Newsgroup: it.sport.americani
Titolo: [NBA] Test atletici

Diamo ora un'acchiata piu' ravvicinata ai risultati dei famosi test
atletici. Da segnalare la prova di Kirk Heinrich, che per qualche motivo
(chissa' quale) era sempre stato presentato come un giocatore cerebrale ma
di scarsi mezzi fisici.
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Let the analysis begin.... 
The testing results from the NBA Chicago combine, which was held earlier
this month, are finally in and Boston College's Troy Bell ended up ranked
as the top athlete in this year's draft. 
ESPN obtained an exclusive copy of the confidential report this weekend. 
Among all players tested, Bell ranked second in vertical jump (41 inches),
second in the 3/4 court run (3.06 seconds) and he bench pressed the
185-pound bar an impressive 17 times. Bell ended with a total score of
299.0477. The next closest player was Ohio's Brandon Hunter who ended with
a score of 290.1428. 
Ball State's Theron Smith, Wisconsin's Kirk Penney, Texas Tech's Andre
Emmett, San Diego's Jason Keep, Mississippi State's Derrick Zimmerman,
Washington Doug Wrenn, Cincinnati's Donald Little and BYU's Travis Hansen
rounded out the top 10. 
Of the top prospects tested: Dwyane Wade finished 14, Kirk Hinrich
finished 20th, Josh Howard finished 22, Carmelo Anthony finished 38, Darko
Milicic finished 41, T. J. Ford finished 44, Chris Kaman finished 45,
Chris Bosh finsished 51, Nick Collison finished 54, David West finished
61, Luke Ridnour finished 63, Brian Cook was 68, Mike Sweetney was 70 and
Pavel Podkolzine was 76. 
While the NBA doesn't rely on combine results to the extent that NFL teams
do, it can be an important factor in the draft process. 
Troy Bell registered high scores in most phases of the NBA combine. 
Here's a look at how at a few interesting facts from each category. 
Bench Press: Keep set a Chicago record with 27 repetitions of the
185-pound bar. Smith and Hunter came in a close second with 25 reps each.
DePaul's Sam Hoskin, Wisconsin's Uche Nsonwu-Amadi, Florida's Matt Bonner
and Georgetown's Wesley Wilson were the only other players to get the bar
up 20 times or more. 
Among the top prospects taking the test: Kaman got the bar up an
impressive 15 times. Darko got the bar up 13 times. West lifted the bar 11
times. Hinrich had 10 reps. Wade and Bosh had nine reps. Carmelo Anthony
had seven. Cook could only get it up six times. Podkolzine had five. Wake
Forest's Howard had four. Sweetney had a shockingly low three reps (maybe
he isn't the next Elton Brand after all). Ford and Ridnour couldn't manage
to get one rep. 
One important correction. The early report Insider obtained on the combine
results had Nick Collison doing only four reps. That was inaccurate.
According to the official NBA report, Collison lifted the bar eight times. 
Vertical Jump: LSU's Ronald Dupree recorded the highest vertical jump at
41.5 inches. Washington's Doug Wrenn and Bell were the only other two
athletes to record 40 inch vertical jumps. 
T. J. Ford had a big time 39.5 inch jump. Duke's Dahntay Jones, N.C.
State's Josh Powell and Detroit's Willie Green also recorded jumps over 38
inches. 
Among the top prospects taking the test: Ford had the highest jump at 39.5
inches. Wade recorded a 35 inch jump. Howard had a 36.5. Hinrich and
Anthony had a 33.5. Bosh and Collison recorded a 33. Darko had a 32.5 inch
vertical. West had a 31.5. Kaman had a 30.5. Sweetney had a 28. Ridnour
had a 26 inch vertical. Cook had a 25. And Podkolzine ended with just a
22.5. 
Lane Agility: Wisconsin's Penney led the field with a time of 10.44
seconds. Wade (10.56), Jason Gardner (10.66), and Jameer Nelson (10.66)
also had great scores in the drill. 
Among the top prospects taking the test: Wade had the best score at 10.56
second. Howard finsished at 10.89 seconds. Hinrich recorded a time of
10.98. Ridnour was 11. Darko finished with 11.3. Kaman had 11.33. Anthony
clocked in at 11.4. Ford was 11.45. Collison was 11.62. Bosh was 11.8.
Cook had 11.87. West was 12.18. Sweetney was 12.9. Podkolzine finished at
13.4. 
3/4 Court Sprint: Penney again led the field with a time of 3.04 seconds.
Bell finished second at 3.06, Weber State's Jermaine Boyette finished
third at 3.07 and Wade and Utah's Britton Johnson finsished with 3.07. 
Among the top prospects taking the test: Wade had the best score at 3.08
seconds. Howard finished with 3.09 seconds. Hinrich had 3.1. Anthony was
3.15. Ford was 3.2. Collison and Sweetney were clocked at 3.28. Bosh was
3.3. Darko was 3.36. Kaman was 3.37. West was 3.43. Cook was 3.45.
Podkolzine finished at 3.8. 
Body fat: An interesting statistic is the body fat measurement the NBA
takes. The average body fat of all the players tested was 9.64 percent.
Chris Marcus threw things off quite a bit when he measured a hefty 23.1
percent body fat. Here's a few other guys who could use a diet: 
James Lang was at a killer 21.4 percent. Collison recorded 17 percent body
fat. Kaman ended up with 16.3 percent. Sweetney was at 14.1 percent. And
for those of you worried that Anthony looks a bit on the heavy side, he
measured in at just 8 percent body fat. Not too shabby. 
What does all this mean? It's no surprise that the two best athletes of
the top prospects -- Wade and Hinrich -- are also on fire as far as their
draft prospects go. The bottom four -- Podkolzine, Sweetney, Cook and
Ridnour -- have some explaining to do. It's pretty easy to explain away
Pavel and Sweetney. Podkolzine tested just a day off the plane and had
literally never been through most of those drills in his life. Sweetney
has not hired an agent and spent his time at Georgetown working out there.
In other words, neither of these guys has been at Tim Grover's
A.T.T.A.C.K. Athletics or IMG preparing for the event. Cook and Ridnour
have been working out, however, and their relative lack of athleticism
will come back to bite their draft stock in the end. 
Among the surprises? Darko appears to be just as athletic as Carmelo. That
will shock a lot of people. Ford doesn't appear to be quite as fast as
he's been rumored to be. Kaman is a better athlete than people think And
Bosh? His results were pretty lackluster. 
The two guys to watch are Bell and Hansen. They were the only guys on the
first-round bubble to finish in the Top 10 athletically. Their strong
finish should help both of their causes. 
What about LeBron? 
Obviously, LeBron James is the exception to the rule here. He missed the
combine to attend his high school graduation. He did arrive on Sunday to
meet with the media and have his measurements taken, but he didn't
participate in any of the drills. 
For the record, James measured 6-foot-7 1/4 without shoes, 6-foot-8 1/2
with shoes. He weighed 245 pounds. His body fat was a super low 6.7
percent, meaning he's all muscle. His wingspan was 7-0 1/4.
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Mi piace anche leggere che il suo fratellone Collison (avrete capito che ho
una predilezione per i senior) non e' cosi' moscio come sembrava ed i
sollevamenti alla panca sono diventati 8 da 4 che erano.
Bene per lui e male per la mia speranza di vederlo libero alla 16.
Saluti
Kicco

percent, meaning he's all muscle.
tutto interessante, ma probabilmente il dato PIU' interessante viene
dall'unico che non ha fatto i test:
cioè, questo qui sarebbe 2.04 per 110 kili col 6.7 per cento di massa
grassa? a 18 anni? e ha la coordinazione, l'agilità, l'esplosività che
tutti abbiamo visto in quei pochi sprazzi che ci sono stati concessi?
Non so se avete presente, ma Kobe (che è il prototipo della big guard)
è 6-6 e qualcosa e, dopo un'estate di sollevamento pesi, è arrivato
vicino alle 230 libbre... e tutto questo dopo anni di allenamenti NBA,
quando è arrivato nella lega pesava tranquillamente 15 chili (di
muscoli) in meno... ergo alla stessa età LeBron pesa una ventina di
chili ed è alto 7-8 centimetri più di Kobe?
dai dev'essere tutto uno scherzo, fra poco ci diranno che è 1.98 per
100 chili e fisicamente meno esplosivo, altrimenti ce ne andiamo tutti
a casa che è meglio.
see ya
Sc0rT3s|4 r0x
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FletcherLynd
"When a winner makes a mistake, he says, 'I was wrong;' when a loser
makes a mistake, he says, 'It wasn't my fault.'"

 Sc0rT3s|4 r0x
CIAO
TEO

 a casa che è meglio.
Forse meglio 4 cm circa, che non sono pochi !
Lebròn mi impressiona vederlo solo in fotografia, se poi ci aggiungiamo
anche una faccia giusta,
con un sorriso non male (ehm, non fraintendete !) .... beh sono veramente
curioso di vederlo giocare !
Franco C.
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