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Trail Blazers Center Jusuf Nurkic Draws GQ Attention

This week Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic got attention for triple-doubles and team wins, but he also received a national profile in GQ for his diet regimen. After a grueling offseason of training and diet, Nurkic lost 35 Pounds in the summer of 2017. Although it became an adjustment to start the year, the load-off resulted in a career year for the big man and has continued thru this season as well.

The Bosnian Beast had fun with writer Chris Cason, talking about his habits and the things he still can’t go without on his cheat days:

When I had all the extra weight, it was a lot different.