any current news on sully and weight

[droopdog7]

All these pictures are meaningless.  All I want to know is how much weight has he lost.  Haven't read th the entire thread but would it be that hard to state, hey, I've lost 20 lbs (or whatever)?

[notbillsimmons]

All these pictures are meaningless.  All I want to know is how much weight has he lost.  Haven't read th the entire thread but would it be that hard to state, hey, I've lost 20 lbs (or whatever)?

Weight loss doesn't matter as much as muscles developed.
He could be 260, but if most of that is muscle, then he's in great shape.

[Rondo9]

All these pictures are meaningless.  All I want to know is how much weight has he lost.  Haven't read th the entire thread but would it be that hard to state, hey, I've lost 20 lbs (or whatever)?

You probably wouldn't believe him since it came from his mouth.

[Forza Juventus]

Some people won't give it up. He got in better shape and still has even more time to get in even better shape. Face it, your wrong he has gotten in better shape. He already was a pretty good player and is still young. We should give him another year and see if he improves on the court

[notbillsimmons]

Some people won't give it up. He got in better shape and still has even more time to get in even better shape. Face it, your wrong he has gotten in better shape. He already was a pretty good player and is still young. We should give him another year and see if he improves on the court

Yep they expect him to be the next Kevin Love. Hah! Good luck with that!

He got in better shape. But now they want him to have Blake Griffins athleticism.

[dreamgreen]

anybody know how to contact this site and clean up the bad taste posts-the one lifting pizza boxes  for weights is one-some of the posts are just cruel-thats not what cetics fans are about-criticism is one thing  but attacking somebody addressing lifelong issues that is putting in the effort today-

Seriously dude?

[hwangjini_1]

anybody know how to contact this site and clean up the bad taste posts-the one lifting pizza boxes  for weights is one-some of the posts are just cruel-thats not what cetics fans are about-criticism is one thing  but attacking somebody addressing lifelong issues that is putting in the effort today-

rollie, perhaps the proper way to do this is to roll your mouse over the bottom right hand side of the offending post. then a "report to moderator" link will pop up. click on that and you can report anything here you find offensive.

[droopdog7]

All these pictures are meaningless.  All I want to know is how much weight has he lost.  Haven't read th the entire thread but would it be that hard to state, hey, I've lost 20 lbs (or whatever)?

Weight loss doesn't matter as much as muscles developed.
He could be 260, but if most of that is muscle, then he's in great shape.

That's fine.  But in sully' case, I think the deal is that he could stand to get in better shape AND lose some weight.

[droopdog7]

All these pictures are meaningless.  All I want to know is how much weight has he lost.  Haven't read th the entire thread but would it be that hard to state, hey, I've lost 20 lbs (or whatever)?

You probably wouldn't believe him since it came from his mouth.

Lying about losing weight would be a pretty tough thing to do.  So if he said he lost x amount of pounds, I'd probably believe him.

[Beat LA]

Hold on - does paying attention to this issue officially make all of us weight watchers , lol ?

[ahonui06]

Hard to believe this is a 16 page thread.

[mctyson]

Hard to believe this is a 16 page thread.

It is a 16 page thread because he is the most talented basketball player on the team.

[ahonui06]

Hard to believe this is a 16 page thread.

It is a 16 page thread because he is the most talented basketball player on the team.

Definitely talented but an argument could also be made for Marcus Smart or IT4.

[crimson_stallion]

Hard to believe this is a 16 page thread.

It is a 16 page thread because he is the most talented basketball player on the team.

Mmm...are you talking talent or skill? 

Because talent essentially refers to the the special gifts you were born with that cannot really be taught, while skill is the abilities you can (and/or do) learn along the way.

For example, Rajon Rondo is incredibly talented because of his natural athleticism, his crazy wingspan, abnormally huge hands, other-wordly court vision and basketball IQ.   These are things that can't really be taught, and they have a lot to do with why Rondo could be a multi-time all-star despite the fact that he often seemed to play on cruise control.  His pure talent level gave him so much of an advantage that he could play at 80% effort and still have have dominate his opponents at times.

Sully doesn't have much in the way of physical talent, so I'd say most of his talents are more cerebral - things like his court vision, general court awareness and his eye for the ball as a rebounder.  If anything I feel has average or slightly below average talent overall, but largely makes up for that with a very high level of skill.

I feel like if you want to become a really good player in the NBA it comes down to a combination of:

1) Talent (natural / born gifts)
2) Skill (shooting, ball handling, passing, low post scoring, etc)
3) Personality (work ethic, drive, motor, etc)

If you have any two of those three, then you'll probably be a very good player.  If you have only one of those three, then you'll probably be a rotation player at best.  If you don't really have either of those three, then you'll likely struggle to make a roster.

I feel like up until now Sully has had one of those things (Skill) on his side, and cannot get the other (Talent) - so the only way he can really achieve greatness it is by working / playing harder than everybody else.  Or he could just keep the average work ethic, and remain a solid rotation player. 

[Big333223]

Hard to believe this is a 16 page thread.

No, it isn't.