mediocre man

That's how I felt hearing him say it because it was on the same day as the article in the Oregonian ran about SAR demanding a trade and holding out.

However tlong the comments really were made by Bucher on ESPNnews

tlong

If Bucher actually made those comments then they certainly were in jest. I see no other explanation.

ProudBFan

Agreed. ESPECIALLY if the Blazers and Shareef's camp have gone into mutual "damage control" mode. After all the articles (both local and national) that went out early this week detailing Shareef's demand for a trade and threat to hold out, you'd think both the Blazers and Shareef's camp would be doing everything they can to make Shareef's "change of heart" (that's the spin they would put on their damage control efforts) headline news.

Aside from Bucher's comments, there's been nothing about it. So either he knows something no one else knows (yet), there's no damage control going on, and/or he was talking out his arse (again).

PBF

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Yega1979

I think it was a joke. Dropping 24-30 pounds before the season? That's really unhealthy, and would probably require Shareef to lose muscle mass.

If the guy is 240 and 10% body fat, that means he only has about 24 pounds of fat on his body to begin with!(Yes, I am a mathmatical genius).