The importance of the pre-game nap | SportsCenter

Various NBA players such as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Anthony Edwards detail the importance of taking a nap before their NBA games.

[nothembajozi]

Kudos for whoever thought of this segment.

[DammitBobby]

Wow an actually informative segment from espn. More of this please.

[Covenxnt]

Need more like this. People love to know little details about athletes lives, and how aspects of them can be used to help in our own day to day.

[jappyurbano]

ofc giannis saying the most giannis things ever, this is why he's one of my favorite players 😂

[tightkitchen]

I take a pre game nap for 2 hrs daily except I don’t have a game after. 😂

[jakeryan]

Giannis just had my google playin waves.

[Anders]

Showing this to my toddler who recently stopped taking naps.

[deangelodclarke]

I’m not even a professional basketball player, taking a pregame nap is vital for my performance

[brentharris]

When he said "hey Google, play wave music" my video paused and Google assistant was activated on my phone😂

[revivingfaith]

Really a big reason that they need naps is because their sleep schedule is broken because of all the traveling they do so they’re probably running on four or five hours of sleep, so that nap is essential to recuperate before games

[HKim]

I'm surprised that no one talked about sleep cycles and making sure you don't wake up in the middle of a cycle.

[thedominion]

2:48 nah why'd they do Steph so bad?? bro looks like jumps outta bushes and flashes people in San Francisco

[jsarguitar]

I play in a band and taking a pre show nap is critical for me to have energy, a full social battery, and playing tight/focused.

[Emgdnm]

Love the Sunny music underneath the Dr talking.

[itsmekraleb]

Giannis so polite to Google when he gets those waves going

[livem]

3 hour nap is a long nap. At that point it stops being a nap😂

[HMH]

I’m about to go take a nap. Watch out.

[yoe]

Please ESPN PLEAAASE more of these super informative NBA players routine/ health tips / habits.

[GabGotti]

You start this in college. I was college athlete and we’d nap all the time because we had class early.

[TH-txno]

That “snooze you lose” line is what got him his doctorate