Deng's new pregame routine

[JCM]

CHICAGO -- As reporters filed into the Chicago Bulls' locker room for the first time on Monday night, they were greeted by a strange sight. Luol Deng was sprawled out on the floor, by himself, watching tape of the Blazers' last game against the Knicks.

The rest of the locker room was empty and quiet. Every so often a teammate would pop his head in to watch some tape, but they would leave shortly thereafter. Deng just sat there and stared up at the screen. He couldn't have been very comfortable; the only thing propping up his head was the thin grey carpet that covered the floor.

"Even in the first two games, I didn't think he shot the ball well, but I thought he played well because of all the things that he's doing," Thibodeau said. "He's moving without the ball, he's cutting hard, he's making the extra pass and he's playing really good defense. And tonight, he was terrific offensively, his body was in motion. [He] got out, ran the floor well, so he did a number of different things."

One of the biggest things being that he created a new pregame routine for himself. As I walked out of the locker room, I asked him if he was going to continue watching tape while laying on the floor in the locker room.

"Yeah," he said with a smile. "We got to stick with it."

After his performance on Monday night, who can blame him?

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[X]

I don't really care what he does pre-game, as long as he plays like he did last game...

 

[JCM]

well if he continues this routine and keeps performing well. then its all good.

 

[USCChiFan]

well if he continues this routine and keeps performing well. then its all good.

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I don't care what he does before the game, all that matters is what he does on the court

 

[JCM]

and the better he plays, the better chance we have in maybe trading him to Den. ray:

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

See, I like seeing pro ball players spend the time studying over film.

Yes, it's a no-brainer that it is something they generally have to do....but for certain players to use that as a major part of their routine is reassuring. He had a great game Monday and we are all looking forward to Deng, Rose, Noah, etc. have another great one!

 

[JCM]

See, I like seeing pro ball players spend the time studying over film.

Yes, it's a no-brainer that it is something they generally have to do....but for certain players to use that as a major part of their routine is reassuring. He had a great game Monday and we are all looking forward to Deng, Rose, Noah, etc. have another great one!

imo all players should look at game films. kobe, wade, etc all do it, great players do it.

kinda like baseball, if you dont adjust and look at video you will continue to struggle until you adjust and see what you are doing wrong.

 

[Crystallas]

Deng's old pre-game routine:

 

[JCM]

lol.

 

[WindyCity7]

well if he continues this routine and keeps performing well. then its all good.

if he keeps this up when booze gets back & brew gets healty we will be even better

 

[JCM]

oh yeah, i would also like to point out that nash does something similar to this too.

every time he is on the bench taking a break during a game, instead of sitting down, he lays down on the floor too.

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

Deng's old pre-game routine:

:lmao::lmao:

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

imo all players should look at game films. kobe, wade, etc all do it, great players do it.

kinda like baseball, if you dont adjust and look at video you will continue to struggle until you adjust and see what you are doing wrong.

:support: