re: Tyrann Mathieu - Best Basketball Player in the NFL?

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use to see him play in the rec in the offseason guy was incredible reminded me of AI or d rose. probably make it to NBA D leauge

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Mathieu and AI are not comparable in any way, and Drose is 6" taller than him. Nothing about Mathieu's basketball skills compare in any way to those 2.

He's an athlete and can play basketball. Doesn't mean he can play at any level near to the best NBA players or even bench role players.
If any NFL player could, they would. NBA contracts are 100x's better than NFL's as well as having longer average careers compared to the NFL.
The average NBA player will make 4x the average NFL player over their careers.
Mike James is a terrible basketball player, barely a double digit scorer at best, yet had one decent season on a bad Toronto team and turned it into a gauranteed 4 year $25million deal at age 31.