Even Rockets middle Steven Adams, whose offensive rebounding fee was just lately known as “unreal” by Nuggets coach Michael Malone, was impressed by his teammate who’s 4 inches shorter and 10 years youthful. “He’s positively top-of-the-line athletes that I’ve seen. Dude’s only a freak of nature,” Adams mentioned. “You’ll see his physique language and he seems to be out of place so visually you’re like, ‘OK, he’s not –’ after which one way or the other he simply springs. I don’t know, it simply seems to be bizarre. He’s standing off, proper, after which he’s proper there getting a block. You’re like boy, what the f—. All proper, dude.” Thompson’s 6-foot-7 body and velocity are solely a part of the equation, Adams mentioned. “His skill to learn the physique language and perceive what’s a faux and what’s not, it’s a really ignored talent,” Adams mentioned. “He has it.”Supply: Houston Chronicle
