A slimmer Greg Oden?

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In two weeks time he looks a lot slimmer!
 
all that running in the pool ... and hopefully he's hired himself a nutritionist.
 
See - that's the beauty of Greg Oden. They told us that once he starts playing basketball he will lose the weight quickly. Obviously - they were wrong. It is just a question of the team playing basketball. He is a true team player!
 
I want to see a clean shaved head and a thin goatee. If for no other reason than to prove he can look more like 30 instead of 60.
 
From ESPN's David Thorpe

Greg Oden, Blazers
Maybe it was the "television adds weight" thing. Or maybe he's worked extremely hard. Either way, my first thought when I saw Oden taking shots in his shooting shirt on Monday night in Orlando was the word "fantastic." As in, he looks fantastic. Slim in the waist, not too puffy in his chest. In fact, he looked lean in all the right places and strong in his lats and shoulders.

Unlike his appearance in the Blazers' first game of the season, his upper body did not look at all disproportionate to his legs. He was jumping lightly in his shooting drills, struggling with his short jumpers but looking very good with his hooks.

I also really liked what the Blazers' coaches were doing with him during pregame warmups. Simple touch shots around the rim are hard to make without lots of reps, so doing them now only helps to get that feeling back more quickly upon his return.
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Does anyone really believe that a loss of 8 lbs would be visible on that large of a frame? Maybe if he burnt a ton of fat and replaced it with muscle, but I doubt he could've done that in 2 weeks unless he borrowed some of Darius' weight loss stash.
 
handiman said:
Does anyone really believe that a loss of 8 lbs would be visible on that large of a frame? Maybe if he burnt a ton of fat and replaced it with muscle, but I doubt he could've done that in 2 weeks unless he borrowed some of Darius' weight loss stash.
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Yes. Everybody "wears" excess weight differently and nobody sheds fat in equal parts over their whole body simultaneously; some people lose their butt first, others shed from their torso first, etc. So I'm not too shocked he looks different ... I'm just surprised that he managed to lose weight with a bum ankle. I'm guessing he must have restricted his food intake as well as spending time in the pool.
 
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