Okay, so, I’ve been diving deep into some NBA stats lately, and I wanted to figure out who the heaviest player in the league is right now. It’s not as straightforward as you might think!
First, I started with a general search, just typing in “heaviest NBA player” into the search bar. The results were a bit all over the place. Some articles were talking about historical players, like this guy Oliver Miller from back in the 90s. Apparently, he weighed a whopping 375 pounds! That’s insane! But that wasn’t what I was looking for. I wanted the current, active players.
Then, I refined my search a bit more, adding “right now” to the query. This is where things got interesting. Most of the results started pointing to Boban Marjanović. He’s a Serbian player, and the consensus seems to be that he’s the heaviest active player, coming in at 290 pounds (which is about 132 kilograms). It feels pretty huge!
- Started with a broad search, got some interesting historical facts but not what I needed.
- Narrowed it down by specifying “right now”, which led me to current players.
- Most sources kept mentioning Boban Marjanović as the heaviest, with a consistent weight of 290 pounds.
So, here’s how I got there:
But, I also stumbled upon this interesting tidbit: a guy named Marcus Elliott, who runs some sports performance center, mentioned that today’s NBA players are like 4 to 7 percent stronger or faster than they were a decade ago. Does that mean players are getting heavier overall? Maybe not, it could just be that they are becoming more powerful.
Anyways, my main takeaway from this little investigation is that Boban Marjanović is likely the heaviest guy in the NBA right now. But keep in mind, I didn’t check every single roster out there, so there might be someone else I missed. Still, it was a fun little search, and it’s cool to see how much emphasis there is on these kinds of stats.
