NBA player Elijah Bryant documents his move to Turkish club Efes Istanbul and arrival in Berlin for EuroLeague games. He went from waived by the Bucks to a flight to Turkey in two days, calls out NBA players blaming a new basketball for bad shooting, and shares his hydration protocol: 1.2 liters of electrolyte water per hour of workout.
Let's see the ring. You ready?
Yeah.
This how it goes down.
We don't got any bowls, got to make it work. Problem solver.
Not the right height. Why? I don't know. Wait, what?
Why are they out of their car?
Why they close? Everybody may be late.
Why are they standing out of their car though?
Because I think they closed the road, I think.
Ah, some demonstration, right?
No problem, no problem.
Okay, okay, sorry, time, time.
No, no, no, no.
Okay.
One minute.
Ah, okay.
Ah, this stop because of attachment.
Okay. Hello Elijah followers, we are in Berlin for EuroLeague games. He's Murat, therapist. I'm a massage therapist. Thank you very much. Follow us.
All right, so finally made it to Berlin, and I don't know where this video is going to go, but I just wanted to explain how things like this happen so fast in terms of me being with the Bucks, and then all of a sudden I'm with, um, Efes in Europe. After the Utah Jazz game, it was kind of apparent, like, either I was going to do the NBA thing or I was going to figure out overseas. The crazy part about the situation is within 2 days of getting waived, I was on a flight to Turkey. A bit of a different from what we thought. You lose the center and now you gotta— Now that I'm overseas playing basketball I want to bring up this topic. Players are complaining in the NBA about a new basketball. Do you understand that players overseas playing in a Europe competition and a local competition play with two different basketballs in the amount of 7 days? So I don't get what the excuse is. Like, I feel like there's just a lot of excuses in the NBA on why you're shooting bad. Own your stuff and don't give up the locus of control. That's my advice. I mean, The basketball is basketball, right? What do you guys think about these ones?
These are all right.
These are—
I don't even know what these are. These are crazy BYW 2.0. Okay, next. These are the Trae Youngs.
Let's see, special shoelaces. Ice Trae.
These are way too low. They're comfy though. Dame Dollaz. James Hardens. These feel kind of heavy. Thank you Adidas for sending me some shoes. I really appreciate it. I actually don't know what's one of my favorite. Maybe these are the most comfy. I might try these tomorrow. And these, these two, I'm gonna try those two tomorrow and shoot around.
You guys might be wondering why I wear 2 socks, and that's for blistering. Like, you have to wear 2 socks. If you don't, then you'll get blisters on your feet. Basketball players who are watching this, do you guys wear 2 socks or just 1 pair of thick NBA socks? Ah, okay, so you guys might be wondering I always like say, you guys might be wondering, maybe you're not wondering, maybe you don't care, maybe no one watches the channel. Why do I drink so much water? Well, you know that guy on your team who like, when they bench press and they get up and it's like, looks like a swamp or a lake was there?
I'm that guy.
And not only am I that guy, but I'm a salty sweater. Back during training camp with the Bucs, they did a sweat test with Gatorade. And basically, I need— for every hour of workout, I need to drink 1.2 liters of electrolyte water. Do you know how much water that is? That's like a lot of water. Ever since finding that out, I've actually felt way better on the court. Thank you, Susie, the nutritionist from the Bucks. Another thing that I've realized is that I've been drinking more water. Is that I'm not eating as much. So I guess according to science experts, if you're hungry or if you're thirsty, it's the same thing you feel. So like, if I'm thirsty or dehydrated, I might just eat something instead of realizing that I'm actually dehydrated.
The— You're so cute.
All right, you want to say, uh, you want to say prayers?
Okay.
Your hair looks like Rapunzel, dude.
I know.
You mean Sam, or you want to pray?
Um, you go ahead. All right.
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for our many blessings. We thank you for the opportunity to be here.
We thank you for our trials and tribulations.
Let's see the ring. You ready?
Yeah.
Why is it sideways?
Whoa, it's so heavy it falls off the stand.
Whoa, that's fire. Did Bluey see it?
