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re: Austin Rivers on NFL being easier than the NBA
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:23 am to lsupride87
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:23 am to lsupride87
Seems to me that really what we’re talking about is how they’re an overlap in athletic traits needed to play small forward in basketball and tight end in football. Because every nfl player brought up was a tight end. someone brought up Julius peppers but he was a football player on scholarship to play football who decided to walk on to the basketball team, not really the same.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:32 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Well that’s been the supporting argument for Rivers comments but it’s not a good one. He said just take 30 current players and the justification has been to use 3-4 examples throughout history consisting of non NBA players. To call that a stretch is more than generous.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:47 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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someone brought up Julius peppers but he was a football player on scholarship to play football who decided to walk on to the basketball team, not really the same.
That's because if you're awarded a scholarship and play more than 1 sport, it's automatically counted as a FB scholarship. He was a highly-rated BBall recruit Calling him a "walk on" is the most bullshite of technicalities.
And this discussion is bigger than just TE/PF, it's just that if you're in the height/athleticism range for QB/RB/DB/WR, you're almost guaranteed to pick basketball.
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