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re: Greatest all round athletes in sports today?
Posted on 3/7/14 at 2:23 pm to Camo Tiger 337
Posted on 3/7/14 at 2:23 pm to Camo Tiger 337
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I wonder how LeBron would do in football and how Megatron would do in basketball? I'd imagine the transition from basketball is way easier than the other way around.
Look at most elite NBA players, they were most often great at high school football and would've projected as elite college players. We don't hear much about elite NFL players that could've excelled in the NBA.
Seems like if an athlete can play both at a high level, they choose basketball, which of course makes sense from a longevity standpoint.
This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 2:25 pm
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Posted on 3/7/14 at 2:36 pm to 632627
quote:That's who I would say. I mean good grief that dude is a FREAK! Incredible speed, strength, and possibly the strongest arm I've ever seen. Oh, and he's huge.
how about yasiel puig?
Matt Holliday is also very under-rated. He was recruited to play QB at Okie St out of high school.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 2:45 pm to Camo Tiger 337
Bryce Harper has to be somewhere up there
Posted on 3/7/14 at 3:13 pm to Camo Tiger 337
Vernon Davis
Posted on 3/7/14 at 3:25 pm to Camo Tiger 337
Charles Barkley was pretty round..
Posted on 3/7/14 at 3:50 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Also, I know Imma get laughed at for this, but Jimmie Johnson isn't a slouch. Not a freak like BronBron, but no slouch.
He's put up some respectable times in triathlons and road races. As a matter of fact, the week before he won Daytona last year, he ran a half marathon in less than one and a half hours.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 3:52 pm to jg8623
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Westbrook has a good 3 inches on PP
PP was 6'1 at the combine. Westbrook was 6'3 at the bball combine and dont they do it with shoes on?? Regardless, its only an inch or 2 difference.
And PP has 20lbs on Westbrook.
I agree with Julio. 1 of the biggest freaks ive seen play a sport.
You have your obvious answers like LBJ, Megatron, PP, Julio, etc.
But what about the freak linemen in the NFL that can move. I saw JJ Watt mentioned. Julius Peppers is a freak as well.
Lane Johnson and Terron Armstead are freaks as well. Both guys are 6'6 300lbs+ and ran below 4.7 in the 40.
And even though hes not in the NFL yet, Clowney is a freak of nature. That big and that fast.... its unnatural.
Percy Harvin is up there for me as well. So is John Wall.
Brees and Luck are holding it down for the white guys. Isnt Nick Foles a freak as well? Supposedly a really good bball player.
This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:06 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Here's another article that talks about how in 1 game he threw a pass, caught a pass, and had to guard Megatron on defense
Thought it was pretty cool how they swapped jerseys with eachother after that game,
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:22 pm to boom roasted
Best "all round"? The Round Mound of Touchdown, Jared Lorenzan
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:23 pm to Camo Tiger 337
Brock Lesnar.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:24 pm to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 3/7/14 at 4:54 pm to Dire Wolf
to me, a natural athlete should be able to shoot a basketball, throw and catch a football/baseball, swing a bat, and kick a soccer ball without looking like an idiot and looking smooth doing all of these.
i would bet you andrew luck, RG3 and russell wilson can do all of that.
I doubt many if any basketball players can play a sport other than football. Did you see the TNT crew kick a soccer ball and try to hit a baseball? doesn't give me much faith in basketball players anymore. I would say they have the most athletic skills though.
Most qb's not named Tom Brady are most likely natural athletes. While i think they are the most athletic in the definition i gave above, i don't think they are athletic enough to be really good at other sports, just athletic enough to be decent.
If i had to pick an athlete that i think could succeed at any of these sports had he been brought up playing it and training in it, i pick Kobe(younger kobe) and Nate Robinson.
i would bet you andrew luck, RG3 and russell wilson can do all of that.
I doubt many if any basketball players can play a sport other than football. Did you see the TNT crew kick a soccer ball and try to hit a baseball? doesn't give me much faith in basketball players anymore. I would say they have the most athletic skills though.
Most qb's not named Tom Brady are most likely natural athletes. While i think they are the most athletic in the definition i gave above, i don't think they are athletic enough to be really good at other sports, just athletic enough to be decent.
If i had to pick an athlete that i think could succeed at any of these sports had he been brought up playing it and training in it, i pick Kobe(younger kobe) and Nate Robinson.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 5:16 pm to TeddyPadillac
On those shows were elite athletes would participate in various athletic completions, Jeremy Bloom and Bode Miller used to own.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 7:59 pm to Camo Tiger 337
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How could I forget Graham! He'd make a beast power forward
You mean like his original sport he tried to make it in that didn't pan out for him.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:12 pm to Dylan
The correct answer is Carl Crawford
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Carl bypassed basketball his senior year to concentrate on baseball as soon as football season was over. Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as a point guard at UCLA.[7] He also had an option to play college football as an option quarterback at Nebraska,[7] USC, Oklahoma, Florida,.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:39 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Vernon Davis
Damn how'd it go far without that name.
FREAK.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:43 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
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The correct answer is Carl Crawford
My dad says he's the best athlete outside of Bo Jackson that's ever lived.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 10:52 pm to TeddyPadillac
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Most qb's not named Tom Brady
Bradys a freak as well. Was an MLB draft pick. 18th round out of high school and would have been higher if it wasnt for football. MLB scouts said he would have been a 5th rounder if it wasnt for football. And he played catcher, which is 1 of the more athletically demanding positions in baseball. Scouts were wowed by his arm and his ability to hit the long ball. And all of his high school friends all thought he would be in the MLB not the NFL. Said he was a good high school QB, but was a natural baseball player and a star out there and that nobody ever thought he would become 1 of the greatest QBs ever.
His high school produced guys like Bonds and Gregg Jeffries and Dan Serafini. All 1st round guys. His coach all coached them as well. And he said Brady was a cant miss baseball prospect, more so than any of the other guys he coached.
So yeah hes goofy and cant run that well, but hes still a hell of an athlete.
This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 3/8/14 at 12:14 am to KG5989
I don't think most guys realize that majority of professional athletes were former 2-sport stars. There are plenty of NFL players who could have made it in NBA or mlb had they put their mind to it. And vice versa
Look at guys like Julius peppers, Jimmy Graham, Antonio gates. Former college basketball players. Just because a guy plays one sport doesn't mean that's the only sport they could play
Hell look at me in high school I was a star on them football team, I beat our state champion wrestler in a match And i didnt even wrestle(although im still convinced he let me win)I ran track two years and played soccer two years. And just to see if I could make ?the team I tried out for baseball, made varsity, and quit because I had no real intention of actually playing.
And of course im not a quarter as athletic as your average professional athlete
Look at guys like Julius peppers, Jimmy Graham, Antonio gates. Former college basketball players. Just because a guy plays one sport doesn't mean that's the only sport they could play
Hell look at me in high school I was a star on them football team, I beat our state champion wrestler in a match And i didnt even wrestle(although im still convinced he let me win)I ran track two years and played soccer two years. And just to see if I could make ?the team I tried out for baseball, made varsity, and quit because I had no real intention of actually playing.
And of course im not a quarter as athletic as your average professional athlete
Posted on 3/8/14 at 12:49 am to QJenk
Yea, yea. But what was your 40 time?
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