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You would've told Usain Bolt he was too tall to be a sprinter and forced him to focus on the triple jump.
I thought Nike was just making shoes for kneeling now. Was he wearing those?
Graydawg would have Bolt eating donuts by the dozen because if he can run super fast at 207lb, he could run super sonic at 250lb.
Sonic is bad enough. If he ate at super sonic. He would blow rite on by 250lb. Jmo
@WCDawg not trying to argue but I also saw an article saying different. He was always chubby is one thing thats a fact.
“Zion Williamson is college basketball's premier physical force at 6'7", 285 pounds, but the freshman phenom wasn't always so imposing. The Duke star told GQ on Tuesday that he was 6'3", 175 pounds as a high school freshman. Williamson said he added "a hundred pounds" between his freshman and junior year at Spartanburg Day School in Spartanburg, S.C
"Freshman year, I was small. I was 6'3", 175—like, I was small," Williamson told GQ's Devin Gordon. "And over the course of about two years I picked up a hundred pounds.”
Note the inclusion of a link @WCDawg to support the statement. It really helps.
TLJ. It's well established Williamson was 6'3'' 175lb early in his high school years.
Force equals mass times acceleration. So really one's size is part of how much force they generate. You cannot be too heavy or light compared to the force you generate as it's part of the same equation. This post is 100% factual so please resist your usual personal attack on facts.
JTMoyni. Sorry dude, your reasoning is off. Carrying around extra weight puts stress on joints, connective tissue, the heart, etc.
Its science
RPM. it's a distortion of science.
Yeah. Unless you are playing OL or DT, 285 lbs is way too big for anyone under 7 feet and he is 6'7". I remember Anthony Mason was considered massive at that same height but only 250 lbs but was nowhere near as explosive or quick ... he could barely get off the ground when he jumped. Duke is the worst program for him to lose that weight because they are infamous for not emphasizing strength training and building muscle. He will need NBA weight training program to get down to a more ideal 245 lbs. while still retaining his core strength.
Still can't quote, but the formula for force includes acceleration. Heavier might mean more force but acceleration might be less with a much larger body. I'm not sure if more mass would be cancelled out by less acceleration or how that would work. It seems logical there is some point at which too much mass would tip the scales negatively in performance. OTOH the original question was if his size and force generation puts too much stress on his joints. I don't think there is much argument he generates a lot of force.
F=m*a. So the same acceleration with a bigger mass means more force. Especially since mass isn't just weight. It is density. So a 6'7" guy who weighs 285 lbs is more dense than a 7 footer with the same weight. So to preserve the bones and joints in his feet, ankles, knees, hips and possibly back the kid will need to lose weight.
It's not reasoning, it's a fact. Force = Mass times Acceleration.