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THT 20 LB Weight Loss

LogGrad98 said:
DedEx is the Harden Stopper, no one can score on him!!
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It’s actually true. Name one person who scored on him in 2015-2016. I’ll wait. And very, very few people scored on him since then. I bet you can’t name a single person who scored on him the past couple years.
 
KqWIN said:
I feel comfortable ruling out weight loss as a key factor in THT's shooting and decision making development as well as the players you mentioned, but to each their own.

Getting in better shape makes you a better basketball player. It's a very different thing from skill development for me. Never have I ever saw a player that sucked at shooting and thought....man he really needs to lose weight and that will fix it. IMO, THT is a classic case of a good athlete with low skill ability. It's not a bad thing to go from good to great as an athlete, of course, but if a player desperately needs to improve his shooting and/or decision making his weight is one of the last things I will think about in terms of that development. If a guy can't shoot, his weight is one of the last things I would find myself blaming it on. This is especially the case for a guy like THT who desperately needs to be able to make wide open stand still jumpers. Someone like Keyonte is a different story, where he needs to be able to create more separation because the defense is breathing down his neck when he's shooting. But even in Keyonte's case, I wouldn't say he became a better shooter I'd just say he's a better athlete.
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I'm not sure how you can separate things this distinctly lol. Its really not how things work. For example... Kyle Korver's shooting and athletic training was intertwined because one affects the other. And you just presented a great example of weight loss and improvement yourself. While it may not affect Key's open three point shots... he is a better shooter with more separation... you get more separation when you are faster... the shots might be layups or middies... but that separation also helps him have bigger passing lanes and would open them up earlier... all the stuff is connected and I would actually be shocked if improvement in the body didn't improve his performance of certain skills. Stand still three pointers? Maybe or maybe not... but distilling it down to body improvement not helping that one particular thing... kinda silly.

KqWIN said:
It's a good thing if THT is in better shape, but IMO his body was already his best attribute and what he really needs to succeed is improving his shooting/decision making which won't be improved by simply losing weight. I can see your point about it being a good sign that he's working hard on all parts of his game. I simply think the weight "issues" THT has have been overblown and that the key his success lies in his skill development.
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I wonder if you play or if you played in the past... its exaggerated because I'm not an nba athlete and am older but the difference between my game at 205 and 225 is DRAMATIC. Its amazing how much my decision making and shot making improve when I am able to get to my spots with more ease. I'm sure NBA players the difference is sooooo much smaller but its all connected. If it wasn't his number 1 issue I get it... but if it helps him with all his strengths, will have some impact on most of his other issues, and does not take away from anything else he has or is working on... well I think that is more than a "meh". To each their own.
 
Your nervous system job is to perform any certain action with the least amount of energy possible.

This is why we sometimes drop our phones.

Loss of excess weight would dramatically increase the effectiveness of any mobility skills or skill sets.


Gaining 20lbs of muscle? Helps with muscle mind contraction aka increase in Motor neurons.
 
Everyone has different optimal set point where they feel best at. There is no universal body % that is the "most athletic". Most people tank performance at anything under 15%, some can do 12, very few can do 10, and it works the opposite spectrum as well. We will see how if it helps/hurts THT.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Everyone has different optimal set point where they feel best at. There is no universal body % that is the "most athletic". Most people tank performance at anything under 15%, some can do 12, very few can do 10, and it works the opposite spectrum as well. We will see how if it helps/hurts THT.
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Not disagreeing with you here, but the point is that losing 20 lbs has a global effect. In other words, it's a change that effects the whole.
 
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