Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 4, 2019
Bulls second-year big man Wendell Carter Jr. still a ‘work in progress’
The Bulls have made a point to talk about the muscling up of Wendell Carter Jr. this offseason.
The second-year big man went from 255 pounds as rookie, to sitting at 270 with the start of training camp, all the while keeping his body fat at six percent.
“I just think he’s filling out,’’ coach Jim Boylen said of Carter’s new look. “Did we consciously put pounds on him? He’s just a big dude. He’s proportioned. He’s six percent body fat. I mean I never heard of that for a guy like that.
“‘Dream’ was like that.’’
The “Dream’’ Boylen was referring to? Hall of famer Hakeem Olajuwon, who Boylen was around back in his Houston Rockets days.
