WALTHAM - Everything changed for Jared Sullinger on one afternoon last May.
His agent David Falk called him unexpectedly, and told Sullinger that he'd be flying into his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
Falk wanted to meet with his client.
They set up a meeting, but Sullinger missed it because "something popped up."
When the Celtics forward arrived at his apartment later that afternoon, he was greeted by his agent, his family, and a man he'd never met, John Lucas II.
It was an intervention, but an unconventional one. It was regarding his fitness.
Sullinger's weight has been a talking point since the Celtics drafted him three years ago, and it came to a head last season when he was reportedly tipping the scales at 300 pounds.