“I probably got the fastest hands in the league when it comes down to it.”
With a sheepish grin, Robert Covington laid claim to something gunslingers in Old West movies have argued over for years.
If you listen to Covington, who stands 6-foot-7 with a wingspan topping at least 7-foot-1, you’ll come away believing every word about how fast those hands truly are. You often will hear athletes claim they’re the best at something, but with Covington you truly accept that he might in fact be correct.
The journey to those quick hands started years ago in Philadelphia, back when Covington was working with Todd Wright, the 76ers’ former head of strength and conditioning as well as an assistant coach.