Photos show slimmer Sullinger

For what its worth:

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/photos-show-slimmer-jared-sullinger-boston-celtics-coach-brad-stevens-sounds-pleased?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

Sorry, but I couldn't figure out how to post the pics. Maybe someone more competent can post them. Personally, I have a hard time telling if he really looks slimmer....

Whatever happens between now and the season, props for Sully for spending day after day doing what most of us would consider a bottom-of-the-barrel chore.

Sam

Lets hope that the pictures do not lie. I have been saying for over a year now that this guy can be a 20 and 10 guy every night if he is in shape and not allowed to play on the perimeter. He has plenty of inside game, will get additional rebounds, draw more fouls, hit more free throws if he is not allowed/encouraged to be a "stretch four" any longer. He will get his 20 points per night and only have to get about 15 shots to do it as long as none of the 15 shots are three point attempts. Of course, he will need to be able to play 35 full speed minutes a night and not the 15 full speed minutes he could play last year without fatiguing so much that he has to coast for 10 minutes.

He may never be the greatest defender, but lots of guys who can get you 20 points and ten rebounds a night are not always their team's defensive stoppers either. And, perhaps losing 20 pounds will make him a better defender as well.