Freak athlete appreciation thread

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Well, to be fair...bball players do not need to develop the level of footwork of soccer players. I played soccer until I was 11/12 regularly and my footwork even until today at 30 is way more superior on the bball court because of it.

Barry Sanders had crazy footwork. Reggie Bush's footwork was godly at USC too. Remember these guys are not spending years kicking a ball which naturally improves footwork, but that it a whole other thread.

idk footwork in american football seems inferior to me to basketball, which itself now seems very very inferior to me to soccer. to me, i think ive realized that the basketball and american football athletes are only superior in power and explosive speed and even that almost works against them in a sense as athletes overall because they are so power oriented that they start to lack as much body awareness and control as a result. lebron is obviously more physically powerful than messi but when you compare the actual movements each has to preform with their bodies for their sport... lebron starts to look almost like a retard compared to messi. the same is true for any american football athlete, which are generally much more athletic than basketball players, even the most athletic you can possibly think of, will seem just so simple and basic compared to a player like messi. to execute like messi.... the degree of difficulty is just way way higher than anything in those sports. its like watching a living musical instrument.

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idk footwork in american football seems inferior to me to basketball, which itself now seems very very inferior to me to soccer. to me, i think ive realized that the basketball and american football athletes are only superior in power and explosive speed and even that almost works against them in a sense as athletes overall because they are so power oriented that they start to lack as much body awareness and control as a result. lebron is obviously more physically powerful than messi but when you compare the actual movements each has to preform with their bodies for their sport... lebron starts to look almost like a retard compared to messi. the same is true for any american football athlete, which are generally much more athletic than basketball players, even the most athletic you can possibly think of, will seem just so simple and basic compared to a player like messi. to execute like messi.... the degree of difficulty is just way way higher than anything in those sports. its like watching a living musical instrument.

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Dennis Rodman definitely needs more mentions, he was an underrated athlete.
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Vince Carter's leaping ability is some of the craziest shyt I've ever seen.
Gerald Green is another leaper that gets up there as well ..i'll also add Russell Westbrook.

Blake Griffin ..just ask Perkins
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Coinciding with my alias, I'll contribute some rugby folks:

Sonny Bill Williams
6'4" 240lb with speed
World class rugby player AND undefeated heavyweight boxer
Sonny Bill Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Jonah Lomu
6'5" 275lb with world class speed (they say he ran a 4.36 in the 40:mindblown:)
Jonah Lomu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Watch this guy bruhs :wow: and click on part 2 when you're done
The Best of Jonah Lomu MUST SEE!! Part 1 - YouTube

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That isn't 4.3 speed.

He looks like Gronkowski.
 
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