True, but neither sport requires players to be in motion for extended periods of time.
Off the top of my head, I can’t even think of a great but significantly overweight hockey player, soccer player or basketball player.
OTOH, Some female tennis players have a fair amount of extra body fat, but that’s on top of some incredible musculature and seemingly peak cardio fitness, so they’re not really “fat.”
Phil Kessel and Drew Doughty never worked out off ice a day in their lives. They both have insane natural athleticism and if they did work out would have been even better players, but looked like pudgy dough boys their whole careers.
Shaq got bigger at the end, but for most of his career his frame looked pretty solid.
Shaq claims that in 2002 he ballooned up to 415 lbs. He then got back in shape in Miami and down to 325.
I had just done a random Google search for “Shaq playing,” and the majority of pictures throughout his career made him look decent.
Maybe the less flattering pictures got scrubbed from the search algorithm.
The luka effect already happening
Oliver miller was fat at a point in his playing career. Also didn’t Shawn kemp get fat at the end?
The Goodyear Kemp
Oliver Miller was always fat, just fluctuated between obese and extremely obese. Would have been an incredible player if he was in top shape.
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Middleton era is over and the Bucks got fleeced.
What a weird trade. Middleton sucks but Kuzma is very close to the nut low. Why would a winning team with a good culture want him?
It’s very confusing. Middleton is still good…caveat coming…when healthy. He still clearly hasn’t completely recovered from his double ankle surgeries, but he still has time before the playoffs. He can still contribute an easy 20 and his passing has been great - unmatched chemistry with Giannis. Can’t move defensively, though.
But yeah…Kuzma? And on top of it, the Bucks gave away their first round pick from this past draft. The kid obviously isn’t ready for the NBA, but he’s only 19 and is fast as hell and had potential. He was a project and they’re like, sure, have him for that pick swap. jfc
Unless Kuzma suddenly balls out, this makes the Bucks worse this year and probably hurts morale. Hopefully this does something for their salary cap situation to make other moves easier or something.
Saying middleton is still good is a stretch imo. He’s not a starting 5 caliber player in his condition and no real reason to think he’ll get there. But Kuzma has been a disaster for 8 seasons now. Why touch him
Gets the Bucks out of the 2nd apron most importantly.
Kuzma is a head case.
Kyrie is a head case. Kuzma is a terrible basketbal player who has also, reportedly, been a bad teammate
There used to be posters here telling me Bucks GM Horst was tremendous.
Seems only defensible if either
(A) Bucks have some inside knowledge that Kuzma hasn’t really been trying and will actually try going forward.
(B) Now that they can consolidate salaries, Bucks have some big time second deal where they wrap Connaughton and Portis together for something decent. Both those contracts seem negative to me.
