Discuss and post about athletes that you saw or heard that had this aura like greatness and stuff said about the athlete that is almost mythical. For instance, I always heard that Arvydas Sabonis would have been an all time great and a top 5 center because he could do it all and would have been like Dirk but better. Clyde Drexler said that the Blazers in the late 80s-early 90's would have won 3+ rings had Sabonis played in his prime. Also, I heard that Bill Walton could have been like KAreem and even as big like Shaq level on the commercial level of success. Name or talk about other athletes in sports.
Mythical Athletes In Sports
- Thread starter PTBG
- Start date
Lakerman0834
Veteran
Sabonis shyt always had me
cuz he was out there looking flabby but Walton would swear that he was one of the Greatest players hes ever seen in his prime
cuz he was out there looking flabby but Walton would swear that he was one of the Greatest players hes ever seen in his prime
theres no footage or proof but Jim Brown is "The Greatest Lacrosse Player Ever" and no one ever disputes it...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06usV6451ik"]Arvydas Sabonis-Before Injuries 1986 - YouTube[/ame]Sabonis shyt always had me
Beasting on Admiral and Vlade.
1:28 mark
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
@ 1:28
dantheman9758
All Star
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7kuRrMM4NE"]Wilt Chamberlain on "Fathers of the Sport" - YouTube[/ame]
-Kareem said that the GOAT basketball player was Earl Manigault.
Earl Manigault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
his nickname is even "GOAT'.
-What's this I always heard that Len Bias was Jordan like?
-To me I thought that Ricky Rubio was a myth and would be an epic flop and bust in the NBA, but now I'm like
when he plays.
-Also, Drazen Petrovic always has this aura because they said that he would have easily been the GOAT Euro player ever in NBA history.
-Even though we never got to see, but I think Greg Oden would have been better than Dwight if he didn't have injury problems.
-Also isn't it true that Wilt had offers from a bunch of other NBA squad to play for them while he was 50 years old?
-Watching these highlights of Dajuan Wagner makes it seem like he would have been AI-like and would have been beasting with Bron in Cleveland. They said he dropped 100 points in high school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XzBdH07ylMI
-Remember back in the old WWF days, that dude Giant Gonzales? If you didn't know, the dude was drafted by the ATL Hawks in the 3rd round in 1988. They said he would have been a beast due to him being 7'3, but couldn't adapt to the physical demands of the NBA due to an knee injury.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpO_OMdGqg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpO_OMdGqg[/ame]
Earl Manigault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
his nickname is even "GOAT'.
-What's this I always heard that Len Bias was Jordan like?
-To me I thought that Ricky Rubio was a myth and would be an epic flop and bust in the NBA, but now I'm like
when he plays.-Also, Drazen Petrovic always has this aura because they said that he would have easily been the GOAT Euro player ever in NBA history.
-Even though we never got to see, but I think Greg Oden would have been better than Dwight if he didn't have injury problems.
-Also isn't it true that Wilt had offers from a bunch of other NBA squad to play for them while he was 50 years old?
-Watching these highlights of Dajuan Wagner makes it seem like he would have been AI-like and would have been beasting with Bron in Cleveland. They said he dropped 100 points in high school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XzBdH07ylMI
-Remember back in the old WWF days, that dude Giant Gonzales? If you didn't know, the dude was drafted by the ATL Hawks in the 3rd round in 1988. They said he would have been a beast due to him being 7'3, but couldn't adapt to the physical demands of the NBA due to an knee injury.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpO_OMdGqg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpO_OMdGqg[/ame]
Freestyle Phantom3.0
Habitual Line Stepper
off the top of my head:
Gotta go with Daisuke Matsusaka. Dudes in Boston were wildin when he first came over talking about this alleged "gyroball" pitch that he has. My boys were buying tshirt jerseys with matusaka in japanese and shyt
come to find out he never had this mythical pitch
and can barely find the strike zone.
Gotta go with Daisuke Matsusaka. Dudes in Boston were wildin when he first came over talking about this alleged "gyroball" pitch that he has. My boys were buying tshirt jerseys with matusaka in japanese and shyt
come to find out he never had this mythical pitch
and can barely find the strike zone.
Lakerman0834
Veteran
Lol @ basically every center shytting on that fakkit Robinson
Lakerman0834
Veteran
dantheman9758
All Star
two legends in their prime... Moon / Walton
Last edited by a moderator:
The Sabonis stories are believable because he actually balled in the NBA and put up numbers with them bad knees. I think he proly would have been the kryptonite to Shaq if he would have been here in his prime. Like 7'3 almost 300 pounds with a handle and a jumper with damn good athleticism. Would have loved to see him in his prime. And for the cats talking about Manigault i don't think he held a candle to the stories i have heard about Pee Wee Kirkland.