Author Topic: Celtics 2nd "Fattest" Team in NBA (Read 3848 times)

PosImpos · « **on:** January 11, 2011, 07:49:37 PM »

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/23776/putting-the-nba-to-the-fat-test

Doesn't really use the term "fat" properly here (as he notes at the end of the article), but it's rather interesting nonetheless.

Lucky17 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:53:33 PM »

If only there were a way to measure a person's body fat, instead of using BMI estimates . . .

Regardless, I am just going to pretend that the author misspelled the term "phat," and leave it at that.

Junkyard Dawg · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2011, 08:17:01 PM »

shaq and BBD skew the mean.. besides if a "fat" man can average 31 mins per nba game like BBD, someone get me to mcdonalds. stat.

PosImpos · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:00:04 PM »

I think it does speak to the body types we have on this team. I think we get heavily skewed by Glen, Perk, Shaq, and to some degree Pierce and Nate Robinson. All of those guys have very thick, muscular builds.

Rondo, KG, Semih, and Marquis are all very skinny and lanky.

Edgar · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:05:40 PM »

no comments

p.s. Perk is VERY muscular ala Dwight with half the steroids

mgent · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:06:41 PM »

I'd be surprised if half of the players' listed weights were correct.

xmuscularghandix · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:08:05 PM »

Quote from: Edgar on January 11, 2011, 09:05:40 PM

no comments

p.s. Perk is VERY muscular ala Dwight with half the steroids

Agreed. Perk is looking good, Pierce looks like the best shape in years, and Shaq looks better than he did in Cleveland IMO... J.O. looks like pudding.