Markelle Fultz gets rid of shooting coach Drew Hanlen

[Brozay]

Report: Sixers’ Markelle Fultz Injury Caused By Motorcycle

Fultz talk starts around 6:25 minute mark

 

[FaTaL]

Even in college his shot was too slow imo.

Yea but now it’s disastrous

 

[Gee Mello]

Seriously..Does he have Tourettes?

That looks like a sign of something similar, for what its worth. The LSU great Chris Jackson who eventually became Mahmoud Abdul Raouf was a terror well into the prime of his career with significant tourettes syndrome. That's essentially the only way he would catch technicals. Fultz definitely has more to his injury.

 

[Khadafhi]

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

both guys have been future all-stars since high school, and have worked with many guys, but they’ll give the credit to Hanlen who basically opens the gym and rebounds for them.

 

[SadimirPutin]

how did Drew Hanlen become such a big name among nba trainers?

 

[Apollo Creed]

Why did i watch that

 

[agpxknt]

but i was just watchin this same dude in washington 2 years ago
first it was he injured his shoulder
second it was he has the "yips"
third was the organization changing his shot form
i think its all 3

 

[AlainLocke]

how did Drew Hanlen become such a big name among nba trainers?

How Drew Hanlen became the NBA trainer everyone wants a piece of

To scroll through Drew Hanlen’s Instagram is to revel in current basketball greatness. Each post features a different transcendent talent — from pros Jayson Tatum to Joel Embid to Zach LaVine , to 2018-19 freshmen (and soon-to-be lottery picks) like RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish — being tutored by a 5-foot-11, 28-year-old who averaged 10 points per game at Belmont several years ago.

What is remarkable about the demand for Hanlen’s services is two-fold: that current and future NBA All-Stars actively seek out a player whose career peaked in the low-major Atlantic Sun conference, and that his business model has expanded solely based on word of mouth. To the former, Hanlen is dismissive of the so-called importance of playing experience, saying, “All that matters is what value can you bring to someone’s improvement. Some of the best coaches have mediocre playing careers — my biggest mentor was my high school coach, who happened to never play basketball in his life.”

To fully realize how Hanlen became a hoops whisperer for basketball savants, it helps to understand his past as an undervalued high school prospect who trained higher ranked players on the side. During a mid-aughts workout at a local St. Louis gym, a parent offered Hanlen $20 to train his son, imploring the then high school junior to “toughen up” his inaugural client.

It’s a compelling origin story — a happenstance encounter that just so lays the foundation of future success — and whether the anecdote is apocryphal doesn’t really matter. What is crucial is that Hanlen was quickly able to earn the trust of Bradley Beal, a St. Louis-native who was then a high school blue chip prospect, who later connected the trainer with big David Lee, a referral that reportedly caught the attention of the NCAA. Belmont coach Rick Byrd told the Sporting News, “There are just so many ways you can go wrong even when you’re trying to read the rules and do them all the right way. It’s a fine line between doing what you want to do and doing it right.”

Perhaps the greatest boost to Hanlen’s pedigree, though, was the nearly 50 percent he shot from beyond the arc as a senior at Belmont — the guard finished the 2012 season ranked second in Division I. “That has always been my MO,” Hanlen says. “I’ve spent much of my life tweaking my shot — I know the things that are consistent with all great shooters — and Brad was the first guinea pig. It’s why he and I have such similar shooting forms.”

 

[homiedontplaydat]

If it is a mental lapse and not physical it could be good thing for Fultz to admit that publicly. Could be good therapy and an actually start to his recovery. Just a thought

 

[010101]

the sidelines & gyms are overrun with buzzards vultures rats scavengers of a great variety beware*

 

[CrimsonTider]

How Drew Hanlen became the NBA trainer everyone wants a piece of

To scroll through Drew Hanlen’s Instagram is to revel in current basketball greatness. Each post features a different transcendent talent — from pros Jayson Tatum to Joel Embid to Zach LaVine , to 2018-19 freshmen (and soon-to-be lottery picks) like RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish — being tutored by a 5-foot-11, 28-year-old who averaged 10 points per game at Belmont several years ago.

What is remarkable about the demand for Hanlen’s services is two-fold: that current and future NBA All-Stars actively seek out a player whose career peaked in the low-major Atlantic Sun conference, and that his business model has expanded solely based on word of mouth. To the former, Hanlen is dismissive of the so-called importance of playing experience, saying, “All that matters is what value can you bring to someone’s improvement. Some of the best coaches have mediocre playing careers — my biggest mentor was my high school coach, who happened to never play basketball in his life.”

To fully realize how Hanlen became a hoops whisperer for basketball savants, it helps to understand his past as an undervalued high school prospect who trained higher ranked players on the side. During a mid-aughts workout at a local St. Louis gym, a parent offered Hanlen $20 to train his son, imploring the then high school junior to “toughen up” his inaugural client.

It’s a compelling origin story — a happenstance encounter that just so lays the foundation of future success — and whether the anecdote is apocryphal doesn’t really matter. What is crucial is that Hanlen was quickly able to earn the trust of Bradley Beal, a St. Louis-native who was then a high school blue chip prospect, who later connected the trainer with big David Lee, a referral that reportedly caught the attention of the NCAA. Belmont coach Rick Byrd told the Sporting News, “There are just so many ways you can go wrong even when you’re trying to read the rules and do them all the right way. It’s a fine line between doing what you want to do and doing it right.”

Perhaps the greatest boost to Hanlen’s pedigree, though, was the nearly 50 percent he shot from beyond the arc as a senior at Belmont — the guard finished the 2012 season ranked second in Division I. “That has always been my MO,” Hanlen says. “I’ve spent much of my life tweaking my shot — I know the things that are consistent with all great shooters — and Brad was the first guinea pig. It’s why he and I have such similar shooting forms.”

This white boy is a finesse HOFer

 

[SadimirPutin]

This white boy is a finesse HOFer

I'm saying

I read that article a few times and I still dont feel like I know why he is seen as a go to guy

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

how did Drew Hanlen become such a big name among nba trainers?

You know why

 

[AlainLocke]

I'm saying

I read that article a few times and I still dont feel like I know why he is seen as a go to guy

Cause players look at who he trained like Bradley Beal...and think he can get them to the NBA

I am pretty sure Bradley Beal was his first NBA bound client and then it snowballed from there...

Plus Hanlen smart enough to only train full-time NBA prospects...so he looks good...cause all his clients make it...