Adem Bona discusses constant 3-point work after Sixers beat Nets

NEW YORK -- If one can get to a game early enough, one will see Philadelphia 76ers big man Adem Bona working on corner 3-pointers with assistant coach Fabulous Flournoy. Bona will put up shot after shot after shot in an effort to improve in that area and add it to his game.

It paid off at the end of Philadelphia's 115-103 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday as Bona returned from a 5-game absence due to a right ankle sprain. He had 13 points and he drilled a corner 3 late for his first career 3-pointer. It was a moment he'll likely never forget as he moves forward in his career.

"It feels good," Bona beamed. "That was my first career 3, so obviously that was pretty exciting. Like every pregame, I shoot from the corner, I've been working on Fab since last year. We set a goal for ourselves. I believe that's just the beginning, and that's the first of many to come, so I’m pretty excited."

Coach Nick Nurse has seen Bona put the work in with the coaches before games and after practice, so this isn't a huge shock to him. He knows hard work is going to pay off as time moves on. The key for the young big man is the consistency. As long as there's consistency in the work, the results will show and that's what happened with Bona on Friday.

"That’s a make for him after a lot of practice shots. I mean, a lot," Nurse added. "They’ve spent a long time working with him on those. Normally, he's gonna kind of crash in from the corner and get the dump off and play, but there was just nowhere for him to go with where it was there, and that's what happens. The big just decides he's gonna park underneath the rim, and sometimes that's what's left, and that was good. He shot that confidently and it looked good."

Bona will look to continue growing in that department of his game as time moves forward in the 2025-26 season.

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