A muscular Boris Diaw 2.0 ceiling

[hyhy]

How good a player do you think he can be if he works out and gets muscular? (And stops eating so much)

[dabom]

Like never bro.

[spursparker9]

Its too late at this stage of his career tbh.

[polandprzem]

If he gets Arnold like muscles he will be running like gazelle !

[exstatic]

Boris is always going to disappoint people who expect him to be "better". His best season, EVER, when he won MIP, was 13p/7r/6a. The thing you need to remember is just this: Boris is going to be Boris.

[Blue Duck]

That's good enough for me. His gut gives him a certain, Jenna see qua (totally misspelled that).

[dabom]

That's good enough for me. His gut gives him a certain, Jenna see qua (totally misspelled that).

Yeah you did. hahahaaha

[exstatic]

je n'est c'est quoi

[tmtcsc]

Who cares what he looks like? Seriously, muscle is somewhat misunderstood. It's one thing to be in shape and have excellent stamina but excess musculature can restrict flexibility. In a sport like basketball, strength is more important than muscles. Boris is plenty strong enough for his position and his extra weight allows him to guard bigger opponents at the 4 and 5.

[Kineto]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/je_ne_sais_quoi

[superbigtime]

Boris is plenty strong. He doesn't need to be ripped. And he never will be.

[PÒÓCH]

He has muscular belly fat.

[Brazil]

je n'est c'est quoi

:lol

nope

je ne sais quoi it is

why would somebody change Boris ? Dude has been key to a nba title and led his team to semi final of a World Cup. He is just fine

[SupremeGuy]

Muscular Diaw is like motivated BJ Penn, tbh. lol Good luck catching that fucking leprechaun.

[Poolboy5623]

So....do u want him to get "more muscular," or stronger? Because there is a big difference.. for boris, getting more muscular, would mean losing body fat (weight)...His weight is one of his advantages, against defenders. You guys need to find someone else to pick on. Boris isn't fat, plain and simple.

[philldafunk]

I like fat Diaw

[Russ]

The Round Mound of Le Monde.

[DJR210]

Getting more muscular does not necessarily mean improvement. Look at Blair..He slimmed down and lost any ability to rebound, or play any defense. Him losing weight and getting more muscular was his downfall.

[Chomag]

Ban him from Wataburger?

[Richie]

Diaw had potential to be a less athletic Lebron. He has the same skillset but without the athleticism and work ethic. He was always a decent athlete, there was a story about how he out jumped Amare, but he was never in Lebrons league (who is?) and the more muscle he would put on the more his athleticism would suffer.

Still, being a poor mans Lebron isn't a bad ceiling.

[SnakeBoy]

That's good enough for me. His gut gives him a certain, Jenna see qua (totally misspelled that).

:lol Somewhere there's a porn star with that name.

[Blue Duck]

He has a wine gut.

[Blue Duck]

Dude, you're totally right about the porn star name. I just tried to Google it and I couldn't find it, but there has to be one out there. Nice take on the spelling error.

[gnsf0946]

MVP, DPOY and FMVP in the same year

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'll take Boris just the way he is - smart, skillful, multifaceted and competitive.

[mathbzh]

Diaw had potential to be a less athletic Lebron. He has the same skillset but without the athleticism and work ethic. He was always a decent athlete, there was a story about how he out jumped Amare, but he was never in Lebrons league (who is?) and the more muscle he would put on the more his athleticism would suffer.

Still, being a poor mans Lebron isn't a bad ceiling.
He was a great athlete, not a decent one. More muscle I don't know... But less fat would have helped.

But the main reason why he is not Lebron (not implying he could have been as good) is his mindset. With all the athleticism in the world, he would still chose a layup over a dunk. This is what he was doing when he could outjump Amare.

[spurs10]

Boris is damn near the MVP of our team. Let me see, he's won an NBA Championship and a European Championship in the last year. And what team are you on?

[spursparker9]

A pity that Spurs can't get Boris early when he came to the nba.

But better late than never :toast

[z0sa]

This season kind of WAS Boris Diaw 2.0... and I "kind of" enjoyed it. If Boris just plays like his did in 2014 throughout his contract, that's plenty good enough for my happy ass.

[exstatic]

A pity that Spurs can't get Boris early when he came to the nba.

But better late than never :toast

I'd always thought that, but 2003 Pop may not have been as relaxed with Boris. Pop has changed a LOT in the way he interacts with his players.

[spursparker9]

I'd always thought that, but 2003 Pop may not have been as relaxed with Boris. Pop has changed a LOT in the way he interacts with his players.

Since Pop allow Manu to do what he want and not try to limit his game, I think there is a good chance that Pop also could have handle Boris just as well in 2003.

[Blue Duck]

Pop's on going battles with Manu and the frustration they felt towards one another back in 2003 is well documented. It wasn't easy for those two to see eye to eye.

[exstatic]

Pop's on going battles with Manu and the frustration they felt towards one another back in 2003 is well documented. It wasn't easy for those two to see eye to eye.

Exactly. They eventually reached an accord, but Manu's effort is easy to see, so I'm sure that was a factor. Boris's isn't always so easy to see. He makes counter intuitive plays and plays at an even, sometimes appearing to be lazy, pace.