Why are 90% of young basketball plays skinny and malnourished

[Left.A1]

I mean look at this shyt …this nikka look at least 35 pounds heavier on the left

 

[Left.A1]

Can’t tell me my nikka ain’t ain’t least 225 right here

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

I mean look at this shyt …this nikka look at least 35 pounds heavier on the left

He’s wearing a baggier jersey.

 

[Left.A1]

He’s wearing a baggier jersey.

Read the fukking replies you illiterate fukk

 

[VirginiaSlim75]

i could give you reasons why but you sounding like the breh who used to want to fukk eric bledsoe so

who cares keep it movin

Man what happened to that poster…shyt had me weak every time

 

[Womb Raider]

You understand that basketball is an aerobic activity.

These guys are active and burning calories. It isn’t easy to gain mass while practicing and training.

And not only that, having lots of muscle mass isn’t all that necessary to compete at a high level. Sure. It matters. It helps. But there are diminishing returns.

It makes more sense in sports where explosive movement is paramount. Like football.

The argument that basketball players of the past were more jacked is probably not true. Part of it is that people tend to remember the outliers. While you can’t find specifics I’m sure you can find average heights and weights and I doubt guys back then were much heavier (not that weight equals strength but what other metric would you find?)

Crazy part is football burns more calories

 

[010101]

the ideal build for a hooper is like a extremely tall distance runner*

 

[daboywonder2002]

What the fukk are you taking about?

The average player today is bigger and stronger than they’ve ever been in history. And definitely way bigger than the ‘90s.

This was a superstar in the ‘90s.

reggie was cut though and the way he played. Running around screens all day similar to Rip hamilton. Your cardio has to be next level.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

They ain’t tryna end up like Zion

 

[keond]

What the fukk are you taking about?

The average player today is bigger and stronger than they’ve ever been in history. And definitely way bigger than the ‘90s.

This was a superstar in the ‘90s.

Reggie was known for being a skinny pest when he was in the league. Jordan had to bulk up to play the Pistons. Most of the 90s stars had some weight or muscle to them. Very few stick figures like Reggie and Manute

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Read the fukking replies you illiterate fukk

Didn’t see that.

reggie was cut though and the way he played. Running around screens all day similar to Rip hamilton. Your cardio has to be next level.

FOH

Reggie wasn’t even cut at all. He was like 150 lbs and smooth. nikka makes Brandon Ingram look brolic and he was the 2nd best SG of the ‘90s.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Because you c00ns keep getting these white women pregnant and giving birth to genetically inferior offspring and passing them off as elite athletes just off their height. Most of these lanky thin wrist mofos wouldn't be shyt without these expensive school programs they get enrolled in as kids.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Because you c00ns keep getting these white women pregnant and giving birth to genetically inferior offspring and passing them off as elite athletes just off their height. Most of these lanky thin wrist mofos wouldn't be shyt without these expensive school programs they get enrolled in as kids.

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[2legit]

Yall are really comparing the 19 year old 1 and done modern players to the 22 year old 4 year college players of the past. By the time the 1 and dones play 3 years in the league, they are bigger than the college players of the past. MJ and Worthy were both Top 3 picks and they don't look like they are jacked

Compare that to Cade Cunningham who looks bigger.

 

[#1 pick]

Basketball players are physical freaks. These fools be 6'4 and up with long arms and limbs.

I see plenty brolic looking football players at the gym who are 5'8

This. In football, you think you hit the jackpot when someone got a plus 3 wingspan. In the NBA, plus 7 or more. Michael Jordan wingspan is 6'11.5. This is why the NBA is different. It's an anomaly sport. If you are normal, you normally have no shot