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Anonymous

Years ago

Basketball players need to work out more

IMO the op just wants the strength & fitness standards to lift in the NBL .
what i find annoying are the plentyfull 7footers we have here that cant bloody do a simple hook shot or have any sort of footwork in the post. alls well and your tall and everything but they flop around going for rebounds.
very impresssed with Ogilvy , Jervis , Morrison this year

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Bear

Years ago

Such a generalisation, this thread has some shocking comments. Do all big NBA players have guns, seriously?

Dirk Nowitzki is an all star, don't see him needing to look like Dwight Howard do we?

What about Anthony Davis, do we sacrifice his athleticism and all court ability to plonk him in the post and play like the Shak?

Basketball players at the semi-pro and professional level here may be perceived to look slightly less beefed up than those in the NBA on average, but they work out, lots of them do and they do it several times a week.

What they don't do is sacrifice their game to try and be something they can't be or be something they shouldn't be...

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PlaymakerMo

Years ago

^Too busy gettin' huge, mate.

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MACDUB

Years ago

Anonas,

I hope yout not implying that NBL players cant have similar body compositions because they dont earn anywhere near as much

Doesn't take money to get in shape. Just discipline.

The college system develops athletes in terms of their nutritional educational.

Ask all the college athletes..coaches ban their players from having soda (not saying I agree with that but still shows you the discipline they need).

And Lol @ the suggestion that Wortho is strong.

He is unfit and lacks strength

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Anonymous

Years ago

the difference between the nba & nbl is body fat & training

they have guys 6-6"6 ft weighing between 75kgs & 100kgs

i believe thomas abercrombie is 6ft6 and 88-90kilos

nba body fat percentages are crazy . between 4% - 15%
barr big baby davis , zeebo & perkins

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Anonymous

Years ago

lol @ skinny fat hahahahahaaa

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Anonymous

Years ago

Lucas Walker & Casey Frank will disagree with you
they have guns

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MACDUB

Years ago

Don't need to be muscly.

The skinny build is great for basketball (KD) - provided you have at least good core strength

The problem with the NBL is that players are skinny fat (Wortho).

They don't have muscle and their BF % is too high.

But some NBL players clearly take nutrition seriously (because having a cut figure is 90% diet i kid you not):

Creek, Abercrombie, L.Walker, White, Madgen

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