‘Tis the season for NBA players to get floor time in summer gyms around the country, as professionals stay loose in advance of the start of the 2022-23 regular season in October.
Every once in a while, amid the solo workouts—promising that Player X has finally developed a jump shot along with their 20 pounds of muscle—and organized games, we see a video that reminds us who these pros really are amid a world of wannabees. This is true even of the Brian Scalabrines of the universe, let alone with actual NBA stars.
The NBA’s Twitter account shared just such a reminder today, as Golden State Warriors MVP Stephen Curry and Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young took the floor together, on the same team, against opponents who remained nameless, but can easily be identified by the dejected looks on their defensively-inadequate faces.