PHOTO: Serge Ibaka bares all for ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue

Serge Ibaka is a chosen one. The Oklahoma City Thunder power forward appears in ESPN The Magazine's 2014 Body Issue, which hits newsstands July 11.

And there's far more to ESPN's coverage than the...lack of coverage, if you know what we mean.

Ibaka opens up about his miraculous recovery during the playoffs, reiterating that it was "God and ice"  helping him through.

"I was icing 10 times a day, every day. 30 minutes ice, 30 minutes compression, all day just like that, all day on the couch," he said.

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The 24-year-old noted his six-pack wasn't quick work, and that he'd be in the gym all day if he had his way.

"[Tall people] have long, lean muscles, so to get a six-pack to come out is hard," Ibaka said. He's 6-foot-10. "I've been working on my six-pack for 10 years now. It's tough."