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Rudy is the greatest Jazz player since Karl Malone.

veji1 said:
My point is that Rudy has reached a point where, to me, you don't want to have him try and put on more mass and weight on purpose "to get bigger" because he is big enough for what he needs. With age he is likely to gain some weight (not all players do though), and that's ok. 10 pounds more age 30 if it came naturally is not a problem. But I wouldn't want him any bigger. He is already strong enough to hang with the Boguts and Gasols out there and his nimbness allows him to cover so much space so quickly. There is nothing to prove that those 10/15 pounds more don't slow him down just a fraction. Add to that the injury risk, I'll pass.
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How old are you? Before my fathers generation they believed this myth that you lose nimbleness. Then the Karl Malones came along and shattered it. Muscle is almost always beneficial it takes a lot of mass before it gets in the way. Mass doesnt slow you it inhibits range of motion (look at Bolts legs theyre huge and he ain't slow). Rudy is far far far away from that threashold. He needs to add mass and a lot of it.
 
veji1 said:
My point is that Rudy has reached a point where, to me, you don't want to have him try and put on more mass and weight on purpose "to get bigger" because he is big enough for what he needs. With age he is likely to gain some weight (not all players do though), and that's ok. 10 pounds more age 30 if it came naturally is not a problem. But I wouldn't want him any bigger. He is already strong enough to hang with the Boguts and Gasols out there and his nimbness allows him to cover so much space so quickly. There is nothing to prove that those 10/15 pounds more don't slow him down just a fraction. Add to that the injury risk, I'll pass.
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I totally get your point but adding muscle and therefore weight does not simply add into slowing someone down. At a certain point, sure, but almost all great sprinters (I think you'd agree that they're very quick/fast) are jacked.

I am not saying to put Gobert on a 10,000 calorie diet, 3 hour/day lifting regimen. But a very solid weight-training program and diet could help him gain a solid 3 pounds, 2 in his legs, 1 in his upper body...or thereabouts...and still maintain that quickness with the chance of actually improving it.

I also understand that that extra weight over the course of 30 minutes/night and 82 games would be a concern but again as long as that weight is gained naturally, imo, he should be fine. It's when guys put on 25 pounds in four months that their body is in for trouble imo.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
I totally get your point but adding muscle and therefore weight does not simply add into slowing someone down. At a certain point, sure, but almost all great sprinters (I think you'd agree that they're very quick/fast) are jacked.

I am not saying to put Gobert on a 10,000 calorie diet, 3 hour/day lifting regimen. But a very solid weight-training program and diet could help him gain a solid 3 pounds, 2 in his legs, 1 in his upper body...or thereabouts...and still maintain that quickness with the chance of actually improving it.

I also understand that that extra weight over the course of 30 minutes/night and 82 games would be a concern but again as long as that weight is gained naturally, imo, he should be fine. It's when guys put on 25 pounds in four months that their body is in for trouble imo.
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I think an extra 15 pounds would work well for him. That's not much on a 7'2" frame. His lower body should be the primary focus IMO.
 
str8line said:
I think an extra 15 pounds would work well for him. That's not much on a 7'2" frame. His lower body should be the primary focus IMO.
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It likely would in just one year. And we're not playing for next year. We're playing for three years from now. Gain 2-4 pounds a year.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
It likely would in just one year. And we're not playing for next year. We're playing for three years from now. Gain 2-4 pounds a year.
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I agree that it doesn't have to be in one summer. I wonder if he can even put weight on during the season?
 
The amazing thing about Rudy is his learning curve. He needed to work on FT's: done. Quin has asked him to set screens: done. His passing was criticized: now he's making multiple assists underneath to Derrick. P&R: he's been working on that with Trey. He has such a high BBIQ. I've been teaching my daughter about screens and we often focus on them during games. On one play, Rudy came out and set a P&R screen for Trey. Burke didn't drive. So Rudy then resets and screens in front instead of to the side, freeing up Trey for a jumper, which he took. Rudy just never quits.
 
Stifle Tower said:
The amazing thing about Rudy is his learning curve. He needed to work on FT's: done. Quin has asked him to set screens: done. His passing was criticized: now he's making multiple assists underneath to Derrick. P&R: he's been working on that with Trey. He has such a high BBIQ. I've been teaching my daughter about screens and we often focus on them during games. On one play, Rudy came out and set a P&R screen for Trey. Burke didn't drive. So Rudy then resets and screens in front instead of to the side, freeing up Trey for a jumper, which he took. Rudy just never quits.
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That's it... lets ask him to shoot threes... should take him a week or two.
 
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