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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

That's good for him though because now he will be more determined to get ripped and stay below 295 because he can the most of his contract. The Pelicans have done well regarding Zion Williamson's situation, they surely know that the kid can achieve greatness at the peak of his capabilities if he can stay fit, and being overweight will just get him prone to injuries.

Perhaps he still haven't adjusted yet to the NBA. He really need to be self discipline otherwise he might not stay in the league for so long. He is athletic no doubt about it, but he needs to take care of that. And one thing is to get in shape, maybe 280-290ish might be the ideal weight for him. He can go and be agile and then higher as he is slimmer. The kid is 22 years old, and I would say that he need good people around him, sort of an adviser to help his in his career.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

That's good for him though because now he will be more determined to get ripped and stay below 295 because he can the most of his contract. The Pelicans have done well regarding Zion Williamson's situation, they surely know that the kid can achieve greatness at the peak of his capabilities if he can stay fit, and being overweight will just get him prone to injuries.

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The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Not really bad if the GSW will pick him. Last season IIRC it was him that has been taken almost at the last minute since no team would like to have him but good thing he's saved. I guess I like him to be there because of the thought that he's gonna take the ring with him before his retirement.
Maybe all of us would agree with that matter and the rest, arguable about the whatnots of him being in the dub nation.

Carmelo is not as demanding as he was before, he already play the rule that is given to him and I'm pretty sure the Warriors will be able to utilize him because he is a superstar that ha past his prime and not only that, it will also give Melo an advantage because he might won his first championship with the Warriors.

Well, he is passed with his prime now and that's why he's not in the position to demand anymore, or else with his demands, he'll experience again the hardship of being on board.
While the Warriors are still on their greatness, the potential is there that they get a back-to-back championship and Melo could be part of it if they get him this season. Well, for sure, too many fans will be happy for him.

I agree, it's still a win-win situation for the Warriors if they get Carmelo because he ain't going to be a burden in the team because he can produce his own scores, and having him on the bench will be the best thing to do. Warriors are still at their finest and their strength will become greater with Carmelo as an additional asset. I really hope they'll get him because the man deserves to get a ring before he retires.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

This is good help by Pelicans to Zion because they give him a motivation to work hard for betterment of his career since if he would not care and let his weight burst then this could ruin his career since he might became injury prone. Let see how could Zion take this because for sure he will became a monster on court if he will became more lighter.

Zions main issue is being injured more then healthy. He has missed more games injured in the NBA season then he has played. I'm sure weight plays a role in that, but I think he needs to focus on his body more and strengthen it. Guy was so good in college and has yet to be awesome in the pros so far.

True, but his injuries might be attributed to his over weight. He might have been playing in the college hoop around the weight, but in the NBA its very different. More pounding and wear and tear, so if he will not reduce his weight, then it can take a toll on his body. So to be able to play the whole season, maybe it's good if he can balance his weight or at least have more muscles than body fat.

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Quote from: arwin100 on July 29, 2022, 05:34:15 AM

Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

This is good help by Pelicans to Zion because they give him a motivation to work hard for betterment of his career since if he would not care and let his weight burst then this could ruin his career since he might became injury prone. Let see how could Zion take this because for sure he will became a monster on court if he will became more lighter.

He is already a monster on the court, so there's no expectation that he will become better, the only reason why he has to reduce weight is to prevent him from being a injury-prone player. Well, hopefully he will be healthy most of the time as no doubt Zion has a very bright future and he can certainly help the Pelicans to grow from a young team to a good playoff contender team.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

This is good help by Pelicans to Zion because they give him a motivation to work hard for betterment of his career since if he would not care and let his weight burst then this could ruin his career since he might became injury prone. Let see how could Zion take this because for sure he will became a monster on court if he will became more lighter.

Zions main issue is being injured more then healthy. He has missed more games injured in the NBA season then he has played. I'm sure weight plays a role in that, but I think he needs to focus on his body more and strengthen it. Guy was so good in college and has yet to be awesome in the pros so far.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

This is good help by Pelicans to Zion because they give him a motivation to work hard for betterment of his career since if he would not care and let his weight burst then this could ruin his career since he might became injury prone. Let see how could Zion take this because for sure he will became a monster on court if he will became more lighter.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

And I think it's doable though, we've seen the likes of Charles Barkley weighing the same with Zion, there is no contract to incentivized him, but Charles put on the work and did try to trim his weight to a manageable level when he was with the Sixers.

Hopefully, Zion will have the mentality to do the same so that he can also avoid injuries by having his weight cut down and then can play at least the whole season for the Pels.

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Quote from: dimonstration on July 29, 2022, 03:34:38 AM

Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Interesting solution, I think it will benefit both parties. I hope it will be a good motivation for Zion as I would like to see this player in top form. By the way, it turns out that the "guaranteed money" does not have to be guaranteed

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Dwight Howard showed up at the WWE tryouts today. Cheesy

He said he wants to play in the NBA next year but is ready to transition to life after the NBA if necessary. I still think he’s a great pickup for any team so I’d be surprised if he didn’t get a contract before the season starts. I also don’t think that will stop him from doing a little work in the WWE.

Dwight is not powerful as he was during at his prime but he still got the experience to handle big man that in prime so having him as a reliever for center is good for Lakers considering how low his salary right now. For a guy like Dwight, I think he already knew that his career on NBA is already over and probably he is just playing for the paychecks. I agree with you that he might consider to stay on WWE for an extra job while he still got a fan.

Yes, and to be honest, I will take a prime Howard against a prime Anthony Davis. During his prime, Dwight has really freakish, he can do everything and absolute beast inside that no big men can stop him.

But as time goes by, it's already 2023 season, he has lost some of his abilities, but for sure he can be good addition for a team that needs a back up center. He is still doing damage when he was with the Lakers last season and perhaps he can still play at least one season.

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Dwight Howard showed up at the WWE tryouts today. Cheesy

He said he wants to play in the NBA next year but is ready to transition to life after the NBA if necessary. I still think he’s a great pickup for any team so I’d be surprised if he didn’t get a contract before the season starts. I also don’t think that will stop him from doing a little work in the WWE.

Dwight is not powerful as he was during at his prime but he still got the experience to handle big man that in prime so having him as a reliever for center is good for Lakers considering how low his salary right now. For a guy like Dwight, I think he already knew that his career on NBA is already over and probably he is just playing for the paychecks. I agree with you that he might consider to stay on WWE for an extra job while he still got a fan.

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Moving to GSW might give him a better chance in winning a ring, I agree that after signing with Portland way back, he already accepted

his new role, he already surrender that alpha thing and a ball hugger mindset. He can adjust and play alongside with anyone now. We

witness how he adjusts to being a role player now. He just need to adjust to his defense since young stars are really doing a damage

when they see good advantage with the matchup. Melo needs to be willing to hear loud scream with Green! Cool

I have seen a video that Carmelo Anthony is the one that destroys the career of Jeremy Lin, but if you have said that he is a changed player now, I surely believe you I recently saw his gameplay, and right now he is not a ball hugger anymore, but for getting him inside the Golden State Warriors I am against it, sorry Melo fans but I guess the Golden State Warriors doesn't really need anymore player right now they are pretty much OK on their own,

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It's a win-win for both parties.
Zion will be paid higher when he maintain a weight below 280 and at the same time, he can play better and on the other hand since he can play better, he can boost the morale of the Pelicans and at the same time, make them a title contender.

I think the combination of Zion, CJ and Ingram will be a good one and they played well last season without Zion. I don't know but the Pelicans might be the team that will be surprise many teams in the upcoming season.

Looking forward to seeing these three work together, I think it is the right decision for the Pelicans in letting Williams stay but with a condition to monitor his Weight to be just under 295 pounds, I think it is a win-win for both the Pelicans and Zion Williams he got to get his Contract $193 million max contract, and because his Weight will be monitoring this could also mean healthy lifestyle for Williams,

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Dwight Howard showed up at the WWE tryouts today. Cheesy

He said he wants to play in the NBA next year but is ready to transition to life after the NBA if necessary. I still think he’s a great pickup for any team so I’d be surprised if he didn’t get a contract before the season starts. I also don’t think that will stop him from doing a little work in the WWE.

Sho’Nuff - sure enough. I thought I was going to laugh but he was pretty cool. I liked it. He has that aura, the showmanship and that's what they needed in that industry. Body build is not a problem too, all he needs is to train for their methods of acting.
The last news I heard was his interest to sign with the Nets and I think he will fit there. Their defensive line is not that good and he might boost the bench to be better on that part rather than they become a full offensive team.
A bit sad that he was not given more minutes during his Lakers career.

Yes, I think he is one of those instrumental of Lakers winning at the bubble, his experience against Jokic during this series was a big help for them to overcome the Nuggets. However, in this recent stay with the Lakers, he was not giving playing minutes. But when he did, he scored, rebounds, block shots. So he can still contribute although teams are no longer interested on him and might not be playing anymore. So why not WWE to entertain fans?

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Quote from: Jating on July 28, 2022, 07:48:05 AM

Dwight Howard showed up at the WWE tryouts today. Cheesy

He said he wants to play in the NBA next year but is ready to transition to life after the NBA if necessary. I still think he’s a great pickup for any team so I’d be surprised if he didn’t get a contract before the season starts. I also don’t think that will stop him from doing a little work in the WWE.

Sho’Nuff - sure enough. I thought I was going to laugh but he was pretty cool. I liked it. He has that aura, the showmanship and that's what they needed in that industry. Body build is not a problem too, all he needs is to train for their methods of acting.
The last news I heard was his interest to sign with the Nets and I think he will fit there. Their defensive line is not that good and he might boost the bench to be better on that part rather than they become a full offensive team.
A bit sad that he was not given more minutes during his Lakers career.

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The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Not really bad if the GSW will pick him. Last season IIRC it was him that has been taken almost at the last minute since no team would like to have him but good thing he's saved. I guess I like him to be there because of the thought that he's gonna take the ring with him before his retirement.
Maybe all of us would agree with that matter and the rest, arguable about the whatnots of him being in the dub nation.

Perhaps that what we all wanted to see for Carmelo, win that first ring. So much publicity goes when he join Lebron with the Lakers in hoping that somewhat him and Bron could be a good tandem and could take them as far as the finals, but that didn't happen. But with the Dubs it might be different for Carmelo, the Warriors has a lot of players that wanted to win back to back and maybe Carmelo can be somewhat a factor. So I like him to be pick up by the Warriors at least this season.

Great 2nd team I guess, Carmelo is now healthy, so despite his age, I'm sure he can still drop a decent number playing the system of the Warriors. They will be a fast face team, it could be new for Carmelo but hopefully he will be able to make the right adjustment to fit.

Maybe his role will be like in the Lakers, in their to shoot the 3 as we all know that they love to go outside with Curry, Klay and Poole. And maybe Melo from the bench will be their guy to make that shoot. Yes, last season Melo was healthy with the Lakers, so that is a good sign already. But still up to the Warriors coaching team, for sure Kerr will have a good plan if ever they will get Melo this season.

That will be the nearest case to Carmelo because he can't be in the main line-up for sure, I'm not saying that he ain't got the talent but the Warriors have already established their first five and that will remain as long as the starting five are all healthy. Acquiring Camelo will be good for the team especially now that Carmelo maintained his health and proven to produce decent productions last season.

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Dwight Howard showed up at the WWE tryouts today. Cheesy

He said he wants to play in the NBA next year but is ready to transition to life after the NBA if necessary. I still think he’s a great pickup for any team so I’d be surprised if he didn’t get a contract before the season starts. I also don’t think that will stop him from doing a little work in the WWE.

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Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

It's a win-win for both parties.
Zion will be paid higher when he maintain a weight below 280 and at the same time, he can play better and on the other hand since he can play better, he can boost the morale of the Pelicans and at the same time, make them a title contender.

I think the combination of Zion, CJ and Ingram will be a good one and they played well last season without Zion. I don't know but the Pelicans might be the team that will be surprise many teams in the upcoming season.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on July 28, 2022, 06:05:11 PM

Interesting disclosure about Zion Williamson’s contract with the Pelicans. He’s financially incentivized to keep his weight down or else the amount of guaranteed money in his contract is reduced. I’m order to get the full amount, Zion needs to keep his weight + his body fat % below 295. I imagine that means he needs to stay under 280lbs. While that may seem easy, there were speculations that his weight had ballooned to over 325 while he was injured last year.

Found out about this in a social media outlet. Shocked first so I checked the validity, I thought it was just someone trying to make a trend by spreading fake news.
It's true.

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The Pelicans star signed a five-year, $193 million max contract earlier this month that could be worth as much as $231 million. According to The Times-Picayune, the contract stipulates that Williamson must weigh in at below 295 pounds periodically throughout the deal. His body fat percentage will also be monitored.

https://sports.yahoo.com/zion-williamsons-193-million-contract-requires-him-to-stay-below-295-pounds-215538783.html
This is going to push him harder and it will be good for him and his team.
Injuries will be prevented and Ingram will get the help he needed if he stays healthy. Maybe that high flying skill of him will improve too as he cut more weight and his agility will be better. I am not a big fan of this kid but if I see improvements, I will definitely watch every game of the Pelicans.

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