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Marques Colston...........nuff said
What Sport has more athletically gifted players? NFL or NBA?
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who and at what distance? anything under 200 meters
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Yea okay, then Mike Conley and his long jumpin pops can go race the group that are really fastest and most atlhetic positions in the NFL, the WRs and CBs, notthe RBs.
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NFL...Walter Jones is 6-5 305 and can do a backflip
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Don't sleep on hockey player, dudes are no joke.
^dude is 41
^dude is 41
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Iginla is an absolute beast.
and to answer the question NBA.
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Originally Posted by lnMyMind
who and at what distance? anything under 200 metersnuh uh.
Mike Conley
Mind you that I went to HS with Mike and Greg. You couldn't drag them dudes onto the track. They would run that mile random days while we were out on thetrack practicing. I'd destroy Mike in any event on the track and I'm not going to be in the NBA or NFL anytime soon.
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I have to go with the NBA
Im shocked nobody here has took into account that Football players play once a week now I know they take a hellover lot more punishment than the NBA but theyhave a week between games to recover and will most likely be fresh again.
There are some NBA players that are not very athletic at all but Im sure the percentage of NFL players that are not athletic compared to the NBA is muchhigher.The fact is there are some freaks of nature in the NFL but there in the minority of the total players on each team like Rugby big guys protect thebetter athletes.
Alot of NBA players are increadible athletes and most others are good athletes the fact is u have to be in great shape to play basketball its mostly non stopup and down the floor untill u sub out or timeout 4-5 games a week plus travel and still do what these guys do thats tough.
As for Soccer yes you have to be fit but athletic not so much most soccer players arnt its more closed skill and strong legs I grew up playing soccer here inEngland then switched to Basketball aged 12 in soccer u have plenty of rest time when the ball is nowhere near u anybody whos played full court press defencein basketball knows that u have to be in great shape.
Overall for me Basketball is the most athleticly challenging sport as its both upper body and lower body strength, reflexs,speed and allot of closed skill.
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Im shocked nobody here has took into account that Football players play once a week now I know they take a hellover lot more punishment than the NBA but theyhave a week between games to recover and will most likely be fresh again.
There are some NBA players that are not very athletic at all but Im sure the percentage of NFL players that are not athletic compared to the NBA is muchhigher.The fact is there are some freaks of nature in the NFL but there in the minority of the total players on each team like Rugby big guys protect thebetter athletes.
Alot of NBA players are increadible athletes and most others are good athletes the fact is u have to be in great shape to play basketball its mostly non stopup and down the floor untill u sub out or timeout 4-5 games a week plus travel and still do what these guys do thats tough.
As for Soccer yes you have to be fit but athletic not so much most soccer players arnt its more closed skill and strong legs I grew up playing soccer here inEngland then switched to Basketball aged 12 in soccer u have plenty of rest time when the ball is nowhere near u anybody whos played full court press defencein basketball knows that u have to be in great shape.
Overall for me Basketball is the most athleticly challenging sport as its both upper body and lower body strength, reflexs,speed and allot of closed skill.
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ok, can we get a list of who some of the top athletes in each sport are
Hoops - Lebron James/Dwight Howard/Nate Robinson/AI ?
Football - Julius Peppers/TO/Moss/Antonio Gates/Antonio Cromartie ?
Baseball - Carl Crawford/ joe Mauer ?
and the hugest myth about football is that a roster is comprised of half or mostly are fat lineman. go Look up nfl rosters. It is simply not the case. mostteams have more DBs and LBs than any other position. so on a full roster of around 55 pplayers, u have @ 15-17 total fat lineman, and out of those fat dudes, 6or 7 have an incredible amount of athleticism.
Hoops - Lebron James/Dwight Howard/Nate Robinson/AI ?
Football - Julius Peppers/TO/Moss/Antonio Gates/Antonio Cromartie ?
Baseball - Carl Crawford/ joe Mauer ?
and the hugest myth about football is that a roster is comprised of half or mostly are fat lineman. go Look up nfl rosters. It is simply not the case. mostteams have more DBs and LBs than any other position. so on a full roster of around 55 pplayers, u have @ 15-17 total fat lineman, and out of those fat dudes, 6or 7 have an incredible amount of athleticism.
ath·letethlt) [size=-2]KEY[/size]
[size=-1]NOUN:[/size]
A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.
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I don't think everybody is interpreting the question the same way in terms of what sort of athleticism we're speaking of, and if you're talkingabout the leagues as a whole or just the top 1 percent.
Either way I think the NFL has the edge, but depending how you look at it, it may not be an open and shut case for somebody else.
Either way I think the NFL has the edge, but depending how you look at it, it may not be an open and shut case for somebody else.
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I'll try to do some that weren't named
Baseball:
Jody Gathright, Grady Sizemore, Mike Hampton (no joke)
Basketball:
Gerald Wallace, D12, Rodney Carney
Baseball:
Jody Gathright, Grady Sizemore, Mike Hampton (no joke)
Basketball:
Gerald Wallace, D12, Rodney Carney
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hockey? mehhh... no hockey player has a 40 inch vertical. one of my best friends from childhood plays semi-pro hockey, and he's strong, has good hand-eye coordination, and has good technique with the hockey stick, but that doesn't make him a great overall athlete.
i think its definitely between NFL and NBA, those two are clearly ahead of the other.
I didn't know a 40 inch vertical was the cutoff to be a top athlete...how many nba "athletes" can skate? let alone shoot and pass and check.basketball players can jump high, yes...but highjumpers can jump even higher, are they more atheltic?
you have to look at the game as a whole....hockey players have more endurance (they do just as many sprints in practice, but sprints on ice are tougher thansprints on a court), greater eye hand coordination, and greater agility.
maybe im looking at it the wrong way...
but i'll agree that baseball players on average aren't as athletic as the rest.
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Track and Field > NFL > NBA > Everyone else.
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NFL by a mile.
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Real talk, lay off the new post button armanza. You stay making these lame hypothetical JB forum esque posts.
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I say the NBA because not just any person can just go out there and do what these guys do night in and night out for 82 games.
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Damn I know cats 100 pounds lighter then him that can't even get up and touch rim.....
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