who's this lockout's Shawn Kemp and Vin Baker?

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  1. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    This. The dude will be Celtics Shaq if this lockout lasts until the All Star Break.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    So, that puts him up to 185?
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but I actually think GO is better prepared for a lockout in terms of exercising than almost any other player. First, he has a defined rehab schedule through December. Second, he's been working out on his own for a few years. Third, and most importantly, he hasn't been able to rely on hoops to keep him in shape; he's had to do it on his own.
     
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    Just being silly, based on the popular (among some) meme that Oden struggles with weight problems and how those people claim every picture shows him as morbidly obese.
     
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    Out of shape != heavier/stronger
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Big Baby, can't believe he hasn't been mentioned yet.
     
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    He started his lockout diet like a year early.
     
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    You already wimped out of your FUCK FELTON signature?
     
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    Shit, I'll take 15lbs of fat. Its a start, right?
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    True sarcasm doesn't need green font.
     
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    There won't be a lockout.
     
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    Absolutely.

    I just found it funny that they initially said it was definitely muscle, then when questioned (mere minutes later) say they have "no idea if it's muscle."
     
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    Yeah, highly unlikely he gained 15lbs of just muscle in less than 2 months.
     
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    If Chris Johnson was in the draft, would he be drafted and where?
     
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    Considering Chris Johnson is a toothpick and probably like 6% body fat, any weight is good weight for him.

    It'll be interesting to see how he looks next year. He already has pretty good athleticism for being a 7fter.
     
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    Shawn Kemp was 29 when the lockout ended. Vin Baker was 28. They also had signed huge contracts

    I don't think we're going to see young guys as likely "balloon" candidates.

    Ed O.
     
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    are we talking fathering children out of wedlock or gaining weight?
     
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    To be fair, it's only because he drinks himself into oblivion every night at the clubs. Alcohol'll do that to almost anyone.
     
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    If Eddy Curry's contract was up next summer instead of this one, there's your winner.

    Odom's a good guess...though I don't see him ballooning, I definitely could see him "significantly out of basketball shape"

    No chance that Oden's that guy, for the reasons already mentioned.

    Baron Davis.
     
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    And by "at the clubs" you mean in the gutter outside the 7-11. I pulled up tonight and parked on his leg, didn't see him there. Luckily, he was so wasted he didn't feel it. Hope it doesn't set back his recovery, I was driving the Dodge Ram with a load of gravel in the back, but the dualies spread it from thigh to shin, and he's pretty impervious to injury, so things should be ok.

    barfo
     
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