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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Dec 12, 2012 3:25pm
A golfer?Dr Winston O'Boogie;1341194 wrote:No way to settle this debate. In my opinion, Tiger Woods at his peek (1999-2001) was right there.
Wow.
What next...a bowler?
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Dec 12, 2012 5:02pm
This thread is where I thought it would go.
Answer this question. If Lebron James is out on a soccer field, and he is by far the worst soccer player. Would the best soccer player on his team "magically" be the better athlete? Or would the less skilled, 6'8'' faster, stronger, more agile shitty Lebon player still be the best athlete?
I think the answer is obvious. but when people throw out Vastly inferior athletes due to them having good stats, this is where we are confused.
Answer this question. If Lebron James is out on a soccer field, and he is by far the worst soccer player. Would the best soccer player on his team "magically" be the better athlete? Or would the less skilled, 6'8'' faster, stronger, more agile shitty Lebon player still be the best athlete?
I think the answer is obvious. but when people throw out Vastly inferior athletes due to them having good stats, this is where we are confused.
Dr Winston O'Boogie
Posts: 1,799
Dec 12, 2012 5:04pm
If you really look at the game and how he was playing it during his prime, then yes, I put forth a golfer.thavoice;1341221 wrote:A golfer?
Wow.
What next...a bowler?
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 12, 2012 5:06pm
You could put Lebron James on the moon and he'd be the best athlete on the field.rydawg5;1341264 wrote:This thread is where I thought it would go.
Answer this question. If Lebron James is out on a soccer field, and he is by far the worst soccer player. Would the best soccer player on his team "magically" be the better athlete? Or would the less skilled, 6'8'' faster, stronger, more agile shitty Lebon player still be the best athlete?
I think the answer is obvious. but when people throw out Vastly inferior athletes due to them having good stats, this is where we are confused.
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Dec 12, 2012 5:08pm
the word athlete has a different definition than the word skill....docDr Winston O'Boogie;1341266 wrote:If you really look at the game and how he was playing it during his prime, then yes, I put forth a golfer.
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Dec 12, 2012 5:15pm
I think of the "best athlete in the world" as somebody who possesses exceptional size, strength, speed, and agility as well as being good at multiple sports. Lebron is the best in his profession, and I have no doubts that he would be a stud in football (if he would have chosen that path), and even average at other sports.
That definition isnt close to fitting Tiger Woods.
That definition isnt close to fitting Tiger Woods.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Dec 12, 2012 8:28pm
ccrunner609;1341342 wrote:and wouldnt be in 2 of them today....so whats your point? Being top dog in the 50's and 60's isnt shit.
Go run in circles
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 12, 2012 8:54pm
Amazingly, I agree with Sleeper. Nobody outside of the last 10 years is even in the discussion.
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BoatShoes
Posts: 5,703
Dec 13, 2012 12:48am
I think Michael Jordan is in the discussion...Azubuike24;1341402 wrote:Amazingly, I agree with Sleeper. Nobody outside of the last 10 years is even in the discussion.
I think Michael Jordan at his peak in the 90's might edge out Lebron in overall athletic ability. Lebron is bigger and more powerful but Jordan to me was quicker and more fluid. Lebron in motion doesn't have the fluidity and beauty when moves the way Jordan did.
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Dec 13, 2012 5:36am
More dominant athlete "at his peak" during an era who also deserves votes is Dan Gable and Edwin C Moses.
Edwin C Moses also has a street named after him in a nice area of Dayton.
Edwin C Moses also has a street named after him in a nice area of Dayton.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 13, 2012 9:08am
And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.BoatShoes;1341548 wrote:I think Michael Jordan is in the discussion...
I think Michael Jordan at his peak in the 90's might edge out Lebron in overall athletic ability. Lebron is bigger and more powerful but Jordan to me was quicker and more fluid. Lebron in motion doesn't have the fluidity and beauty when moves the way Jordan did.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Dec 13, 2012 9:11am
LOL. At his prime? I love your schtick sleeper, but this has gotta be the absolute dumbest thing you have ever posted. If Jordan and LeBron were on the same team, you can guaran-damn-tee, that Jordan would run the show, and not hand over the reigns like D-Wade did.sleeper;1341620 wrote:And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Dec 13, 2012 9:12am
No shit, he's almost 50 years old.sleeper;1341620 wrote:And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 13, 2012 9:14am
Hard to run the show from the bench.ernest_t_bass;1341623 wrote:LOL. At his prime? I love your schtick sleeper, but this has gotta be the absolute dumbest thing you have ever posted. If Jordan and LeBron were on the same team, you can guaran-damn-tee, that Jordan would run the show, and not hand over the reigns like D-Wade did.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 13, 2012 9:17am
Look, when Jordan played the league's second best player was a white dude. Hell the NBA was full of white people. Now, I don't know if you've ever seen a white person play basketball against black people but its like bringing a gun to a knife fight.
Compare that with today's NBA and outside of Kevin Love, Varejao is your best white dude. In fact, Varejao might be the best non-african in the league.
Compare that with today's NBA and outside of Kevin Love, Varejao is your best white dude. In fact, Varejao might be the best non-african in the league.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Dec 13, 2012 9:17am
sleeper;1341627 wrote:Hard to run the show from the bench.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Dec 13, 2012 9:18am
This thread has opened my eyes to sleeper. I now love Notre Dame.
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BoatShoes
Posts: 5,703
Dec 13, 2012 9:58am
I realize this is an off-topic post cus this thread is about athletics but there are a lot of athletic and talented point guards in the NBA right now but if you put them in a time machine and put them in the league in 1992, John Stockton would be a better player than all of them and these little bitches who cruise into the lane for barely lay-ups would be dropped to the ground.sleeper;1341630 wrote:Look, when Jordan played the league's second best player was a white dude. Hell the NBA was full of white people. Now, I don't know if you've ever seen a white person play basketball against black people but its like bringing a gun to a knife fight.
Compare that with today's NBA and outside of Kevin Love, Varejao is your best white dude. In fact, Varejao might be the best non-african in the league.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 13, 2012 10:00am
Check the color of skin of John Stockton.BoatShoes;1341670 wrote:I realize this is an off-topic post cus this thread is about athletics but there are a lot of athletic and talented point guards in the NBA right now but if you put them in a time machine and put them in the league in 1992, John Stockton would be a better player than all of them and these little bitches who cruise into the lane for barely lay-ups would be dropped to the ground.
Dr Winston O'Boogie
Posts: 1,799
Dec 13, 2012 10:36am
I take my earlier vote back. Bo Jackson in his prime was the best athlete I've ever seen.
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Dec 13, 2012 10:44am
72 Fk'n years after 1936 Jesse Owens long jump of 8.78m places him 8th at the 2012 Olympics...think about that... a guy from 1936 would be the 8th best long jumper in the world today. The long jump is arguably the quintessential athletic feat that requires speed, power and coordination. And the pure fact the man set 4 World Records in the space of 2.5 hrs one afternoon in 1935 that alone establishes him as the greatest athlete of all time!
...now please somebody shut this ridiculous thread down, there is absolutely no reason to discuss further.
...now please somebody shut this ridiculous thread down, there is absolutely no reason to discuss further.