The new “is this a thing?”: strategizing development of young guys by “getting fatter” being thrown in with “develop a jump shot” and “learn to play defense.” This is actually one of the easier things to accomplish that it’s an underutilized superpower in NBA development. I mean, if losing fat is controversial and limits you in basketball terms, is the inverse not true that gaining fat would provide that same benefit? Why are we not clamoring for that?I was just asking for one example of a dude that lost some fluff and it was bad. I mean Julius Randle is definitely a bully ball guy and he slim’d up over a couple offseason and it seems to have benefited him.
It may not matter in the end we agree… just thought it would be a fun exercise to name one or two guys that should have stayed fat.