Sully news - working out at the John Lucas program

[krumeto]

An article on Sully's progress (after the draft rankings):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/27/grading-how-teams-did-nba-draft/mNsphyoQ0bIsh26xkOWl9N/story.html

"Sullinger said he is working out in Houston with former NBA player and current workout coach and adviser John Lucas, and he has decided to make his own career decisions with less input from his father, Satch, who served as his AAU coach, and a guide throughout his early professional career"

From what I read, the program is highly valued. Blake Griffin, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Baron Davis among other former attendants. A lot of psychology next to the physical trainings.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8757777/john-lucas-offers-gift-lifetime-college-basketball

An injury-free Sully would have been a top-5 pick in his draft. I hope he gets his head straight and I am sure the body work will follow.

[Chris22]

Step one...stop feeding your cake hole.

[Smitty77]

An article on Sully's progress (after the draft rankings):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/27/grading-how-teams-did-nba-draft/mNsphyoQ0bIsh26xkOWl9N/story.html

"Sullinger said he is working out in Houston with former NBA player and current workout coach and adviser John Lucas, and he has decided to make his own career decisions with less input from his father, Satch, who served as his AAU coach, and a guide throughout his early professional career"

From what I read, the program is highly valued. Blake Griffin, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Baron Davis among other former attendants. A lot of psychology next to the physical trainings.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8757777/john-lucas-offers-gift-lifetime-college-basketball

An injury-free Sully would have been a top-5 pick in his draft. I hope he gets his head straight and I am sure the body work will follow.

I appreciate the article and info about Sully!!!  That being said, Washburn is an IDIOT!!  How in the heck can you possible rate Denver's draft, getting Mudiay at #7, a B+??  How in the heck can you rate Miami getting Winslow at #10 a B and OKC getting Payne at #14 a B-?  I also think he downgraded the Celtics' picks based on us NOT being able to trade up!!!  That is patently unfair.  Getting Rozier was marginal.  I will give him that.  But getting Hunter at 28 was one of the steals of this draft and getting Jordan Mickey at #33 was a very solid pick that addresses one of our greatest weaknesses, shot blocking!!!

Smitty77

[krumeto]

An article on Sully's progress (after the draft rankings):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/27/grading-how-teams-did-nba-draft/mNsphyoQ0bIsh26xkOWl9N/story.html

"Sullinger said he is working out in Houston with former NBA player and current workout coach and adviser John Lucas, and he has decided to make his own career decisions with less input from his father, Satch, who served as his AAU coach, and a guide throughout his early professional career"

From what I read, the program is highly valued. Blake Griffin, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Baron Davis among other former attendants. A lot of psychology next to the physical trainings.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8757777/john-lucas-offers-gift-lifetime-college-basketball

An injury-free Sully would have been a top-5 pick in his draft. I hope he gets his head straight and I am sure the body work will follow.

I appreciate the article and info about Sully!!!  That being said, Washburn is an IDIOT!!  How in the heck can you possible rate Denver's draft, getting Mudiay at #7, a B+??  How in the heck can you rate Miami getting Winslow at #10 a B and OKC getting Payne at #14 a B-?  I also think he downgraded the Celtics' picks based on us NOT being able to trade up!!!  That is patently unfair.  Getting Rozier was marginal.  I will give him that.  But getting Hunter at 28 was one of the steals of this draft and getting Jordan Mickey at #33 was a very solid pick that addresses one of our greatest weaknesses, shot blocking!!!

Smitty77

Yeah, if Miami's and Denver's draft is not an A, I don't know what is.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Big fan of Sully, hope this works out for him.

I think dumping him as many here want would be a huge mistake.

[hpantazo]

This is a very smart move by Sully. As much as his dad seems like a good dude who really cares about him, he has his own weight issues , he's in no position to advise him on how to get in shape. Glad he realized he needs some external advising.

[Future Celtics Owner]

I hope he turns into the Sully we all hoped he could be.

[Future Celtics Owner]

interesting tidbit about making his own career decisions and not following his father's. I thought Satch would have good advice?

[Denis998]

interesting tidbit about making his own career decisions and not following his father's. I thought Satch would have good advice?

might of convinced him that putting on the weight was good.

[winsomme]

Big fan of Sully, hope this works out for him.

I think dumping him as many here want would be a huge mistake.

I love Sully's skill set, but his personality and demeanor infuriate me. Even in this article he seems weirdly defiant. Talking about not letting his dad make decisions anymore and not being worried about his weight. It just all sounds like he's still resistant to OBVIOUS commentary about what needs to happen.

IDK. I hope I'm wrong, but he still sounds very immature to me.

[dreamgreen]

Step one...stop feeding your cake hole.

BINGO!!!

[Fred Roberts]

For the life of me, I can't believe we are still wondering if Sully will lose weight and get serious about his physique.

How do the celtics not facilitate this? ? I don't expect big changes from Sully. He may be marginally slimmer but he doesn't appear compelled to transform his life like Hares from Subway.

[Kuberski33]

Big fan of Sully, hope this works out for him.

I think dumping him as many here want would be a huge mistake.

I think Danny's already made that decision based on both his comments about changing the roster and the various trade rumors that have circulated.  They're not adding anything in the backcourt so it looks like the promised changes are coming up front.   I'd be very surprised if Sully's still here opening night.

[Evantime34]

This is good news. I fully expect Sully to come into camp in the best shape of his life. That being said, do you trust him to stay in shape if we give him a contract extension past this year?

[BudweiserCeltic]

This is good news. I fully expect Sully to come into camp in the best shape of his life. That being said, do you trust him to stay in shape if we give him a contract extension past this year?

Not sure, but personally to me it's irrelevant as I think the out-of-shape Sully is still a very useful player. I know most don't feel that way.