S-Jack Might Be Too Diesel to Play Basketball
Apparently Stephen Jackson is a monster in the weight room. He told a radio station today that he has already put on 25 pounds of muscle this offseason.
From RealGM:
“I got some news for ya, I got on the scale today, I weighed 240,” Jackson told KNBR with Fitz and Brooks.
” … I still look the same as when the season ended. I’ve been eating good, I’ve been running a lot, and shooting 500 shots a day, so, I’ve been working out. I got on the scale and I was kinda scared because I didn’t think I weighed that much, because when I was working out the day before, I was moving real good, I dunked a couple times, I’m moving like I normally move. So, I was wondering, ‘How am I 240 and I still feel the same?’ I plan on playing at around 230, 225, but the way I feel now, I feel great.”
Any time I hear something like this I automatically think back to when I was a kid and the Sixers brought in Jimmy Jackson. I remembered being so excited to watch Jimmy play but when I saw him on opening night, the dude was too jacked to do anything. He could barely move, let alone shoot a basketball.
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June 17th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Ansonious says:
Does the NBA test for steroids j/k thats scary next thing you know nellie will bench him because he’s big enough to play defense!
June 17th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
LB says:
Hahaha this is all part of Nellie’s genius plan to start S-Jax at power forward
June 17th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Big North says:
Same thing happened to Kendal Gill
June 17th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
TS says:
Stephen Jackson went on the Sammy Sosa diet.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
dk says:
25 pounds of muscle is impossible to put on idiots.
Water, fat, and some muscle is possible but 25 pounds of pure muscle Hogan couldnt pull off. But hes definitely juicing, loser…
June 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
RonnaBonBon says:
hes not juicing
he was getting kinda pudgy towards the end of the season
probably put on some more fat during the offseason
antoine walker 2.0
June 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
protect the paint says:
I fear that this will result in more Stephen Jackson turnovers leading to the oppositions fastbreak points. What is he going to do, run the point center position, and have Biedrins play the 4???????
June 17th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
smoove chips says:
See what you and these twinkies done started Lamar ?!
June 17th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
knock knock says:
“i still look the same as when the season started” lmao this guy is definitely just lying/exaggerating. this guy is a loser especially in basketball. Who the hell cares warriors won’t make playoffs or be respected-
June 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
b-diddy says:
HEY KNOCK KNOCK YOU LIKE GET KNOCKED? EASE OF THE WARRIORS THEY ARE A GREAT TIME OUT! WHAT HAPPENS TO TEAMS WHEN THEY LOSE THERE FRANCHISE PLAYER? NO PLAYOFFS IN MOST CASES. YOUNG UP AND COMERS WILL SHOCK THE WORLD NEXT YEAR MARK MY WORDS
June 17th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
smoove chips says:
Is that you Monta ?
June 17th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
ajbry says:
This story is in need of further clarification…
Jack was around 235 back in March. He hasn’t simply added 25 pounds in a matter of a couple months.
He’s made a concerted effort this entire season to hit the weights for the first time in his career and it paid dividends during the season and obviously has continued during his time off.
But he has not added “25 pounds of muscle in the offseason.” It’s been a gradual thing…
June 17th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
kowtz says:
the dude who just saved GS face… aren’t you supposed to be playing for the clips now?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
foolio_iglesias says:
25 pounds of pure muscle is very hard to gain,especially for a basketball player,even a professional one.The thing is,you might be able to bulk up,but all the cardio type exercise ,(i.e. basketball )just ends up breaking down muscle.I was unaware of this for years,until a bodybuilder hipped me to it.I labored to put on 15 pounds one Summer,and I didn’t touch a ball at all.Man,that in itself was a task of Herculean proportions.That Fall,I was kicking ass and taking names because I was all out of Gatorgum!Remember that stuff?
June 17th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Kudaben says:
I Remember “Action” Jackson coming to the team! Looked like he was going to do damage, but that would have only been if he went ape-shit and tossed the tossed the basket into the crowd. Totally mirror muscles. They didn’t help his game at all. He was a good scorer that went too hard in the gym in the wrong direction.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Justin Solomon says:
The Jim Jackson reference is on point, dude’s conditioning was sick.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
shake&bake says:
I think the problem here is that he thinks that gaining 25 lbs is all muscle. . .Step 1 is admitting you have a problem.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Big Island says:
Byron Houston…
June 17th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
the truth says:
the real reason why he’s spending too much time in the gym is because pressure isn’t there for him to make love to.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:48 am
thomasmmm says:
sailing on them cookies with artest
June 18th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Coop says:
Mr Cassidy, nowhere in that quote does he imply it’s all muscle so I can only assume you think that it’s physically possible to put on 25 pounds of muscle in a couple of months. Check your history!
June 18th, 2009 at 5:57 am
s says:
1@the truth
nice pickup. Thats one of the greatest quotes ever uttered…
June 18th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Ender says:
The NBA might as well have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy when it comes to drugs. They test people, at most, 4 times a year. Further, they don’t test for human growth hormone, blood transfusions, and other things that are tested for by the olympics and cycling. The NBA drug policy is big enough to drive a diesel through. Compare the NBA and WADA policies:
http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=NBA/NBPA_Anti-Drug_Program_Prohibited_Substances
http://www.wada-ama.org/en/
It may well be that SJAck is drug free, and he is finally lifting weights. It may be that Kobe got a second wind. I was also hopeful that in the Tour de France that Floyd Landis had just done an amazing feat of personal will when he came back from total exhaustion to win the tour. With a drug policy this lax, there would have to be all kinds of doping going on in the NBA.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Carmikal says:
He’ll lose some of that mass in camp when he starts participating in those full-court runs. If he’s moving good and shooting good while retaining flexibility he’ll be straight.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
BiG ShoT BoB says:
The NBA drug policy is lax because roids don’t really help you in the sport of basketball. I see muscle bound cats coming into the gym all the time but without the skill they get ran out the gym.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball says:
@big shot, um roids could help you alot in basketball, just by makin you more explosive. Not everyone on roids is just big bodybuilders…look at ben johnson or gatlin from track, they did roids and were skinny built dudes but explosive as shit.
As for 25lbs of muscle over the summer? ya that is kinda a strength. Only way its really possible is he was fat or had crazy high body fat %, so by lower the body fat and replace it wit muscle. So you stay around the same weight but got more muscle on ya frame. But for a guy with his body type that would be reallllly tough. but then again, lebron did it between high school and the pros too. Same with rodman after his first year.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Ender says:
There are steroids - and other doping agents - that help people recover more quickly. Reportedly, more pitchers used steroids than any other type of baseball player so their arms could recover between games. Similarly, Landis had “superhuman” endurance, winning a stage and ultimately the tour after falling well behind the leaders on the previous ride. It seems to me that these would be the prevalent methods of doping in the NBA.