02-22-2021, 12:27 AM
(02-22-2021, 12:05 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: In a roundabout way, don't steroids help with athleticism though?
Hypothetically a player has less downtime needed between workouts/games/practices, and can do more while in the gym. Those steroids let him at 36 work out more than he would otherwise be able to. Bigger, healthier muscles--> better athleticism no? I'm not talking about his agility, but just his brute strength that lets him overpower guys.
Again this is all for naught because this is a wild conspiracy theory anyways.
First you talked about athleticism. Now brute strength. Satnam Singh would have been a great player if brute strength mattered. Plus even great players of the past should have been great at 35 if they got 3 days of rest to compensate for Bron’s recovery if you talk about steroids helping him in that. That has not been the case. Bron is indeed a freak of nature.
The thing with Bron is that he is a great basketball player (what doesn’t he do well?) who is also blessed with great innate athleticism. Then he works hard off the courts to stay in shape. The one that I suspect is Federer. When athletes have slipped in their early 30s and then come back better later like a Clemons it has always been due to doping. Nature does not magically give 2nd winds. One can say all about how he plays a fluid game, but it is a grueling sport and he was out there running around for 4 hours with players almost 15 years younger than he is. Plus reports are he gets some favorable tester That is my conspiracy theory ?