There’s an old saying in basketball: There will come a time where winter will ask what you’ve been doing all summer.
After four months off from game play and regularly mandated weightlifting and practice sessions, the season’s clock has shifted as the NBA restarts the 2019-20 season in Orlando later this month.
Summer is now asking players what they have been doing all spring.
Going without game play for four consecutive months had many coaches in the league asking the same question – what shape will the players be in?
Thunder head coach Billy Donovan was pleasantly surprised.