A typical Mavericks practice ends with each player shooting free throws and jump shots before heading up, one-by-one, to the locker room. This season, however, there’s an extra step. Every player spends time with Johnny Stephene in an effort to improve their ball-handling. That might seem like an odd thing for professional basketball players to work on, but everyone in the Mavs organization would tell you otherwise. What’s more unique than an NBA team hiring a ball-handling coach through training camp is how Stephene, also known as “Johnny Dribbles,” came to be involved with the club, and only in this era would it be possible. Stephene’ s Instagram account, dribble2much, is incredibly popular — the coach has more than 980,000 followers and a successful business. What started with videos of Stephene showing off some impressive moves soon turned into one-on-one sessions with NBA players like Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan, and Nate Robinson, and a business called Handlelife. Soon, Mavs player development coach Mike Procopio took notice and, working with owner Mark Cuban, recruited Stephene to work with the rookies shortly after the NBA Draft. After a few days’ work, head coach Rick Carlisle and the Mavs invited him back to work with the team throughout training camp. The result: a mutually beneficial partnership that has led to noted improvement up and down the roster. ------------------------------------- 大意：Johnny stephene是非常有名的运球教练在IG追踪有98万人，许多明星级球员都会在休赛期间找他 训练运球的技巧，包刮雷霆的KD 暴龙的DZ 太阳的布雷兽 赛尔提克小汤，小弟有追踪 他的IG之前就觉得他怎麽好像都穿小牛的训练衣，今天看消息才知道他加入了小牛担任 运球教练一职。不得不说这对小牛是件非常好的事情阿 ！！ -- Luck for losers.. --

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