to him? Don’t you think players would find out he’s a scammer and would stop going to him
Same reason why NBA players use the same accountants and end up getting their money stolen. It’s all a business.

Agents want their guy getting as much exposure as possible, so they’re going to send their player to someone with 500k followers even if it’s going to do nothing for them, just so they can get views. You think players work with C Brickley because he knows what he’s doing? :heh: His most well-known clients aren’t even in the league anymore
 

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NBA players are going to him because Bill Duffy tells them too. It’s how he got Wiggins, Lavine, Embiid and Oubre. He’s not the worst guy out but his hyperbole on every guy he trains isn’t helping him. Only guys who I think improved working with him were Beal and Oubre imo.
 

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There is no way I am asking training advice from someone who looks like this, looks like one of those hypebeast kids from Beverly hills

Dude actually played college ball at Louisville and has connections with JR smith and Melo. Hes not just some random cat off the street.
 

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Why you blaming drew Hanlen for an injured nikka and a bum in barret? :dahell:
 

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Wiggins been posting videos with him every summer. nikka still sucks. That said I think trainers are overrated. They help but I doubt theres much difference between them. Any high school coach with 3 hrs a day with a guy can get you better

Interested to see if Wiggins will improve working with Nick Nurse this summer
 

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The easiest job is training elite athletes.
Most of the time, trainers get the credit just from being associated with the top talent, who are usually already most of the way there.

The best trainers are the ones who can develop the rawest, lesser talented guys.

Helping the 3rd player drafted is a lot less impressive than turning the 28th player drafted into a starter/all star.
 
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