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http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090415/BREAKING02/90414102/-1

He estimates he has lost 15 to 17 pounds — thanks to a personal chef he hired and the rigors of an 82-game season — since October and wants to turn his current 255-pound body into a more chiseled 245-pound version by next season's opener. He watched Carlos Boozer, Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh when he spent time around the U.S. Olympic team last summer and saw how he must transform his body in the coming summers.

Officialy coming Summer 2009:

I was gonna come in here with a quick cut and paste job of some Kevin Love Slim Fast or something, but that pic wins it.

I wanna see him come back looking like Tractor Traylor

Thank you Honolulu Advertiser!

He is going to tan?


For real, if he slims down and improves the conditioning it could be huge. His foot speed as a help defender will be improved, and his explosion towards the rim will be better as well. We saw as the year progressed he was getting blocked less.

When he breaks his knee next year hopefully we can get him to grow also.

I think his best bet is to put on more muscle mass, not try to lose weight. He's too small already, which limits his defense as much as his foot speed. Losing a 10 pounds isn't going to transform a guy who can't run into a greyhound, his body mechanics are not suited to it.

revprodeji wrote:He is going to tan?


For real, if he slims down and improves the conditioning it could be huge. His foot speed as a help defender will be improved, and his explosion towards the rim will be better as well. We saw as the year progressed he was getting blocked less.

When he breaks his knee next year hopefully we can get him to grow also.

He was getting blocked less because he was getting a better feel for the NBA game, I don't think he got in better shape or more explosive as the year progressed.

I thought word was he lost weight early but has been gaining it back since before the All-Star break?

I agree with Mandurugo. He is not a huge guy right now, just chubby. He should concentrate on adding muscle not losing fat. I know his frame can take on 10 pounds of muscle.

He doesn't need to "lose" weight, per say, but he needs to more transform some of that fat into muscle, and not just any type of muscle, work on explosive strength. He needs to work those fast twitch muscles so he can get some pop on his jumping.

Wonder if Brewer can find Love's 10 pounds?

TMo519 wrote:He doesn't need to "lose" weight, per say, but he needs to more transform some of that fat into muscle, and not just any type of muscle, work on explosive strength. He needs to work those fast twitch muscles so he can get some pop on his jumping.

Agreed. I don't think his strength is much of an issue - he seemed to hold his quite well against strength matchups. I'm sure he'll pack some on at some point, but if I had to name areas to improve I would definitely start with his lack of explosiveness and slow foot speed. If he can improve his ability to get off the floor quickly it'll do wonders for his game, and the footspeed will really help him defensively.

he needs upward strength, contest some people in the air and stop getting ridiculously swatted inside