@@xgamewinner cmon now lesqueeze it almost makes them look worse. Some things r better left unsaid. If I was the opponent going against them I’m thinking this in my head Everytime down the court and it’s smelling like bbq chickens. Sleeping is necessary for everyone obviously but u shouldn’t go advertising it
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
sleep cycles are a common myth. you can’t track sleep cycles because you don’t know exactly when you fall asleep. A sleep cycle doesn’t start when you lay down. it starts when you actually fall asleep which is impossible to track
@@TheRealKillaTrav -- I was bored so after receiving this comment I did some research. There was no clear consensus on what amount of time is considered a nap and what is considered sleep. Many of the "experts" didn't agree on points. A lot of posts did have 15-30 minutes as a normal nap. Many also considered 90 minutes the most optimal period of time for a nap. 3 hours wasn't viewed as a good thing. Many said 3 hours could leave you groggy. I think this research isn't designed for athletes though. It is probably just how normal people would feel otherwise this research would be far too different than what these athletes feel when they get 2-3 hours. Also, a routine is a routine maybe the research doesn't account for training your body to make this act a positive one for your body. You are probably right. 3 hours is probably sleep and if the researcher's results mean anything, it is probably bad sleep.
@@semi6544 I've had "sleeping" issues since 2006. I used to never wake up to anything. Always overslept. Then, I started to wake up early and often (was still young back then). I researched sleep A LOT. You either (1) have to power nap which you mentioned. You wake up before your body goes into deep sleep or (2) make sure you wake up after a sleep cycle ends. The time of a sleep cycle is variable depending on the person. It doesn't matter if it's 1 cycle, 2 or 3, as long as it's at the end of a cycle. (It's one of the main functions I used for the iPhone when the app came out in the early 2010s.)
@@HKim0072 -- I did look into sleep before today but it was because I was opposite of you. When I left the army, I couldn't sleep. I had no control over whether I'd sleep or not. The worst case scenarios were when I had deadlines or appointments. Should I try to sleep when I hadn't slept yet when there was 2-3 hours before the deadline. In those situations a "nap" was never possible if I fell asleep, I always overslept. I could never execute the "nap".
its cuz they are doing naps for the duration of an entire sleep cycle whilst the 30min power nap is sleep without entering a cycle since waking up in the middle of one is what makes you even more tired than u were before
Considering most games are late at night, even later if you're travelling to a different timezone, it would make sense sleeping a few hours before would energize you.
Hey NBA/ESPN this is great content. It reminds me of the "Get to know the driver" segments a lot of the Formula 1 teams have here on RUclips. This is a science to the game that I didn't consider. I liked that you referred to a sleep specialist as well :) Subscribed!
In many Asian countries, normal jobs like office workers, factory workers, etc will take naps for 0.5-2 hours during the day around lunch time to reset for the afternoon. I wish there was this culture of napping in North America too 😢
@@coasteyscoasteys That's just not true, thinking everyone has the same body chemistry is pure ignorance. I couldn't take a nap if I tried, if I got good sleep.
I agree with this because I, for some reason, play better in the morning at school then during lunch time because it is closer to when i finished sleeping
afternoon nap has huge benefit to anyone, not just athlete anyone that has worked 5-6am to 2-3pm prob knows…. you get that 60-90min nap in, *dayum*, it’s like you got a supercharged
@@markarmage3776 lol op is spot on but you are also spot on. I think we all dream of being a professional athlete when we are younger but we never take into consideration how physically demanding it can be. And mentally ofc.
My 5 year old didn’t believe me when I told him his favorite NBA players take naps before games to perform better so I showed him this. He’s asleep as I’m typing this.😂 His T-Ball game is in 4 hours. Thanks ESPN! ❤
If I nap for more than 5-10 minutes during the day it is much harder for me to fall asleep at night. These dudes must burn so much energy during the game it doesn't matter
Fr before i hurt my knee i could sleep during the day and get sleepy during the night and wake UP fresh now i can't sleep at night and feel sleepy at the day, and also i Felt so alive playing bruh i Hope my knee heals
Also i think so much of the time these guys sleep schedules overnight are absolutely fucked and so the nap is kinda the payoff to either a terrible previous nights sleep or knowing that you aren't going to be getting much sleep that night due to game/travel etc
Best thing about pre-game naps is that it’s soo easy to fall alseep. Every pre-game nap I take, I fall asleep in less than 2minutes and im not even close to being a pro athlete
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Kudos for whoever thought of this segment.
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Wow an actually informative segment from espn. More of this please.
imagine?! love it
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The fact u think this is “informative” shows how much trouble we r in
@@samwaldinger3914 It is lmao maybe everyone dosent need to know it but its informative.
@@xgamewinner cmon now lesqueeze it almost makes them look worse. Some things r better left unsaid. If I was the opponent going against them I’m thinking this in my head Everytime down the court and it’s smelling like bbq chickens. Sleeping is necessary for everyone obviously but u shouldn’t go advertising it
ofc giannis saying the most giannis things ever, this is why he's one of my favorite players 😂
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oh you mean Yawnis?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 so gut wrenching funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I take a pre game nap for 2 hrs daily except I don’t have a game after. 😂
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Same
Giannis just had my google playin waves.
sameee lol
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.
Showing this to my toddler who recently stopped taking naps.
Lol best comment here ever.
I’m not even a professional basketball player, taking a pregame nap is vital for my performance
When he said "hey Google, play wave music" my video paused and Google assistant was activated on my phone😂
Yoo same😂
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I was like what’s this noise?
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
2:48 nah why'd they do Steph so bad?? bro looks like jumps outta bushes and flashes people in San Francisco
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Second illustration took me out! I thought that was Delonte West😭
Hahahah what a comment
The SF bush guy didn't flash people, he was a homie
Finally a comment I was looking for lol
man Giannis narrated perfectly :)
Love this new animation format
I'm surprised that no one talked about sleep cycles and making sure you don't wake up in the middle of a cycle.
facts i usally take 30 minute power naps and those feeling amazing
@@beastboy9472 Yeap, you are making sure not to get into a cycle. A true power nap.
Surprised? This is well known. That's why u heard everyone saying 3 hr nap
@@ABCurry30 Obviously some of the commenters.
sleep cycles are a common myth. you can’t track sleep cycles because you don’t know exactly when you fall asleep. A sleep cycle doesn’t start when you lay down. it starts when you actually fall asleep which is impossible to track
Giannis is the best 😂
Bro is hilarious😂🤣
More of these please 🙏🏼 this rocks
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.
3 hour nap is a long nap. At that point it stops being a nap😂
Nah, 3 hours is perfect for a nap anything above 3 hours hits REM I believe so it comes in just under the line.
@@semi6544 3 hour is SLEEP. Nap is no more than an hour.
@@TheRealKillaTrav -- I was bored so after receiving this comment I did some research.
There was no clear consensus on what amount of time is considered a nap and what is considered sleep.
Many of the "experts" didn't agree on points. A lot of posts did have 15-30 minutes as a normal nap.
Many also considered 90 minutes the most optimal period of time for a nap.
3 hours wasn't viewed as a good thing. Many said 3 hours could leave you groggy.
I think this research isn't designed for athletes though. It is probably just how normal people would feel otherwise this research would be far too different than what these athletes feel when they get 2-3 hours.
Also, a routine is a routine maybe the research doesn't account for training your body to make this act a positive one for your body.
You are probably right. 3 hours is probably sleep and if the researcher's results mean anything, it is probably bad sleep.
@@semi6544 I've had "sleeping" issues since 2006. I used to never wake up to anything. Always overslept. Then, I started to wake up early and often (was still young back then). I researched sleep A LOT.
You either (1) have to power nap which you mentioned. You wake up before your body goes into deep sleep or (2) make sure you wake up after a sleep cycle ends. The time of a sleep cycle is variable depending on the person. It doesn't matter if it's 1 cycle, 2 or 3, as long as it's at the end of a cycle.
(It's one of the main functions I used for the iPhone when the app came out in the early 2010s.)
@@HKim0072 -- I did look into sleep before today but it was because I was opposite of you. When I left the army, I couldn't sleep. I had no control over whether I'd sleep or not.
The worst case scenarios were when I had deadlines or appointments.
Should I try to sleep when I hadn't slept yet when there was 2-3 hours before the deadline.
In those situations a "nap" was never possible if I fell asleep, I always overslept. I could never execute the "nap".
Giannis so polite to Google when he gets those waves going
I’m about to go take a nap. Watch out.
"Hey, Googol!"
--Giannis 'Oreo Man' Antetokounmpo
I have just tried for the first time a smothie
That “snooze you lose” line is what got him his doctorate
This was great, more of this please!
You start this in college. I was college athlete and we’d nap all the time because we had class early.
those curry drawings were insane lmao
Did this before every football game in HS. Now I do it before I go and dance at shows/ fests.
How do you not love Giannis! 😂
More of this ESPN, this is good content.
Love the Sunny music underneath the Dr talking.
Please ESPN PLEAAASE more of these super informative NBA players routine/ health tips / habits.
PB&J BANANA & NAPS IS ABSOLUTE PROMISING
Imma start napping before my hobby-league matches now 😂
I love how Giannis says please to his Google Home lmao
We need more of these kind of videos
i thought it should only be 30 mins. But this is a good segment. Please do more.
its cuz they are doing naps for the duration of an entire sleep cycle whilst the 30min power nap is sleep without entering a cycle since waking up in the middle of one is what makes you even more tired than u were before
Best segment.
I knew the 10 min lunch naps I take was good for me!!! Yessah
So no ones gonna talk about AD’s Zesty Cartoon Drawing 😂😂😂😂
Giannas such a good dude that he even say please to google lol
Considering most games are late at night, even later if you're travelling to a different timezone, it would make sense sleeping a few hours before would energize you.
Thanks Giannis! Youve just awaken my phone to play some waves. lol
2:53 Steph’s cartoon 😂
Nah they still gave AD a unibrow 😂
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its signature
Ofcoursee seeing AD without his unibrow would be weird
YAWNnis clever asf lol
steph's beard😂
0:43 why they did his unibrow like that😂
I loved watching this for real
hahah my google started playing! well done Giannis.. well done!
Imma take a nap rn! 😴👍✨
this was top tier, a+ job espn
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@@JK8 learn to enjoy things or you'll die miserable
just waking up from a nap to a game make you feel really good
I had no idea. I know a nap after working out helps recovery but didn't know they did it before a game. Get us some more of this inside info!!
ngl sleeping before a highschool game was a mission. I can only imagine tryna sleep night before a pro game that nap be clutch 💯
We need a full daily routine video!
The way Giannis talks reminds me so much of Haaland for some reason hahaha, they both sound so nice and innocent
Really enjoyed this
A fresh and an interactive way for fans to get more of a glimpse into the lives of these superstars? No way this is ESPN.
Richard Jefferson’s cartoon at the end looks like lil Bill😂
For Giannis, in Greece afternoon nap is normal (siesta in Spain)
Hey NBA/ESPN this is great content. It reminds me of the "Get to know the driver" segments a lot of the Formula 1 teams have here on RUclips.
This is a science to the game that I didn't consider. I liked that you referred to a sleep specialist as well :)
Subscribed!
In many Asian countries, normal jobs like office workers, factory workers, etc will take naps for 0.5-2 hours during the day around lunch time to reset for the afternoon. I wish there was this culture of napping in North America too 😢
Midnight
Afternoon rest is literally wired into humans. We go against it by continuing to work and taking stimulants
@@coasteyscoasteys we call it shift sleepiness disorder
@@coasteyscoasteys That's just not true, thinking everyone has the same body chemistry is pure ignorance. I couldn't take a nap if I tried, if I got good sleep.
Giannis man 😂😂
Whoa, I never thought I’d relate to Curry. I’m also a profess napper, sleep anywhere anytime 😂😂
AD definately not sleeping with all them injuries
People need to see more of the proccess instead of the results. Well done
Great stuff! I want more of these videos.😊
1:42 John Collins wished he’d stayed in bed after this one 😭
naps are amazing and lack of sleep is bad for you. just don't nap too much and you feel amazing
Giannis is funny
Love how they used the music from that spongebob episode where squidward moves to squidville XD
I'm gonna take a nap when I have a game starting today! ❤️
Giannis forgot the part where he takes off his socks n stick his feet out the covers n wiggles his toes 😅
great video more plzzzz
“Snooze you lose” you need sleep for just about everything in life. 😂
I can relate about the type of movie Davis was watching before sleeping 😂😂
That lamp got me realizing the color combo for the Wolves is wild 😂
Steph don't look like that irl gang😂💀
I agree with this because I, for some reason, play better in the morning at school then during lunch time because it is closer to when i finished sleeping
learn from this and apply it to your everyday life, if you're lucky to work from home take a nap during the day.
afternoon nap has huge benefit to anyone, not just athlete
anyone that has worked 5-6am to 2-3pm prob knows…. you get that 60-90min nap in, *dayum*, it’s like you got a supercharged
Best thing I watched from ESPN in a while
Would be interesting to also know how many hours they sleep during the night
I feel like 2-3 hour “naps” are not naps but just sleeping in the middle of the day lol
Yeah, they need it. With the amount of energy they consume everyday, they need more sleep to recover.
@@markarmage3776 lol op is spot on but you are also spot on. I think we all dream of being a professional athlete when we are younger but we never take into consideration how physically demanding it can be. And mentally ofc.
What nba u play for lmao
Likely, they are only sleeping 4-5 hours at night.
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Not Zion dozing off in a nap video 😂😂
My 5 year old didn’t believe me when I told him his favorite NBA players take naps before games to perform better so I showed him this. He’s asleep as I’m typing this.😂 His T-Ball game is in 4 hours. Thanks ESPN! ❤
If I nap for more than 5-10 minutes during the day it is much harder for me to fall asleep at night. These dudes must burn so much energy during the game it doesn't matter
Fr before i hurt my knee i could sleep during the day and get sleepy during the night and wake UP fresh now i can't sleep at night and feel sleepy at the day, and also i Felt so alive playing bruh i Hope my knee heals
Also i think so much of the time these guys sleep schedules overnight are absolutely fucked and so the nap is kinda the payoff to either a terrible previous nights sleep or knowing that you aren't going to be getting much sleep that night due to game/travel etc
Best thing about pre-game naps is that it’s soo easy to fall alseep. Every pre-game nap I take, I fall asleep in less than 2minutes and im not even close to being a pro athlete
20 mins is perfect
30min Nap in my car during my lunch time at work helps me so much.
I watched this video two hours ago and only now realized that Giannis got my google home playing waves
Best bit of content ESPN produced in a minute
We learning with this one🗣️🔥 😁
Whoever drew Curry did him dirty 😂
Click here if your phone started playing ocean sounds because it heard Giannis say it. Mine did 🌊
Adam Silver pushed the button. With LeBron and Redick's podcast, more informative segments are on the way.
Me & Steph kinda the same , I sleep anywhere
Great segment on an important part of the game! Recovery! Because you “ can’t pour from an empty cup” 🛌💤💤
They did AD dirty with that unibrow 😂
Great content!
Steve McNair said in order to actually fall asleep, the body has to completely relax. Naps are perfect for sports