Going into his rookie year with the Suns, Devin Booker was told to pick the vets’ brains apart. So he asked Tyson Chandler, “What’s one piece of advice you wish you knew when you were a rookie in the NBA?”
Executive produced by NBA legend Steve Nash, this is Rookie/Vet, Episode Two.
Photograph by Jed Jacobsohn/The Players’ Tribune
When the pandemic started, I guess we all needed to find hobbies to help us pass the time. For me, it was reading. This has been a pretty big year for me — tra
I am human. Sometimes, in game, I can make it look like I am not. I do things very fast, yes. I work well with my team, yes. I make lots of plays, yes. But I am
Channing Frye and Iman Shumpert are back to explain the stakes, place bets and analyze the most valuable players in the NBA Finals.
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