inDe_eD wrote:
Yes but again, it's the very elite players (top 10%) who fall into these categories. I can take the top 10% of NBA athletes and get the exact same results. Please tell me that there is any guy in the NFL that is stronger than Pekovic, Lebron or Dwight Howard? How about guys faster than Eric Bledsoe, Tony Parker, Derrick Rose, and Russell Westbrook?
Again, the argument is so subjective (different tests, different skills etc), that I think the only way to really determine which sport has the better athletes is to look at the money. NBA players are just paid better, period.
Calvin Johnson, who could go down as one the best WRs of all time, in the highest paid era of NFL players, so far, just got his 8 year $150 million contract. That's only $19 mil/season, and he's one of the highest paid players ever. Borderline All-Stars like Joe Johnson and Carlos Boozer can get 6 year, $120 million dollar contracts. If you (athletes) have a choice between the two sports, you go with the NBA.
With that in mind, I think it's safe to assume that the NBA and not the NFL, has its choice of the top Athletes.
Let's not get into this
, ok I'll post the of linear numbers, Trindon Holliday 10.00 flat 100 meters, 6.54 60 meters NCAA sprint champion, 2008 Olympic aletrnate 4 x 100 meter relay, Jacoby Ford 10.01 100 meters, 6.51 60 meters NCAA champion Olympic qualifier, Marquise Goodwin USA track Long Jump champion, 2012 Olympic participant 10th place, Robert Grifith 3 HS hurdles Champion, Jamaal Charles 10.18 100 meters HS hurdles champion, Ted Ginn fastest 110 meter hurdler in HS has beat Aries Merritt(Olympic Champion toyed with John Wall on the track
) and Jason Richardson, Jerome Simpson NCAA long Jump finalist and School high jump record holder, Casey Hampton and Haloti Ngata 600 lb bench pressers and 800 lbs squats, Stephen Paea 49 reps 225lbs NFL record and many more....pk I'll just post this link for everyone to see the staggering athleticism of past and present NFL athletes.
http://tracksuperfan.com/track-and-foot ... time-listsIn the NBA you need to be tall, skillful and athletic to make the dollars in the NFL everything is about power and athleticism no matter how short or tall you are. Ok this has to be a troll post or you're just extremely delusional into thinking Pekovic/Howard could beat Casey Hampton in a powerlifting contest or Rose/westbrook and other fast guards could beat and even sniff wolrd class sprinters Jacoby Ford/Trindon Holliday/Jeff demps in an all out sprint 50 or 100 meters, just name it I'll bet my life savings they get blown out of the water, the only one that could probably come close is Nate Robinson but even he is stretch and would need to train to even sniff these guys jockstraps.