As Jared Sullinger works his way through the preseason, he is never really alone. As Julia Roberts says to Andy Garcia in “Ocean’s Eleven”: “In your hotel, there’s always someone watching.”
After a summer with a renewed attention to his conditioning and with a potential contract extension at stake, Sullinger’s body is under more scrutiny than any employee this side of a Hooters waitress.
Once upon a time, he would recoil when his weight was brought up for discussion. Now he is more accepting, though he still doesn’t necessarily love the topic.
“Yeah, but it is what it is,” said Sullinger, who went for 14 points and four rebounds in 15 minutes Tuesday in Milan and 7 and 6 in 11 minutes during Thursday’s completion of a 2-0 trip in Madrid.