most explosive/fastest first step players per position

falcolombardi · Post #1 » by **falcolombardi** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:09 am

relative to size who are the most explosive/fast players in league history ?

prolific passer · Post #2 » by **prolific passer** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:37 am

Hmm.
I guess I'll go with by position:
C: Wilt
PF: Kemp
SF: Lebron
SG: Jordan
PG: This is a tough one but I'm going to with....Archibald.

frica · Post #3 » by **frica** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:11 am

Melo had a better first step than Lebron in his short athletic peak.

Yinwest · Post #4 » by **Yinwest** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:08 pm

When I think of first step, I think of James Worthy.

Mr B · Post #5 » by **Mr B** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:35 pm

falcolombardi wrote:relative to size who are the most explosive/fast players in league history ?

C: Dream
PF: KG
SF: Dominique Wilkins
SG: Jordan
PG: Iverson

Post #6 » by **penbeast0** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:50 pm

falcolombardi wrote:relative to size who are the most explosive/fast players in league history ?

Relative to size and per position should be giving different answers.

PG Muggsy Bogues is the quickest PG of all time but at 5'3, probably not quicker "for his size" than 6'3 John Wall

C Shaq is incredibly quick for a man over 7', 300lbs but certainly not the quickest center of all time

wojoaderge · Post #7 » by **wojoaderge** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 4:09 pm

Larry Bird said Lonnie Shelton had the quickest first step of any player he ever had to guard

countryboy667 · Post #8 » by **countryboy667** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 4:04 pm

Obviously I haven't seen them all, but I think Bill Walton had an extremely quick, explosive first step move to the basket, and had really exceptional quickness overall for a guy 6'11" - 7'0".