#3 Ball handling
Gerald Henderson was one of the few players rated at 40 in NBA Live video games. His impact on the sport of basketball was destined to be quite respectable, yet minimal. A journeyman who plays on the biggest stage of the sport without ever becoming a household name.
As fate would have it, we have Gerald Henderson to thank for Stephen Curry exploding from stardom, to super-stardom to becoming the almighty ruler of basketball who obliterates his opponents. Nike can snarl at Henderson for setting in motion the chain of events which led to Under Armour stomping its stamp on the market.
For what Gerald Henderson did, was introduce Stephen Curry to Brandon Payne of Accelerate Basketball. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Curry recalls Payne approaching him and saying “Hey, while you’re rehabbing your foot and you can’t put any weight on it or do a full-court workout, come to my gym and I can put you through some ball-handling stuff to keep you sharp and to allow that transition process back onto the court to be a lot smoother.”
One of the drills Payne puts Curry through is putting on military grade strobe goggles and dribbling a basketball while catching a tennis ball. Here’s a look at some of those workouts:
Guess the Lakers players!
