The Spurs' Gregg Popovich and other NBA coaches fear players are being negatively impacted by their obsession with apps like X and Instagram.
Spurs guard Devin Vassell read something in the locker room after a recent game that disturbed him. And it wasn't a frightening passage from the latest science-fiction novel teammate Victor Wembanyama was reading. It was criticism on X, formerly Twitter, from WOAI-TV sports anchor Don Harris written in real time in the midst of a tense game: 'Low basketball IQ mistakes keeping OKC in it. Devin guilty again. Bad shots, bad decisions, bad turnovers, bad fouls. Spurs by 2 going to the 4th.
' As the team with the NBA's youngest roster, the Spurs are particularly vulnerable to social media distractions, experts believe. 'Older players, like LeBron James for example, are probably desensitized to it,' San Antonio sports psychologist Julie Wiernik said. 'But the younger generation is caring about what people are thinking about them and it can throw off their consistency.
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