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re: Austin Rivers on NFL being easier than the NBA
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:33 pm to dukke v
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:33 pm to dukke v
There isn’t a single argument for them. They don’t have the speed/strength/explosiveness of even NBA players, much less NFL players. They are a frog hair above baseball players honestly.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:34 pm to Dawgsontop34
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Rico Gathers got drafted in the 6th round by the Cowboys not playing a down of college football a few years ago. There was talk about the dude from NC State getting drafted this year.
Willing to bet he’s played less than 250 snaps in a regular season game since then
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but there’s not a single football player who could play in the NBA
False.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:50 pm to Dairy Sanders
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False.
Again, who?
What skill position players are 6-2 without shoes, in the NFL?
Then imagine that being about the minimum height to be in the NBA, so they're going to be competing with point and shooting guards.
And if these guys could play in the NBA, why aren't they? That's an insanely dumb decision to make.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:52 pm to Trauma14
What are you talking about?
Westbrook is 6’2 with a 30 inch vertical and had 12 reps at 185 pounds
Revis is 5’11 with a 38 inch vertical and had 16 reps at 225
These are massive differences in athletic profiles.
Westbrook is 6’2 with a 30 inch vertical and had 12 reps at 185 pounds
Revis is 5’11 with a 38 inch vertical and had 16 reps at 225
These are massive differences in athletic profiles.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:17 pm to Razorbacking
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Westbrook is 6’2 with a 30 inch vertical and had 12 reps at 185 pounds
You can’t just make shite up.
He’s listed at 6’4” and 200 lbs.
I don’t care what his measured vertical was, although I seriously doubt it’s 30”, he’s one of the most explosive athletes to ever play in the nba.
Westbrook doesn’t work out so he can tackle Derrick Henry like Revise has to do.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:33 pm to brmark70816
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I do think about a guy like Joe Alt. He was just measured at almost 6'10. He is a good athlete and played TE before moving to OT. If he would have trained at basketball, could he have played at the next level?
I mean, he maybe could have? But 6’10 is not that big in the NBA unless you have elite athleticism or can stretch the floor.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:35 pm to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:21 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Matt Leinart
NBA players are incredible athletes as are baseball, football etc. But the notion that NBA dudes can play in the NFL because they are big or fast or whatever the argument is, is absolutely delusional.
Rob Gronkowski went on the manningcast and flat out said he didn't know the plays. He was just bigger and faster than the people covering him so he got away with it.
NBA players are absolute freaks of nature. Give the top 5 power forwards in the league a summer and I guarantee you they're doing Gronkowski type numbers. shite, most NBA players barely work at their craft and they still make millions. It's crazy how blessed they are physically.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:48 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:58 pm to RLDSC FAN
No shite. Average NBA player is probably 6’8”. Don’t believe same for NFL and height is a prerequisite for NBA
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:11 pm to TeddyPadillac
The metrics I listed are from the NBA combine. Posted on the NBAs official website.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:23 pm to RLDSC FAN
it would be "easier" for an NBA player to play football than a football player to play in the NBA.
Myles Garrett is the same height as Steph Curry he's still getting bodied by big boys in the NBA.
take Wembenyama on the goalline and just make him run fades no one is stopping that without committing a penalty
Myles Garrett is the same height as Steph Curry he's still getting bodied by big boys in the NBA.
take Wembenyama on the goalline and just make him run fades no one is stopping that without committing a penalty
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
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What skill position players are 6-2 without shoes, in the NFL?
Are you seriously claiming that no non-linemen in the NFL are over 6’2? Is that seriously what you are saying?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:35 pm to danilo
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Average NBA player is probably 6’8
It fluctuates between 6’6-6’7 but that’s listed height which is very sus.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:42 pm to Razorbacking
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The metrics I listed are from the NBA combine. Posted on the NBAs official website.
Yeah, when he was 19. They can still grow, and do. He's 6'4" 200lbs, and they aren't lying on their measurements any more in the nba, and that's from the nba's official website.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:55 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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take Wembenyama on the goalline and just make him run fades no one is stopping that without committing a penalty
He’s too lanky… he’ll have to have strength to beat a jam, to get to his spot and not get muscled off on the jump (where it won’t matter how tall he is) and then come down with the ball
It works in the NBA because he doesn’t have to get hit and his defenders have similar bodies
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:03 pm to Dairy Sanders
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Are you seriously claiming that no non-linemen in the NFL are over 6’2?
No?
There aren't that many, which is where the comparable population to discuss begins. That's the point.
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Is that seriously what you are saying?
Learn how to read English.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
I bet I could put together a basketball team of NFL players that would fare better in a basketball game against an NBA team, than any football team of NBA players would in a football game against an NFL team.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:12 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
quote:Idk about Gronk numbers. He didn’t only get by on size. His skill was amazing.
Give the top 5 power forwards in the league a summer and I guarantee you they're doing Gronkowski type numbers.
But I have to imagine if you give Naz Reid or someone like him a year, he can play NFL football and be worth a roster spot.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:23 pm to TeddyPadillac
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they aren't lying on their measurements any more in the nba, and that's from the nba's official website.
Lol
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