Sure. You can lose flexibility if you're roiding up and only trying get huge, but an athlete adding 10, 20, or even 30 lbs of muscle while consciously working on mobility shouldn't lose range of motion and may even enhance it. Lebron is at least 30 lbs heavier than when he was a rookie and he stsrted out big. Heck, I've even seen a bodybuilder do a split as part of his posing routine.
I don't think it took him long to put on weight. I remember hearing commentators talking about him being about 260 during his first stint in Cleveland. He's merely maintained it since then.
Even more recent guys like Devendorf, Flynn, Rautins, Onuaku, Scoop…that would not have flown with those guys either,
I’d take Girards year last year over Starlings. Not saying Starling won’t get good or great here but Girard wasn’t our issue last year.
We have been unbelievably too many seasons lately. I hate watching teams like that.
His defense, or lack of has been an issue for a few years...
From a statistical perspective it's hard to disagree. But I think Girard was certainly part of the problem last year, and part of our problems over the course of his entire career.
Starling was even worse on D for Notre Dame. I think he’s going to get better, but the expectations for JJ are through the roof right now. He has yet to perform to the level that people in this board expect from him. I think he can, but he hasn’t yet.
It’s a fair point but it’s a chance I’m 100% willing to take. Also love the depth at guard and am confident that depth and competition will lead to always having guards in the game who compete on both ends and contribute in multiple ways.
If Chance pops…..things could come easily for JJ this year.
He wasn’t our issue but he has zero upside. He should be the spot shooter 7th man on a good team - not a volume starting shooting guard. We are getting back to where we need to be from a talent perspective to be competitive.
You don't lift weights immediately before any precision skill activity. That is something that has been known for many years in the S&C community.
We be smoking on that hoya pack - the opps better stay ready.
I agree. Having two fast guards is much different than having just one. Its kind of like chess. Much better to have both of your knights, both of your bishops, or even , I suppose, both of your rooks.
Find it hard to believe JJ was worse on defense. Girard sat in a zone all year its apples to oranges. I’ll take a bigger, faster, taller, quicker guy any day for defense, press, running the court and rebounding. Girard is a better spot up shooter and FT shooter. Girard would get abused playing M2M
