Every offseason, NBA players train just as hard if not harder than they do during the course of a regular season. Some return to their roots and train in the comfort of their hometowns, some stay in the city they play in, and some travel to the basketball offseason mecca that is Los Angeles. Regardless of how or where these players train, there are always a few names in the conversation of which players worked hardest and improved the most.
Serge Ibaka is consistently one of those names.
In a recent press conference detailed by Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman, Thunder general manager Sam Presti had this to say when speaking on Ibaka’s summer:
“I think Serge may have had the best summer of any of our players, in terms of just improvement in overall game.