So while buying some furniture for the house I visited a lazy boy store. While there the sales person was selling up the reliability of the product. One thing she mentioned was that they are great but that some people 300Lbs + are shouldnt expect a long life span (...of the product...).
I know personally adding 10 lbs a year goes pretty much unnoticed (of course I am not in any way a pro athlete. But they are more likely adding more muscle mass and a smaller amount of "Fill out")
And its slow and the off season....so...
That got me thinking about sports figures. Obviously football players are massive. Baseball, Golf, Tennis and hockey are pretty normal sized humans.
(all weights are BBRef)
Then I thought about "NBA" players (College etc etc). And I thought about the listed weight of players.
For guys So tall their weights seem off. I mean 8-12 inches of height over a normal person has to be a significant amount of weight. And if a person can look "normal' at 185-225 then where are these guys at?
KG For instance was maybe 240 (at 6'11 ish) but despite being pretty thin was also pretty Jacked. So some players I can see or it at least passes the "possible" test.
But others .... Like Shaq. Not sure even his listed 325 is even fair. For a 7'1 Guy as physically huge as he is. And I am talking his Laker/Celt years. Orlando and LSU....300-325 was probably right.
Luke Kornet is only 250? Or about the same as Olujuwon?
Or Tatum for instance. Thinner guy...but 210 on a 6'8 frame? Comeon.
Aron Baynes is a large human (in more ways then one...). You cant tell me that a 6'10 man is 260 lbs.
No way "Playing Barkley" was only 250.
I mean just google Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andre and Wilt. A 230+ lb man looks like a child compared to Wilt. No way he was only 50 lbs more.
None of this matters of course. But I am curious.
So I figured I would ask as I know some of you have played coached and know real NBA players. Those cant be there real weights can they? I figure there is a stigma much like Bill Walton used to rail against about being a "7 Footer" about being 300plus. Or even 250 plus for "wing" or 225 as a guard. I mean john Bagley at 185? Comeon!
So how far off do you think most of these weights are? Who are some of the most egregious you can think of?
I know personally adding 10 lbs a year goes pretty much unnoticed (of course I am not in any way a pro athlete. But they are more likely adding more muscle mass and a smaller amount of "Fill out")
And its slow and the off season....so...
That got me thinking about sports figures. Obviously football players are massive. Baseball, Golf, Tennis and hockey are pretty normal sized humans.
(all weights are BBRef)
Then I thought about "NBA" players (College etc etc). And I thought about the listed weight of players.
For guys So tall their weights seem off. I mean 8-12 inches of height over a normal person has to be a significant amount of weight. And if a person can look "normal' at 185-225 then where are these guys at?
KG For instance was maybe 240 (at 6'11 ish) but despite being pretty thin was also pretty Jacked. So some players I can see or it at least passes the "possible" test.
But others .... Like Shaq. Not sure even his listed 325 is even fair. For a 7'1 Guy as physically huge as he is. And I am talking his Laker/Celt years. Orlando and LSU....300-325 was probably right.
Luke Kornet is only 250? Or about the same as Olujuwon?
Or Tatum for instance. Thinner guy...but 210 on a 6'8 frame? Comeon.
Aron Baynes is a large human (in more ways then one...). You cant tell me that a 6'10 man is 260 lbs.
No way "Playing Barkley" was only 250.
I mean just google Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andre and Wilt. A 230+ lb man looks like a child compared to Wilt. No way he was only 50 lbs more.
None of this matters of course. But I am curious.
So I figured I would ask as I know some of you have played coached and know real NBA players. Those cant be there real weights can they? I figure there is a stigma much like Bill Walton used to rail against about being a "7 Footer" about being 300plus. Or even 250 plus for "wing" or 225 as a guard. I mean john Bagley at 185? Comeon!
So how far off do you think most of these weights are? Who are some of the most egregious you can think of?