People were wondering if Capela is noticeably bigger than last season

Yeah it really helps if he can carry over his success from last season, D-Mo won't have to play the 5 at all or as much where bigger players can physically put more pressure on his back and we can get away with a Jones/vetFA/Harrell/Dekker rotation at the 4 to easy D-Mo back in.

Also great insurance in case Dwight walks, which I hope doesn't happen but this is a business at the end of the day.

 

can you do the same photo comparison for rookie Joshua Smith. he looks like he is getting bigger too (and its not just the hair)

 

Legs too skinny

Does he even squat, bro?

 

He looks like he got slightly bigger. I'll take it!

 

Yeah, you can see a slight difference in his arms and shoulders.

Not sure if it's the different expression or the hair, but his face looks more full to me too.

 

Yeah it's his neck. His neck has gotten bigger. Sure sign he's put in some upper body work this off season.

 

You can build up muscles and mass pretty quickly with all the different protein supplements and various nutrients available nowadays as well as recover quickly. Shedding weight properly on the other hand is fairly slow if you do it correctly and in a healthy manner.

 

They said he gained 20 lbs of muscle

 

This is a pretty sizeable gain when you consider how large his frame is. 20 lb of muscle is a lot harder to see on a guy that big, but the gains in terms of strength are still appreciable.

 

looks significantly bigger

 

You mean he worked out his facial muscle? :grin:

I see the biggest difference is the hair.

 

I've heard of dreadlocks, Reggie, but...

 

Just a different cut on the jersey

 

He definitely did and I'm sure he put on a reasonable amount of fat as well. He's still a lean man, but you simply can not put on that much muscle in a short period of time without adding fat as well. Not without steroids. There's nothing wrong with that either, DMO is very athletic and extra overall weight will benefit him in the post.

One of my favorite examples was Bradley Cooper in American Sniper. The media harped on his gaining 50lbs of muscle for the role. People get caught up in the idea that if you're lifting and gaining weight you must be gaining all muscle. He gained 50lbs total and I'd conservatively estimate half of that was fat, but more like 60-70% of that was fat. It still means he put on 15-20lbs of muscle in a few months which is a lot of work and very impressive. But look at him that movie, he's a big man with a big old belly. That's not 50lbs of muscle gain, that's 50lbs of weight.

 

He has more overall size, it's not just the jersey cut. Yes the jersey cut makes his shoulders appear more rounded and bulging but it's overall size that's the difference. You can't tell if your looking at just his shoulder but you can tell when you zoom out that he doesn't have as much of that kevin durant lanky arm thing going anymore. That's what happens when your arms get wider along with your lats.

 

Does it really matter if he looks bigger? The important thing is that he is bigger. By McHale's account, Capela has put on ~24 pounds since being drafted, and according to Capela, it's 15 pounds over the summer alone. That's clearly progress.

He was already able to hold his own against DeAndre and Chandler through spurts in the playoffs last season. That extra mass suggests he should now be able to do it more consistently.

 

Is he looking fat around the belly?

 

Gotta be the shoes.