00:00Hey Phoenix Suns fans, let's talk about a unique pre-game ritual you see from Dylan
00:05Brooks before every tip-off. You'll spot him standing on the sidelines, just blankly staring
00:10into the distance. This ritual has been going on for years and has honestly gone viral online.
00:16While a lot of people think it's just a meme or something not serious, Brooks himself has
00:20explained it's actually the complete opposite. He said, when I was a kid, I used to watch Mike
00:25Tyson, that's probably where I got the stare from too, was, probably Mike Tyson, and seeing
00:31the fear in opponents' eyes when they look down, or how he's the aggressor every single
00:35time. Brooks added that for him, the staring isn't really about intimidation, it's more
00:40of a meditative thing. He said, it puts me in my mode, he explained further, it's just
00:46me focusing on my breathing, trying to calm myself down before the game starts, just getting
00:51into like feeling the whole crowd and the whole, like, atmosphere of the game. Now in his first
00:56season here in Phoenix, after coming over from Houston in the Kevin Durant trade, this routine
01:01seems to be working. He's averaging a career-high 21.1 points per game, and shooting a career-high
01:0844.8% from the field, just look at this past week. On Thursday, he scored a career-high 40
01:14points in just 33 minutes, then he followed that up with 27 points in 24 minutes in Friday's
01:20victory. So, what's your take on it, Suns fans? Do you think these deep focus rituals
01:27genuinely translate to on-court performance, or is it all in the mental prep?
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