Like clockwork, when training camps throughout the NBA, the refrains you hear are common from year to year.
Players often work out together during the offseason as a way of building camaraderie. They often come back boasting of added skills, whether its ballhandling or improved perimeter shooting. And the most surefire thing that comes up each year, from one media day to the next, is weight—specifically, how much weight did players gain or lose in their summer training?
Pounds have been a key topic down in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder—the NBA’s second-youngest team last year at just under 23 years old on average—are hoping to throw their weight around a bit more in the West while still continuing to develop.
