When Svi Mykhailiuk comes out to warm up before Boston Celtics games, he follows the same routine, and it all starts with a trick shot. He’ll grab a ball from the rack at half-court and take a stand-still hook.
One day, he nailed it, but no one caught it on camera. Mykhailiuk pointed over, pleading for me to have gotten the shot on video, but my phone was down.
A few moments later, player development coach Ross McMains stepped onto the hardwood. He started chatting with Mykhailiuk, and the Celtics wing revealed that he had finally made the shot.