15 NBA players who let themselves go

Some NBA players never reached their full potential or have been slowed down by weight issues.
Some NBA players never reached their full potential or have been slowed down by weight issues.

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#12 Antoine Walker

Antoine Walker was once one of the best and most versatile forwards in the NBA in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. He played seven seasons for the Boston Celtics before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

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Walker bounced around from Atlanta and then back to Boston. It was with the Miami Heat that he started to gain weight. He still played 82 games in 2006 when the Heat won the championship behind Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal.

“Toine’s” play, though, started to decline as his weight started to go up.


#11 Sean May

Sean May was supposed to bring his superb game from North Carolina to the NBA. The Charlotte Bobcats picked him 13th overall in 2005.

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May was a bust as he couldn’t keep his weight down. He entered the league at 266 pounds but played nearly at 300 pounds. May spent five seasons in the league but played only 119 games.


#10 Zach Randolph

Zach Randolph struggled to control his weight early in his career in the NBA. He wasn’t the most athletic but he was talented and skilled.

Unlike the aforementioned names, Randolph never gave up. He eventually became a two-time All-Star and one of the leaders of the Grit-and-Grind Memphis Grizzlies.

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