Comments on: Austin Daye readying to challenge Dennis Rodman’s pushup mark

By: domnick

domnick — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:17:45 +0000

the heck with the team wasting time on this instead of winning more games this season… yeah this is not Austin Daye’s season and he should be traded already.. he sucks!

By: jay_uno

jay_uno — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:09:13 +0000

i can´t believe ben wallace can´t do that drill

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:58:38 +0000

Not going to lie, don’t forsee Daye bulking up, just getting leaner. He needs to play on a team that has a dominent big or two so he can sit behind the arc and shoot the money ball all day. He isn’t the most athletic wing in the league to beat people off the dribble and he lacks the spead to be ran off of screens. If he was quicker, I would think, with his shooting stroke, he would be a lock to drop buckets with the old curl play that LB use to run for Rip.

I may definitely try this push up regimine though. Read today that an guy is suing the FBI because he missed the cut by 1 push up. The physical test requires 30 untimed pushups and he only completed 29 – is it just me or does that seem like it would be a breeze if one took their time and didn’t try to rattle off 30 in a row?

By: apa8ren9

apa8ren9 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:34:31 +0000

Finally an article about Daye doing something other than twittering or cheering on someone else. Something that he is accomplishing that will help him stay on the court. I have to take what I can get I guess. Next time hopefully it will be about him understanding defensive rotations better. Get better or get lost.

By: V.

V. — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:20:20 +0000

I view Daye as almost being pure ectomorph, and it’s going to be hard to make him strong enough to play in the NBA.

Dennis Rodman was probably the strongest player pound for pound who ever played basketball, and he was probably 80/20 ectomesomorph, but his genetics were like one in 10 million. Where he came from they called that “cowboy strong”, wiry build, but very strong, remember Dennis roped calf back in OK. That’s probably a cakewalk to guarding a 4 or rebounding in the NBA.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:42:08 +0000

Out of all the pistons of the last 3 years that i am disappointed with the most Daye is the one that is in the lead. After seeing how scrawny he was on draft day i thought his rookie year was going to be a write off while he got stronger and added weigh which didn’t happen and then over the next 2 years he got even lighter. The key for him and the team to get better is simple…he must get stronger. These are the small strides that will make the pistons a better team in building from within. Once this kid gets some strength then the sky is the limit for him. He has got all the tools he just needs to build the body to utilize them. The only problem is its a big ‘IF‘ that he ever gets there.

By: Pistons87

Pistons87 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:54:28 +0000

Actually the article says Kander and others have tried other programs but this is the first that seems to be having any significant impact on Daye’s physique.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:13:03 +0000

Are they holding the “up” position or “down” position? If it’s the former, I’m really surprised only Rodman has ever managed it. If it’s the latter, yeah, that would be insane.

By: vic

vic — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:54:03 +0000

this is awesome. I dont see it as much about Daye as it is about the fact that after all that talk about lifting weights… the best way to get stronger is to do pushups. Whoda thunkit?

I had written him off but if he gets stronger and starts producing i’d love to have him as a 3rd or 4th guard next year.

By: Tiko

Tiko — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:07:21 +0000

Daye is trash