Hawks Mini-camp link

geeman · Post #1 » by **geeman** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:13 pm

http://hawks.portspaces.com/post/hawksb ... day_1.html

Post #2 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:56 pm

Thanks for posting.

Othello Hunter looks amazing and stronger. By looking over his predraft measurements it says he was able to bench press 185 seven times, so I wonder how much he can do it now.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #3 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:40 pm

thats pretty bad, 185 7 times, hell i can do even more than that jeez

azuresou1 · Post #4 » by **azuresou1** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:20 am

185 7 times is not that impressive, especially for an NBA forward. In fact, it's a little frighteningly low.

johnny878 · Post #5 » by **johnny878** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:30 am

yeah, obviously bench press is important for nba players. Kevin Durant only benched 185lbs ZERO TIMES. and is already one of the best players in the league.

evildallas · Post #6 » by **evildallas** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:29 pm

Long arms normally mean less reps on the bench press. Othello has long arms for his height.

azuresou1 · Post #7 » by **azuresou1** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:05 pm

johnny878 wrote:yeah, obviously bench press is important for nba players. Kevin Durant only benched 185lbs ZERO TIMES. and is already one of the best players in the league.

Kevin Durant is a shooting MACHINE, and he realized the need for strength at the end of last season and started bulking up... which is coincidentally when he started being great.

Othello Hunter is not a shooting machine, and thus will need to be stronger. 185lbs 7 times is very average, and for an NBA forward, it's on the bad side. For comparison, Teague did 185 13 times, Blake Griffin did it 22 times, and Harden did 17.