Austin Rivers claps back at the no name NFL bruh

[Novembruh]

Let’s not act like Zion wouldn’t be as good or even better in football than basketball

That man can't stay on a basketball court consistently and you think he gonna even be available to be on the field in this hypothetical?
Zion would get turf toe attending an NFL game, bruh.

 

[King Poetic]

James Jones had a decent nfl career

And played enough seasons for a good ass pension/benefits

I hate when athletes bring up money because so what if u made more money, that doesn’t mean at the end of the day your money habits is better than james jones

There so many nba athletes (joe smith for example) who made more money than some bench nfl players and today that nba player who made all that money is struggling to stay afloat than the nfl player who made 15 million out of his career

Austin u wouldn’t cut it in the NFL as well as other nba players

 

[lightskin jermaine]

Perfect response.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Do you know what a silver slugger is? When you figure that out, know that Rendon won it twice before his big payday and subsequent falloff.

He's been a scrub for 4 years and will be making 38 million per year another 3 years

These next 3 years are more than Austin's entire career earnings.

 

[The_Sheff]

He's been a scrub for 4 years and will be making 38 million per year another 3 years

These next 3 years are more than Austin's entire career earnings.

Point being he was not a scrub when he earned that contract. He was one of the best hitters in the league.

Using him and his contract as an example of how MLB scrubs get paid more than Austin Rivers is completely asinine.

Cause if you wanna go that route, please believe me the NBA has examples way worse than the Rendon situation, cough cough Ben Simmons, cough cough Bradley Beal, cough cough John Wall.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Austin was a huge bust that got lucky his pops got him a solid role player job

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Point being he was not a scrub when he earned that contract. He was one of the best hitters in the league.

Using him and his contract as an example of how MLB scrubs get paid more than Austin Rivers is completely asinine.

Cause if you wanna go that route, please believe me the NBA has examples way worse than the Rendon situation, cough cough Ben Simmons, cough cough Bradley Beal, cough cough John Wall.

That's a fair point

 

[IIVI]

I think Jalen Suggs being a top 5 draft pick and becoming staring Point Guard in the NBA but not even attempting to be a College Quarterback says quite a lot.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

And weren't good enough for the NBA hence their decision.

Allen Iverson was better at football then basketball. Lebron played in HS.

 

[BrehWyatt]

The problem with the whole argument really is that when Rivers said "I can take 30 NBA guys and put them in the NFL," what NFL players interpreted from that was "Football is easy."

I didn't see Rivers' latest clapback, but James Jones fried him. And as pointed out, going with the "I made more money" argument is more of a copout as opposed to JJ's approach of "Perhaps you should have tried football because basketball wasn't your sport based on how your career went."

That said, it takes more skill to be a good basketball player than a good football player. That doesn't mean either status is easy to accomplish.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

People rarely bring up Charlie Ward

 

[IIVI]

Allen Iverson was better at football then basketball. Lebron played in HS.

Maybe high school. Dude would've got murdered in college playing QB.

Barefoot:
Kyler Murray is 5'10 210 lbs.
Bryce Young is 5'10 210 lbs.
Allen Iverson is 5'10 160 lbs.

I think one thing people forget is how dense NFL players are, this is just college (Latham is now in the NFL), but this is what 6'5 looks like in that league:


You need to really be built for the sport of football. Not just as an linemen wrestling these dudes, but as a skills position with these dudes falling on top of you and lifting yourself off the ground with them on your back.

 

[Cladyclad]

Anthony Rendon is a total scrub and his contract dwarfs Austin Rivers

Anthony Rendon was a mvp candidate at one point sir. Injuries derailed his career

 

[Apprentice]

And weren't good enough for the NBA hence their decision.

Google Charlie Ward it’ll blow your mind

 

[The_Sheff]

Basketball wasn’t Austin Rivers sport? He played 14 years, but it wasn’t his sport? Folks talk about him like he was changing oil at Jiffy Lube and Doc just put him on a roster and forced other teams to pay and play him.

nikkas just say dumb shyt, unchecked.

On a 15 man NBA roster on a good team at least 12 players are role players. But somehow it’s become a diss to be a role player in the NBA. People are shermed up for real.