06-11-2022, 12:58 PM
(06-11-2022, 10:45 AM)F Gump Wrote: You keep citing this as a reason not to draft Kessler. I'm not sure it is.
This guy is a skinny teenager, when you look at him. He's not fat. He just doesn't have a lot of muscle definition. It's not unlikely that whoever drafts him will get him in the weight room, and the bidy profile will begin to be quite different in a year or two.
It may not be significant, but it could be.
There is a reason they measure body fat. There have been studies on professional athletes (and specifically basketball players) and it has shown the correlation between lower body fat and increased athletic performance. Also, carrying extra body fat means extra weight on the joints. And as you have pointed out, Kessler is a BIG guy and historically they have lower leg issues. Increased weight only increases those chances, and increased "bad weight" (fat not muscle) only does so further.
Kessler could come in and absolutely change his diet, exercise, etc., and make his body much leaner. But the reality is that if he is carrying that body weight now at such a young age, he WILL be predisposed to continue to carry that weight and even put more on.
The body fat thing is by no means the biggest factor in evaluating him (not even close), but it is a factor I take into account.
I also do not consider him to be "mobile." He shows some straight line mobility, but his lateral quickness and change of direction is not good IMO, much worse than Koloko IMO.