Royce White's strength

[BigLame]

The heck with basketball, does she have eligibility left for CPR?

 

[Cyznutz]

I'd rather have a 6'6 180lber that cant bench or squat, but can ball...oh wait it’s called Duke! Yes, some freaks of strength have come through those doors, but Coach K is less concerned about what a kid benches and focuses more on basketball fundamentals. I hate Duke, but the results speak for themselves!

 

[BryceC]

22, good work.

I think Durant's number was 0 coming out of college, which was a big deal at the time.

I heard Fred did 37, but Chris couldn't post it for fear of setting off a man love explosion of epic proportions.

Durant still can't bench 185.

This is a really, really good number for a college basketball player.

 

[Wesley]

How old are you?
How tall are you?
What is your wingspan?

And can you hoop?

 

[Wesley]

I can bench 285 35 times, and I am 7 foot with a 5 foot wingspan. All of these guys on the team are a bunch of wimps.

Signed,
All posters who think the comments above add value to this little twitter nugget.

Man, you are a beast, but I think you can do better.

Signed,
Coach K

 

[CtownCyclone]

"Hell, man, my grandmother's quicker and tougher than you pansies! Course she's 6-3, 250, runs a 4.5 40."

She's up to 250 now? She was only 225 back in my day.

 

[DrewCo]

i like this a lot. Royce will be a beast on the perimeter AND on the block. We havent had a guy that can do that EFFECTIVELY in a while.

 

[clone52]

The whole lifting/getting too strong is a fallacy from yester-year. Sure, if the S&C program has the players lift so they look like Lee Haney & have no flexibility, then yes, it will adversely affect shooting.

But more current training methods (of the past 15 or so years) involve explosiveness & flexibility as well, and gaining strength makes for better shooters. If it takes you less effort to get the ball to the rim from 25 feet, training will take care of the body's memory & how much force is necessary to make deep shots. It can really shorten up & quicken a shooting stroke, or it can give you more legs to hit shots late in the game. Muscle-memory stuff.

Now, it you have an intense workout session, then shoot immediately afterward, yeah, there will be some problems at first. But the more you do this, even lifting hard will not affect your shooting (after your first few warm ups).

Nice to see White is fairly strong, but he is fairly big (250+ pounds) to begin with.

What would be nice is to have a bunch of Curtis Bostic's out there. Dude was one strong b-ball player.

I don't think its a fallacy, but it depends on how you look at it. Someone like Diante Garrett or Will Blalock early on really need more strength to become a better shooter for many of the reasons you mention. However, there is a point where it becomes detrimental. If you are already a great shooter, adding more bulk is going to be detrimental. Fred Hoiberg lifted to maintain the status quo, not to build up even more muscle mass and get that body builder physique.

 

[GoSTATE71]

when i played football in high school i used to able to do 10 reps of 185, maxed out at 250

 

[clone4good]

Royce whites bench is impressive. But hell, looking at this years draft benching thats terrible. I beat more than half of those guys and im not a "serious lifter" at all or workout as much as them. I mean brackins at 6???? Thats not good at all.

 

[ripvdub]

What are the chances Royce leaves ISU Early to go to the NFL and play TE?

 

[kucyclone]

 

[Clones21]

Back in '83 i could throw a football over them mountains.

 

[mj4cy]

I think the best I could ever do (and I weight about 145) is 185 3 times. Now I oculdn't do it once if I tried....sad how it goes quick!

 

[IowaStateClones]

What's with all of the high school harrys in here?

 

[Cydkar]

My shoulder hurts such that I have to do two sets with just the bar to get it warmed up. Hurts like hell. So put me on the board for 10 reps at 45 pounds, b i t c h e s.

 

[Clone9]

Strength does not a good basketball player make.

 

[CycloneErik]

My shoulder hurts such that I have to do two sets with just the bar to get it warmed up. Hurts like hell. So put me on the board for 10 reps at 45 pounds, b i t c h e s.

My shoulder doesn't even notice until the 90th rep at 950.

All of you can fear me now.

 

[sodakjoe]

My shoulder doesn't even notice until the 90th rep at 950.

All of you can fear me now.

I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over 1000.

 

[CycloneErik]

I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over 1000.

I heard you crying. Does that count?