Why some of the best athletes in the world pretend to be someone else

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2026/04/30 - 09:30 518 مشاهدة

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•This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports.

•Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Before he became one of the best basketball players in the world, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a 13-year-old point guard with a significant problem: He was tiny.Stand...

•He would wake before 6 a.m.

هذا الخبر من The Athletic. خبر يقدم أدوات ذكاء اصطناعي للتلخيص والترجمة والاستماع.

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Before he became one of the best basketball players in the world, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a 13-year-old point guard with a significant problem: He was tiny.Standing around 5-foot-6, Gilgeous-Alexander possessed the physique of a garden rake — skinny and slight. He would wake before 6 a.m. each day to work on his game at St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, but his size presented obvious limitations. So Dwayne Washington, his club coach and a teacher at the school, suggested he pretend to be Allen Iverson, the undersized guard whose fearless style had revolutionized the NBA.Advertisement

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This article was originally published by The Athletic. Khabr is a licensed Jordanian AI-powered news platform (Registration #82086). We add editorial value through: AI-powered news analysis, automated summaries, AI audio narration, multi-language translation (Arabic, English, French, Turkish), and AI fact-checking. Our mission is to make news more accessible and understandable for Arabic-speaking audiences worldwide.

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This article is part of Khabr's coverage of Sports. We provide AI-powered analysis, summaries, and multi-source aggregation to keep you informed. Source: The Athletic.

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خبر هو أول مجمّع أخبار عربي يعمل بالذكاء الاصطناعي. نقدم تحليلات ذكية وملخصات تلقائية ورواية صوتية لكل خبر من أكثر من 700 مصدر موثوق. نضيف قيمة تحريرية فريدة من خلال أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي التي تساعدك على فهم الأخبار بعمق أكبر.

Khabr is the first AI-powered Arabic news aggregator. We provide AI-generated editorial analysis, automated summaries, audio narration, and fact-checking for every article from 700+ trusted sources. Our platform adds unique editorial value through AI tools that help you understand the news more deeply.

Why some of the best athletes in the world pretend to be someone else

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