Following potential 2014 draftees

[fishonjazz]

Are you serious? Smart is poly as well not sure why he isn't mentioned on here in the Jabari category..

Smart has a decent amount of fat potential too tbh

 

[The Midnight]

Wonder if NAOS/Huge/Size thought he was getting a "Science" degree when he got his PhD in Anthropology?

 

[fishonjazz]

what's really funny is your absolutely confidence in the "fact" that they are essentially a "fat people". My first post on this topic, which you obviously didn't read, talked about how there is no historical record for their "fatness". The post you quoted was when I said something about how there isn't any good contemporary evidence for this either.

So, yeah, you're a ****ing hoot, guy.

Come to kearns or west valley utah and attend some church and check out the polynesians with your eye balls.

Go to samoa, tonga, or hawaii and take a gander.

Google images for polynesian and look at some of the pictures.

Expand your ten minute research

 

[fishonjazz]

You could say Melo was fat in college too.

Wrong.

 

[orangello]

no but that teams average age is 23.7, less than any team this year.

Do we get a trophy for that?

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[Elizah Huge]

Wrong.

Exactly, people are taking this way out of proportion.

 

[fishonjazz]

Exactly, people are taking this way out of proportion.

I do think its a real concern that parker could get too chubby..... and that his weight is more of a concern than most other guys in this draft.

Like naos said.... he can work hard and eat right and should hire a nutritionist if he hasnt already, and he might be just fine.

But it is a concern..... and people on jazz fans are not the only ones talking about it.

I heard announcers during duke games bring up the fact that jabari was a little chubby and that it is a concern for him going forward in his career.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Lmao come on dudes, do you really think that Jabari will have the same diet throughout his NBA career as a Tongan from Kearns?

 

[Stifle Tower]

Come to kearns or west valley utah and attend some church and check out the polynesians with your eye balls.

Go to samoa, tonga, or hawaii and take a gander.

Google images for polynesian and look at some of the pictures.

Expand your ten minute research

Then look at the fingers of these people and you'll likely see they're stained orange from eating Cheetos and Doritos. It's a running joke in the ER of my wife's hospital.
I did watch a program on why health is so bad for Islanders...it's all the processed food that has been shipped into stores, specifically those containing trans-fats and artificial sweeteners, which play havoc with the body. You know where the top-selling location is for "Spam" (the food)? Yep, the Islands. Yes, Tongans and Samoans may have a genetic pre-disposition to be bigger and store more fat than, say, Japanese people. But the American processed food that has become so readily available and affordable has contributed greatly to an epidemic of obesity in this country, particularly among the lower economic bracket, who buy cheaper canned and packaged foods vs. costlier fresh or better-quality items.

Parker may have a pre-disposition to be chunky. But it's something that can easily be managed with diet. Look at any retired athlete. Some look like they could step back in and play; some have ballooned in weight. Some players eat themselves out of the league; some get in tremendous shape. Case in point was Memo. I remember Year 1 Sloan called him out on being out of shape. IMemo came back the next year in shape. If the Jazz draft Parker, you can bet he'd be going to P3 and working out with the others.

 

[The Midnight]

Yes, Tongans and Samoans may have a genetic pre-disposition to be bigger and store more fat than, say, Japanese people.

Yes they may.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lmao come on dudes, do you really think that Jabari will have the same diet throughout his NBA career as a Tongan from Kearns?

No not really.

But he is currently kind of chubby imo.... if compared to gordon, smart, randle, vonleh, wiggins, embiid, i would have to say that parker is the chubbiest/least amount of muscle tone of that group.

Will it be an issue in the nba? Who knows.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Yes they may.

But it sure doesn't mean they'll automatically get fat. I know a lot of Tongans/Samoans who are big and within normal height/weight parameters. And there areseveral Japanese people who are fat. What college student eats a healthy diet? Do you think Parker will be pigging out on pizza and Top Ramen noodles when he's a pro?