Luka Garza's VHS Tape Education
The Lead
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🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
During this college basketball season, the player who has arguably been more dominant than anyone else is the nation’s leading scorer, Iowa big man Luka Garza. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Brian Hamilton to look at how Garza developed his game by studying old VHS tapes in his basement — from Hakeem Olajuwon to Jack Sikma to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — and why despite his gaudy numbers, there are still many who don’t believe in his NBA future.
Read Brian Hamilton’s story about Luka Garza: https://theathletic.com/2266313/2020/12/18/luka-garza-iowa-hawkeyes-nba-kareem-abdul-jabbar-hakeem-olajuwon-kevin-mchale-jack-sikma/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:33.1 | So far during the college basketball season, arguably the most dominant player in the nation |
| 0:38.1 | has been Iowa Big Man Luca Garza. |
| 0:41.2 | Garza comes flying in. |
| 0:43.2 | Garza, goodness! |
| 0:44.2 | What is way down the other park, hey? |
| 0:50.1 | Today, the athletics Brian Hamilton on how the 6-11 Garza developed his game by studying |
| 0:55.6 | VHS tapes of legendary players by himself in his basement as a kid. |
| 1:01.0 | And why, despite his huge numbers at Iowa, there are still plenty of people who don't believe |
| 1:05.2 | in him. |
| 1:06.2 | Not many guys who are scoring 25 points a game here, all the problems they have as a basketball |
| 1:12.2 | player. |
| 1:13.2 | Usually, there's a lot of praise coming your way at that point. |
| 1:15.4 | Luca Garza is not only getting that praise, but he's also here on the other side of it. |
| 1:19.6 | There's going to be a great college player and you can't do it at the next level. |
| 1:25.2 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm address Kelto. |
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