OT - Who would you like to see play another sport?
December 29th, 2020 at 7:30 PM ^
LeBron as a tight end.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:31 PM ^
Or as a safety.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:34 PM ^
I’d go Lebron in mma. He’d be at/near the heavyweight limit (265) with an insane advantage in athleticism & cardio over every UFC heavyweight, plus ridiculous reach.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:57 PM ^
I second this. Would love to see him get his ass KOd!
December 29th, 2020 at 8:18 PM ^
In the absence of about a decade of intense training in wrestling, boxing/kick boxing, and jujitsu or at least some muy Thai fighting he’d be an easy out for any skilled fighter. With rare exceptions, most hoops players who get in actual fights look like they are swinging purses at each other.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:21 PM ^
The Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons game just flashed through my mind
December 30th, 2020 at 10:20 AM ^
Except that aside from once in a lifetime physical attributes/basketball skills, LeBron's a giant pussy who would never get into a fight with anyone, let alone make a conscious decision to do so.
For christ's sake, he called out Kevin Love with a veiled shot on twitter rather than say it to his face.
December 30th, 2020 at 9:51 AM ^
Would just love to know what his 40 time was, i saw that video of him playing flag football and he looks legitimately fast.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:30 PM ^
Big Country at OT (sticking to Michigan athletics)
Would also like to see Charles Woodson at PG.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:31 PM ^
Spud Webb as a defensive tackle.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
He could submarine under any OG or C and produce numerous TFL's, if he survived the 1st qtr.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:52 PM ^
Sam Webb at the 5.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:32 PM ^
Allen Iverson in the slot as a wide receiver.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:34 PM ^
But not practice, just games.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:38 PM ^
Career 42% shooter. I don’t understand why such an inefficient player still gets talked about 20 years later.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:51 PM ^
He was a fun player to watch, and took Philly to the finals nearly singlehandedly. I can still remember an absolutely beautiful full court bounce pass he had.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:11 PM ^
Well he is in a little thing called the Hall of Fame
December 29th, 2020 at 8:20 PM ^
yikes.
iverson remains the toughest sonofabitch i ever saw on the court. i don’t care about his ‘efficiency,’ i just know that, in his prime, there was nobody - and i mean nobody - that could win games, on his own, by sheer force of will. the team he took to the finals started george lynch, eric snow, tyrone hill, and theo ratliff, plus what was left of dikembe mutumbo. michael jordan couldn’t take that team to the finals. iverson did, though.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:12 AM ^
I have this argument frequently living in the Hampton Roads area of VA. Hell AI & I probably have less than 3 degrees of separation(even though I've never met him). The people I tend to deal with seem to think he is the best PG of all time even though he never averaged above 10apg much less lead the league. Did he even average 8apg? He won a couple of scoring titles while being an offensive black hole. As I type this I am just now remember how the trade for AI was the true downfall of the Pistons. People tend to forget that the team he "willed" to the Finals had the COY(Larry Brown), the DPOY(Mutombo), and the 6thMOY(George Lynch). I would think that a team with that kind of hardware is more than a bunch of "nobodies". Give me Isiah Thomas 6 days a week and twice on Sundays!!
December 29th, 2020 at 8:30 PM ^
He was Trey Burke for the 76ers
December 29th, 2020 at 8:47 PM ^
Sorry that he so personally failed you.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:51 PM ^
He was VA state player of the year on a state championship team. Played QB, DB and return man for 2,204 total yards and 29 total TDs, including four punt return TDs, a kickoff return TD, and two pick 6's
December 29th, 2020 at 7:59 PM ^
Iverson's HS football highlights are fun to watch. To the OP's question, I'd like to see how Iverson would do in soccer (with some preparation runway). I feel the same about hundreds of high-level football and hoops guys. I think they could displace some people on the national team.
Sticking to Michigan, I can think of a couple of guys (Richard Rellford, Albert White) who might've been good flex TEs.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:36 PM ^
agreed, iverson would dominate.
re soccer, game over if the us ever took it as seriously as the rest of the world. im no soccer fan but picture thousands of the countrys best athletes loving it since birth.
guys like iverson or deion sanders would score almost at will, very few would ever get past bo jackson or sean taylor and a freak like lebron or randy moss in goal?
the top athletes in other major sports would displace most of the national team if they all grew up focusing on soccer. us has some good athletes playing soccer but tyreek hill with a soccer ball on a string would be terrifying
December 29th, 2020 at 7:40 PM ^
chaundee brown at any number of positions on our football team. dude is jacked for a hoops player and is obviously an A+ athlete.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:42 PM ^
Not sure about anyone else, but I wish that proposed Tony Mandarich vs. Mike Tyson match would've taken place. It's hilarious that he would even think about getting in the ring with Iron Mike. Would've been a bloodbath.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:45 PM ^
Lyle Alzado vs Ali vibes.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:45 PM ^
Joe Milton on the mound for the baseball team.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:21 PM ^
JUUUUST a bit outside.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:24 PM ^
Lolol
December 29th, 2020 at 9:25 PM ^
Ball 4.... Ball 8..... And ‘Wild Thing’ Joe Milton has just walked the bases loaded on 16 pitches.
Dang I loved Major League.
December 29th, 2020 at 10:26 PM ^
I don't know how they're laying off pitches that close....
December 29th, 2020 at 7:47 PM ^
Back in high school we used to play flag football at a sports complex, one day Lindsey Hunter shows up and decides to play a little wideout in a pickup game. The flip phone videos of him running go routes were legendary.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:48 PM ^
OSU football team in any other sport.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:49 PM ^
Shaq as a horse jockey
December 29th, 2020 at 8:36 PM ^
Underrated (or... maybe overrated?)
December 29th, 2020 at 7:54 PM ^
William “Refrigerator” Perry as a gymnast (vault)
Tonya Harding in Track & Field (hammer throw)
Oscar Pistorius in soccer
December 29th, 2020 at 8:46 PM ^
Pistorius in soccer?
December 29th, 2020 at 9:07 PM ^
That was some whacky stuff. ??
December 29th, 2020 at 9:48 PM ^
Pistorius already did that.
Oh SOCCER. I though you said shot her.
December 29th, 2020 at 7:57 PM ^
Christian Okoye as a defensive midfielder.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:02 PM ^
Rudy Reuttiger as a bull fighter with Bob Probert as the bull
December 29th, 2020 at 9:01 PM ^
Speaking of hockey fights, how about a Red Wings-Avs rematch, but this time inside a cage!
December 29th, 2020 at 8:20 PM ^
Brad Davison as an MMA fighter
December 29th, 2020 at 8:21 PM ^
- Pavel Datsyuk as a soccer player.
December 29th, 2020 at 8:33 PM ^
Or maybe Olympic gold medalist Alina Kabaeva as an MMA fighter?