By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Ivica Zubac skipped the EuroBasket in order to spill sweat in the gym and improve his physique during offseason and his workload apparently paid off big time.
How much? Enough to force L.A. Lakers head coach Luke Walton to create a new nickname for the Croatian center. Say goodbye to ”
Say goodbye to “Zublocka” (a rather cool nickname, mind you) and welcome Mr. “Eight Percent”. Because that’s the new percentage of body fat that Zu carries after a copious amount of workouts during summer.
Zubac had the worst Weight/Body Fat ratio than any Lakers player in the previous season with a 263.8/18.4 (percent) Lbs. It’s a number that irritated Magic Johnson who had said that “we don’t want anybody over seven or eight percent body fat anymore, and basically all but one or two players were in double-figures in body fat (last season).”
Walton noted his big guy’s body fat loss and christened him anew. “Zubac looked great. I took his body fat today and it’s down to eight percent, so that’s his new nickname on the team. ‘Eight Percent’ is Zu’s new name”, said Walton.
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