By the way, Zeller ($15.4 million salary) would be the best trade chip among Hornets veterans. He’s effective as a starter or a reserve and isn’t expensive by the description of a rotation center.
Cody Zeller Rumors
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Position: C-F
Born: 10/05/92
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:230 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $14,471,910
Born: 10/05/92
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:230 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $14,471,910
Biyombo doesn’t want to squander the opportunity he’s earned. As an example, those who know him well speak to his diligence in the weight room and focus on nutrition. Adcock says the nine-year NBA veteran is always working on a diet of some kind. He often requests food substitutions or orders unlisted items at restaurants. “All he eats is plants. Plants and fruits,” his teammate Cody Zeller adds. “I’m like, How do you have enough energy to play in games. But he’s crazy strong.”
Indiana’s own Cody Zeller was 5 years old in 1998, growing up in Washington, Indiana, when Jordan and the Chicago Bulls won their second NBA Championship three-peat. “I remember watching the games with my dad in our unfinished basement on a fifteen-inch TV. We sat down there for all the playoff games,” Zeller told FOX59’s JoJo Gentry. “Those are some of my earliest basketball memories, but also seeing MJ for the first time.”
Charlotte drafted Cody fourth overall, and he has been there ever since. Zeller is in his seventh year playing for the Hornets and team owner Michael Jordan. “The first time I talked to him on the phone was right after I walked the stage after being drafted,” he said. “I’ve never gotten over the fact that he’s never just another guy. Everyone knows when he is in the building. Anytime you can get a few minutes with him is special.”
Zeller says Jordan stops by team practices periodically. For Cody, seeing Jordan around the Hornets facilities never gets old. “Even now, there is a little extra jitters just because he is who he is.”
“What size are those?” Eyewitness News reporter Kevin Rader asked Zeller while looking at his shoes during an exclusive one-on-one interview after practice Tuesday morning at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “Sixteen,” he replied. “I told them there is a lot of real estate on these shoes,” Zeller laughed. “A lot of free room for drawing.” So he asked the kids at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health to use his shoes as a canvas – and they did.
