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wheels405 t1_j7q95sl wrote

If these guys only knew they could have played for 24 seasons without any decline in skill, they might never have retired.

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localhelic0pter7 t1_j7qr1ww wrote

It's wild how different things were even just 25 years ago. If I remember right for a while Jordan was basically the only athlete that did any kind of physical conditioning other than playing basketball, and he still did a lot of smoking and drinking and staying up all night.

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dcd4408 OP t1_j7q9euz wrote

Ha, yes. I didn't attempt to build any atrophy in here, just simple projections.

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