Originally Posted by
da ThRONe
AGAIN it's not about being in or out of shape. It's about losing weight, adding flexibility, and strengthening parts of his body that will reduce the stress on his body more specifically his knees.
Realistically Zion could drop 25-30lbs and be in worse cardiovascular shape then he is @275-280lbs. But AGAIN that's not the goal for pushing for the weight loss and that seems to be the thing people keep overlooking.
It doesn't matter if it's happen before. 1st Zion is the most unique athlete to come into the NBA. So there's no precedent for his athleticism. 2nd old players talk about load management not being a thing until it's become a thing. We have to take the best path for Zion to have a long healthy career. IMO it's pretty obvious that it's for him to do his best to reduce the amount of stress on his skeleton, tendons, and ligaments. It's better to play this as safe as possible.