Much has been said about the lore of the big man’s whisperer Kenny Payne out of Kentucky.
Payne, who has helped produce some of today’s finest big men in the NBA, from Anthony Davis to Karl-Anthony Towns to Bam Adebayo, has taken New York Knicks‘ rookie Obi Toppin as his next most important project.
Uncle Kenny
Toppin has been in the “House of Payne” every day as he prepares for his much-awaited NBA debut.
“I feel like the moment I stepped on this facility, Kenny Payne has been preparing me,” Toppin said on his zoom call with reporters on Thursday.