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In this thread, hockey and baseball fans gets upset because they realize that their sports don't have the best athletes.
Skill does not equate to athleticism.
In this thread you think you know it all and you don't.
In this thread, hockey and baseball fans gets upset because they realize that their sports don't have the best athletes.
Skill does not equate to athleticism.
The problem with putting basketball in this list is that there are vastly different positions in basketball with vastly different skill requirements.
For example, I don't think the 6'10"+ centers in the NBA are that athletic. They have a good set of genes - they're big bodies with long arms. Most of them don't have speed or supreme dribbling abilities - they can block and shoot....that's about it.
Centers are certainly incredibly athletic for their size.
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Chris Andreson is 6'10"
They are the most athletic 7 foot people living on the entire planet. Similarly, the 6 foot players are the best athletes for their size/height division as well.
Maybe not the best, but Nate Robinson is actually an incredible athlete. Weird that you would name-drop him sarcastically.lil nate robinson can dunk. i guess he's the best athlete. he wins. game over fellas. pack it up.
You're cherry picking positions here. If we take the 50 best atheletes in each sport basketball will win by a landslide. Every sport has its specialized positions that don't require the best athletes ( goalies, linemen, centers).
You're cherry picking positions here..
The average jumping height of every hockey player in the NHL would likely only be second to those in the NBA. NFL receivers can jump, but QBs and linemen....not so much.
Do even half of the players in the NFL or NBA have the eye hand coordination of the average hockey player?
Hockey is the fastest game on earth, and those guys are flicking around a tiny rubber puck while physically moving faster than any other athlete in their respective sport.
Most NBA players are quite slow. Look at any center or power forward in the league - they're big, lumbering bodies that can shoot and block - that's about it.
If we are just talking about major sports then the NFL wins by default since its the only sport that has a special event catered around a players athleticism broken down into individual parts.. It is public knowledge how fast, strong, explosive, and agile they are through the various events held at the NFL combine which would make it easy to compare to other athletes but no one else does because they don't view that as necessary.
Maybe not the best, but Nate Robinson is actually an incredible athlete. Weird that you would name-drop him sarcastically.
That's my point, though. There's a stark difference in athleticism between a quick NBA point guard and a lumbering center.
Not so much of a difference between a right winger and a defensive player in the NHL. If you could somehow quantify the athleticism of every player in the NBA and the NHL, the NHL would have a higher average based on the fact that every single position on the team requires a similar degree of athleticism.
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Centers are certainly incredibly athletic for their size.
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Chris Andreson is 6'10"
They are the most athletic 7 foot people living on the entire planet. Similarly, the 6 foot players are the best athletes for their size/height division as well.
just don't ask basketball players to throw baseballs
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road cyclists, in particular contador and sagan..
The average jumping height of every hockey player in the NHL would likely only be second to those in the NBA. NFL receivers can jump, but QBs and linemen....not so much.
Do even half of the players in the NFL or NBA have the eye hand coordination of the average hockey player?
Hockey is the fastest game on earth, and those guys are flicking around a tiny rubber puck while physically moving faster than any other athlete in their respective sport.
Durant has to be up there as well despite his skinny fram
nearly 7 feet
Great handles
7'4'' wingspan
incredible coordination
can play 48+minutes
nearly 7 feet and does this shit
For team sports, the most athletic players are basketball players, bar none.
Just about every other team sport allows for tons of breaks (american football) very little playing time (90 second shifts for every 5 minutes of real time in ice hockey) and coasting to conserve energy (world football).
Outside of commercial breaks and timeouts, Basketball is nothing but constant movement.
Durant has to be up there as well despite his skinny fram
nearly 7 feet
Great handles
7'4'' wingspan
incredible coordination
can play 48+minutes
nearly 7 feet and does this shit
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For team sports, the most athletic players are basketball players, bar none.
Just about every other team sport allows for tons of breaks (american football) very little playing time (90 second shifts for every 5 minutes of real time in ice hockey) and coasting to conserve energy (world football).
Outside of commercial breaks and timeouts, Basketball is nothing but constant movement.
Splitter, Zach Randolph, Tim Duncan, Al Jefferson, Dirk, the Gasol brothers, Perkins, Koufas, Kanter are your prototypical big men. Some of these guys are very skilled but most of them are very lumbering and don't fit your Chris Anderson example.
The Javelee McGees, DeAndre Jordans and Ibakas are very rare extreme 7 foot athletes that are the exception and not the norm. And of course they're the most athletic 7 foot people in the world. It pays to be tall in basketball, literally. Only other sport where it's a plus being incredibly tall is volleyball I think. A lot of these guys didn't pick a basketball until middle or high school. You can be in the NBA for a long time for just being tall and "keep getting dem checks".
RidiculousHow does this relate to athleticism at all?
Being able to wield a tool efficiently is skill, not athleticism.
... and some guys want to argue that skill and coordination aren't a strong point of NBA athletes.
Not to mention NBA players score a hell of a lot more points than soccer and hockey players. There's really no comparison.
Because it's easy. You have a big ball and use your hands.
A jumpshot isn't easy.Because it's easy. You have a big ball and use your hands.
Because it's easy. You have a big ball and use your hands.
Much smaller goal.
It's still far easier just by using your hands.
It's still far easier just by using your hands.
Because it's easy. You have a big ball and use your hands.
Incorporating all aspects of athletic ability.Basketball.
For team sports, the most athletic players are basketball players, bar none.
Just about every other team sport allows for tons of breaks (american football) very little playing time (90 second shifts for every 5 minutes of real time in ice hockey) and coasting to conserve energy (world football).
Outside of commercial breaks and timeouts, Basketball is nothing but constant movement.
nah, Gerald Green.Anthony Davis?
A Basketball hoop has a diameter of 18 inches, the ball is 9 inches in diameter. A Hockey goal post is six feet apart and the puck is 3 inches in diameter.
Just a tiny bit bigger in relative goal size don't you think?
Eitherway, this has little to do with athleticism. This point of contention has to do with skill.
Duncan was pretty athletic when he was younger, not a freak athlete but for his height he was pretty agile same with Pau.
And you only named 10 guys, there are 60 starting PF/Cs in the NBA, there are just as many incredible athletes playing PF/C in the NBA as there are lumbering guys.
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Gerald Green, has rockets for legs.