Look out, Rob Gronkowski. There just might be a bigger mismatch on the gridiron than you.
For roughly thirty minutes after Tuesday's practice at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, Suns center Alex Len used a unique approach to improve his catching ability. Instead of accepting entry passes into the post or lobs at the rim, he was receiving pigskin bullets shot out of a football-throwing machine that he purchased himself on Ebay.
"I was just watching videos on the internet of wide receivers catching the balls," Len said. "I thought it was a good idea to work on my hands and do something different.