(11-09-2021, 10:00 AM)fifteenth Wrote: You do include some analysis and opinions in there as well (not just data), which you should (!)...that's what we do. Just curious about your thoughts.Trying to sort out opinions from data a bit, it seems to be taken as a given that Luka eats an unhealthy diet and doesn't keep himself in good condition.
Regarding Luka's diet, I completely agree. Seems to me that diet and fitness have a ton to do wth longevity and sustained level of play in the league. Some players that never pick that up, in fact, burn our really quickly. Hope he gets that sorted out. It would be great if he took that particular page form Dirk's playbook.
My question is, do we know that to be true via information that has been released or reported, or are we making the assessment based on watching him in games? Early last season, he admitted himself that he wasn't in shape, being surprised by the season's early start. Has he said something like that this season?
Like, has Luka's diet been made public? (If so, I would find it very interesting.) Or, if we don't know the details, has it been reported that he has been eating improperly or slacking off on his conditioning? We can see that he sometimes lumbers down the court a bit, but that could be either conditioning or a variety of other reasons.
His body has some softness to it, which may or may not represent overweight. Even in normally mesomorphic, well-conditioned athletic bodies, some will have a genetic tendency to preserve a layer of fat, particularly when they're under 25, but sometimes even after that. Serena is an example. (It's considered "good genes" in times/areas where food is scarce.)
Just thinking about it, I couldn't think of anything I had seen or heard on it this season, but I could have missed something. It just occurred to me that I seemed to be regarding it as the wisdom of the ages that Luka is out of shape, when in fact I don't really know that at all. As far as I know, Luka doesn't have a history of conducting himself unprofessionally, so I don't know why he would choose to do so regarding health and conditioning. I'm not saying he is or isn't, just questioning whether we actually know for sure.