I'm a Bulls fan but I follow most of the league. I've had NBALP for years and watch games besides Bulls games. I am exposed to the blazers fans POV here, but don't sip the same kool-aid. The best you'll get out of me is (hopefully) knowledgeable commentary and observations, and those of an outsider with no dog in the hunt.
While I agree every interview.. but how many of these interview writers have seen Oden play in between last season? So until they see otherwise, they cant say he is in great shape.
fair enough, I read that on Pritchard's quote, but has he seen him this summer? Not saying it directed towards you, I am just wondering if anyone knows if KP has seen him?
That's what I was thinking. In other news, the Blazers would like to win an NBA championship some day soon, Paul Allen would like to make money off of the Blazers and most fans would like to see Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge sign extensions.
There is also a difference between being in great general physical condition and being in great basketball game shape. The physical conditioning Oden is doing this summer will lay the ground work that will enable him to be in great game shape once the season starts. The ONLY way to truly get in great basketball game shape is by playing basketball games. That's what training camp and preseason are for (and this USA Basketball minicamp, to a lesser extent). Unless they've been playing competively this summer, I doubt if very many NBA players are in great game shape right now. Other than actually playing competitve basketball, the best conditioning I've found for improving my basketball game shape is interval training. Basketball, like many team sports involves a lot of short bursts of energy between short periods of lesser activity. Interval training helps build up your general stamina, but also helps prepare you for the repeated short bursts of energy you need while playing basketball. The best basketball shape I've ever been in was spring 2008. I was playing competitively twice a week and doing serious interval training for an hour and a half three times a week. I could play a full 48 minutes (about half my regular interval workout - with breaks during timeouts, dead balls and between quarters) against guys half my age and still be fresh and full of energy at the end of the game. Of course, the NBA is a lot more rigerous than playing a couple rec league games a week. With more games, practices, travel, etc. the players need more rest and don't have the time for (nor the need for) rigerous interval training, but it would be a great way to keep them in near game shape during the off season. BNM
Nope. Walking, jogging, sprinting, jogging, repeat for 1 - 1.5 hours. Some people use time intervals (one minute of each), others use distance - which is what I do. I do it on a standard 400m track - walk 100 meters, jog 100m, sprint 100m, jog 100m, and repeat over and over, and over. I do a total of 32 - 40 laps (8 - 10 miles). So, at the end, I've walked 2 - 2.5 miles, jogged 4 - 5 miles and sprinted 2 - 2.5 miles. Even if you only do this for 30 minutes it's a very good cardio workout and mixing up the pace is good for simulating the variable pace of a basketball game. It's easy to do on a track becuase the lanes are marked at 100m intervals for the 4x100 relay. The rubberized surface of the track is also easier on the joints than running/jogging on streets/sidewalks. BNM
