How Can You Be A Failure At One Sport...

[OG Talk]

And then turn into a Hall of Fame position revolutionizing super star at another sport?

Tony Gonzales



Jimmy Graham



Antonio Gates



IM TALKING TO YOU!!!!



Basketball players=GOAT athletes on the planet..





Imagine someone being a undrafted free agent that gets cut in training camp by the Jaguars becoming the greatest small forward of all time....

 

[Huellz Santana]

don't forget Julius Peppers.
yeah bball players make great TE's. you know if any of them nikkas could have made the NBA they'd be there with a quickness.​

 

[Doobie Doo]

Much rather play basketball than football professionally. More money and its guaranteed plus less contact and longer career

 

[Walt]

 

[MIAlien]

When you're 6'4"+ in football, you're a giant. When you're only 6'4 like Gates or 6' 5 like Gonzalez, you're a small SG, and 6' 7 like Graham you might a tweener. And these guys were good at basketball. Antonio Gates was going to play basketball and football at Michigan State, but Nick Saban wouldnt let him. Tony Gonzalez only gave basketball up because of the time constraints, and he was part of a team that made it to a Sweet 16. Jimmy Graham is the closest thing to a failure, but I hesitate to call anyone who played 4 years of D1 basketball a failure. He had to play well enough in high school to get a scholarship and keep it. Where'd you play D1 ball @gatorking?

 

[OG Talk]

. Where'd you play D1 ball @gatorking?

GSU....

 

[Walt]

GSU....

I have a homegirl who teaches there.

 

[OG Talk]

I have a homegirl who teaches there.

Thats wassup...I'm sure she wasn't teaching back when I was there

 

[MIAlien]

GSU....

I think making it to D1 is enough to not be called a failure at any sport. It's a great achievement. It's not easy, especially when it comes to high school basketball. Making it to the NBA is tougher than making it to the NFL or the MLB, so no one is failure if they can't make it.

BTW,

 

[OG Talk]

I think making it to D1 is enough to not be called a failure at any sport. It's a great achievement. It's not easy, especially when it comes to high school basketball. Making it to the NBA is tougher than making it to the NFL or the MLB, so no one is failure if they can't make it.

BTW,

Of course Im using "failure" as a tongue and cheek description...But if the goal was to make it to the NBA they fell short...

No need to salute me.. I wasn't a scholarship player.. I walked on, only dressed for home games and scored a total of 7 career points....But I did get to practice everyday with the GOAT Lefty Driesell for a year...

 

[Walt]

Of course Im using "failure" as a tongue and cheek description...But if the goal was to make it to the NBA they fell short...

No need to salute me.. I wasn't a scholarship player.. I walked on, only dressed for home games and scored a total of 7 career points....But I did get to practice everyday with the GOAT Lefty Driesell for a year...

 

[intruder]

One has nothing to do with the other IMO

You can be athletic all you want but some sports actually require SKILLS. Basketball requires more SKILL than football. Depending on the position you play you can be a beast at football just because you are physically gifted.

Football is one of those sports that is unconventional because you are being called an ATHLETE but you dont have to be athletic to be compete at its highest level.
As someone who grew up playing many different sports i can list a load of things that makes football the most unconventional mainstream sport

Like watching most offensive and defensive linemen and referring to them as athletes is one of the biggest jokes ever

 

[NV-ME]

with that I say,

 

[NYC Rebel]

Of course Im using "failure" as a tongue and cheek description...But if the goal was to make it to the NBA they fell short...

No need to salute me.. I wasn't a scholarship player.. I walked on, only dressed for home games and scored a total of 7 career points....But I did get to practice everyday with the GOAT Lefty Driesell for a year...

How many pro basketball players can say they played both sports and failed at one? It's rare because most great basketball players were never even good enough to "fail" on a division I football level. The football players you're bringing up failed up.

 

[HHR]

Failures? LOL, Sure.