eyeatoma wrote:DCasey91 wrote:eyeatoma wrote:Can someone explain why the **** Embiid was out of shape for the offseason?
Last year he had plantar, I get it. This year, he had already healed from his partially torn ligament, and we had seen photos of him in great shape. Are we seriously saying that he lost conditioning because he didnt' play in the preseason because he had doody cheeks for a day or two?
Love the dude, but never seen someone lose conditioning faster. Why kind of training does he go through in the offseason. I get game speed can't be replicated, but there has to be something to make sure it's as close as possible. Do some more cardio or something, jeez!
Couple of things
Mentality and ethics - I’ve seen enough to believe Embiid isn’t up to par with other Superstars. Jokic got his sh*t together no reason why Embiid can’t
Health - Him and AD carry too much weight. It’s pretty simple and self explanatory, he’s approaching 30 and still hasn’t learned how to properly manage his weight and take care of his movement. He did it for one year with conditioning and still got injured at the end lol.
Lifestyle - These all tie in together but something is up. We the public have no clue if they’ve addressed the elephant in the room but Embiid does lack in a lot of areas of professionalism.
Yeah I agree. It's a shame, if he was at most 15 lbs more than his college weight he would have been such a different player, his career might have gone differently too. Less chance for injuries, faster in transition, would be able to elevate more for his alley-oops (dude was a great lob threat in college). Not sure what idiot said hey, during your 2 years of navicular surgery, go ahead and gaine 50lbs. He did put on a lot of muscle, but he didn't need that much.
Yeah same for KAT (who I don’t rate) his injuries have been piling up and sometimes he looks like a bloated wannabe Giannis lmao.
Kareem and Duncan should be first researched, followed and studied closely for any big coming up.
If you got the doughy build Marc Gasol has pretty much the perfect game to emulate.
I too wished the whole approach was different including his game style but it is what is.
