Rakim Lubin up to 270

[scrappy2.0]

That is MF huge for an 18 year old. He should consider boxing--a lot of money to be made there--way more than basketball!!!


Well to get back to another thread about Lubin--if he is 270 and hes not fat its all muscle and he can jump just as high as he did 2 months ago at 25-250?? how the heck would he not start. I watch tape of our being swatted and punked for most of the year--we were serviceable--he is an enforcer.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Has he grown taller as well? TOS had him at 6 7 195 in 2013.

 

[intlzncster]

Well to get back to another thread about Lubin--if he is 270 and hes not fat its all muscle and he can jump just as high as he did 2 months ago at 25-250?? how the heck would he not start. I watch tape of our being swatted and punked for most of the year--we were serviceable--he is an enforcer.

Because they might improve?

I'm not an expert, but that sounds a bit heavy for Lubin's size.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Just dug up the post from @basketballmom in September of last year. At that time Rock was 245, so he's up 25 lbs over the last 7 months. Can we send 'Mida down to GA to workout with him?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Just dug up the post from @basketballmom in September of last year. At that time Rock was 245, so he's up 25 lbs over the last 7 months. Can we send 'Mida down to GA to workout with him?

It's definitely plausible.

Just ask the workers at north dining hall about me my freshman year.

 

[UconnU]

Sign baptiste! imagine a 2015-16 line up with Baptiste and Lubin down low and Purv up top hahahaha. No one would want to face that team.

 

[sparky]

If what he is asked to do is rebound he could be one hell of a load.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

If true, I don't view this as a good thing.

 

[CallMeBruce]

If true, I don't view this as a good thing.

It would be good if he also grew to 6'11".

 

[CTBasketball]

Fat. You don't gain 25lbs from a high school weight program in just over half a year. Kids been dining at McDonalds too much.

He needs to bring this eating strategy to Storrs and preach it.

 

[tcf15]

This was a photo of him from late March, still seems pretty cut:

 

[Sportsman5]

Like I said in another thread he is a genetic freak. The normal rules of physiology do not apply to him. He probably adds muscle to his legs just from walking up the stairs. Its a good problem to have.

 

[Tenspro2002]

This isn't the UConn bodybuilding team, it's the UConn basketball team.

Can the dude play or not?

 

[Huskyforlife]

That is MF huge for an 18 year old. He should consider boxing--a lot of money to be made there--way more than basketball!!!


Well to get back to another thread about Lubin--if he is 270 and hes not fat its all muscle and he can jump just as high as he did 2 months ago at 25-250?? how the heck would he not start. I watch tape of our being swatted and punked for most of the year--we were serviceable--he is an enforcer.

Where did you here this? If so this can't be a good thing, kids only 6'7?

 

[tcf15]

William Paxton @wspaxton · 3h
Ollie on Rakin Lublin: "he's big in every sense of the word" ... Says Lubin up to 270 now

 

[Rocktheworld]

"Rakin Lublin"

Is this dude drunk

 

[UCONNfan1]

Sounds like the kid is a gym hound. Nothing wrong with that. I hope his hoops skills come close to his obvious physical attributes. Either he was woefully overlooked by the recruiting "experts" or we are overestimating his basketball prowess and impact.

 

[CL82]

This isn't the UConn bodybuilding team, it's the UConn basketball team.

Can the dude play or not?

It sounds like you want basketball muscle not beach muscle.

 

[Gurleyman]

Lubin is one of those rare players that can put on weight as he needs it. If he is matching up with a huge frontcourt one night, he can put on 25 pounds of muscle in the afternoon just by lifting his living room sofa a few times. Then he can take it off again when he's done with it, so he can put another foot back on his vertical. It is this type of weight versatililty that will make him so valuable in the frontcourt. If we need a bruiser, or a lithe shotblocker, he can adapt.

He could also shrink himself down to 100 pounds to play on the polo team, but he needs more recovery time after that, so Ollie won't let him play both sports.

 

[Dove]

This was a photo of him from late March, still seems pretty cut:

Who thought Patric Young for a real quick moment?

 

[Kitaman]

Well now that he has a scholarship, I guess he can eat all he wants until the Husky Run. He'll pay for all that weight gain then.

 

[Kitaman]

Lubin is one of those rare players that can put on weight as he needs it. If he is matching up with a huge frontcourt one night, he can put on 25 pounds of muscle in the afternoon just by lifting his living room sofa a few times. Then he can take it off again when he's done with it, so he can put another foot back on his vertical. It is this type of weight versatililty that will make him so valuable in the frontcourt. If we need a bruiser, or a lithe shotblocker, he can adapt.

He could also shrink himself down to 100 pounds to play on the polo team, but he needs more recovery time after that, so Ollie won't let him play both sports.

You could be right but it only happens to the young. My rubber band broke when I turned 30.

 

[Horatio]

The truth will come out when KO blows the whistle for the first practice or during Lubin's first Huskie Run. That will determine What's fat and what's muscle and what kinda shape he's in. My guess is he'll lose weight during the pre - season due to the conditioning and lack of quality soul food and Georgia
BBQ in Connecticut .

 

[Clockshop]

"Great player, powerful player," Ollie said. "The other night he said he was 270 [pounds] now. I said 'You got to get down a little bit.' He said he wants to be like LeBron. I said, 'There's just one LeBron James. We don't want you playing at 270." … He's going to be a great building block for us. Just a great rebounder, big in every way imaginable."

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...foot-ollie-geno-0515-20140514,0,5434409.story

 

[dogpause]

That kid from UCF played pretty well against us and he was no fitness poster child.