NBA players in olympics?

LiquidFire · Post #1 » by **LiquidFire** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:25 am

Other then basketball, what NBA players do you think could qualify for a olympic event?

AgEnT50 · Post #2 » by **AgEnT50** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:30 am

Im sure Tony Parker & Monta Ellis could participate in some sort of Track & Field Event. . .

Inc · Post #3 » by **Inc** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:33 am

Lebron = Volleyball!

Post #4 » by **corona** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:34 am

gerald green - high jump
rip hamilton - 1500 meter
monta ellis - 100 meter
lebron - everything

dreamcloud · Post #5 » by **dreamcloud** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:35 am

Nash in soccer?

Lebron, whatever the hell he wants

Don Draper · Post #6 » by **Don Draper** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:45 am

Ginobli and Varejao - Diving
Kobe - rhythmic gymnastics

TrueRain · Post #7 » by **TrueRain** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:47 am

obinna wrote:Ginobli and Varejao - Diving

AgEnT50 · Post #8 » by **AgEnT50** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:49 am

obinna wrote:Ginobli and Varejao - Diving

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timlin500 · Post #9 » by **timlin500** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:56 am

Yao Ming-Table Tennis. That would be a sight to see.

RapsGM · Post #10 » by **RapsGM** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:42 am

I could see some in High Jump, Long Jump and maybe the running events, but would they have a chance beating the Lightening Bolt, I doubt it very much.

Post #11 » by **dockingsched** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:47 am

dreamcloud wrote:Nash in soccer?

Lebron, whatever the hell he wants

canada's soccer team in the olympics? never.

Egg Nog · Post #12 » by **Egg Nog** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:48 am

RapsGM wrote:I could see some in High Jump, Long Jump and maybe the running events, but would they have a chance beating the Lightening Bolt, I doubt it very much.

There was some NFL coach interviewed on TV the other day (I have no idea who, I don't follow football at all) who said that the fastest guys in football are the fastest guys in pro sports, and that the very fastest players in the NFL could run something like a 10.4 second 100m.

Really puts things in perspective. Usain Bolt is FAST.

Storm Surge · Post #13 » by **Storm Surge** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:55 am

Tim Duncan used to be a swimmer

Cybulski37 · Post #14 » by **Cybulski37** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:34 am

Egg Nog wrote:
RapsGM wrote:I could see some in High Jump, Long Jump and maybe the running events, but would they have a chance beating the Lightening Bolt, I doubt it very much.

There was some NFL coach interviewed on TV the other day (I have no idea who, I don't follow football at all) who said that the fastest guys in football are the fastest guys in pro sports, and that the very fastest players in the NFL could run something like a 10.4 second 100m.

Really puts things in perspective. Usain Bolt is FAST.

There are some guys who can run slightly faster than 10.4. A few young guys who were top NCAA sprinters and haven't put on the NFL weight yet. I think Jammal Charles, formerly of the University of Texas, was 10.2. But even then, not CLOSE to Usain Bolt. Usain Bolt if he were American=greatest WR of all-time, and if he instead focused on basketball, he could be an all-star SG.

ChocolateThundr · Post #15 » by **ChocolateThundr** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:40 am

Kobe - Boxing (bc of his footwork)

LeBron would suck at diving, but he'd be really good at decathelon

Shaq - high beam

prekazi · Post #16 » by **prekazi** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:53 am

James White: High Jump. He's the only human being who can pass Sotomayor's impossible record.

LeBron James: Decathlon

Stephen Graham: Throwing Events

Larry Hughes: Basketball (oh he's already a ball player, right?)

D-Wade: Sprint(60m, 100m)

Heat3 · Post #17 » by **Heat3** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:19 pm

Some NFL wide receivers were sprinters. Others have tried to convert sprinters to WR but they can't catch and aren't good at getting hit lol

Patterns · Post #18 » by **Patterns** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:25 pm

No one in the NBA can run a sprint in the Olympics. I laughed at someone mentioning Tony Parker. There's a huge difference between sprinting and moving your feet quickly for a few steps.

I think guys like Gerald Green, Josh Smith, James White would be pretty good at volleyball as long as they play the front.

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #19 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:56 pm

Cybulski37 wrote:
Egg Nog wrote:
RapsGM wrote:Usain Bolt if he were American=greatest WR of all-time, and if he instead focused on basketball, he could be an all-star SG.

Bolt might be an effective WR if he could catch, but SG? What exactly is it about track that translates to shooting a basketball well?

tha_rock220 · Post #20 » by **tha_rock220** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:56 pm

The NBA players couldn't compete in any events in the olympics other than volleyball. None of them could get off the blocks with the speed of a top level sprinter, none of them have the muscle memory to compete in distance running(and many are too big), they would be outsmarted in beach volleyball and indoor volleyball, they lack the skills to be effective field athletes, ditto for swimming, and the list goes on.

In general to be olympic level athlete you're among the very best in your sport, and it's incredibly difficult to be at that level in more than 1 sport.

That being said,

I'd put Dwight Howard in volleyball, Rudy Gay or LBJ in the decathlon, Mike James in boxing, and Gerald Green would dominate the para-olympics.