Piff Huxtable
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Failure? I remember Antonio Gates beasting @ Kent State. Enough talent to be a 12th man in the NBA or play in Europe.
How Can You Be A Failure At One Sport...
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Let's keep it a buck and change: Tyrus Thomas and Marcus Fizer would've been Hall of Fame talents in the NFL.
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As a former football player I've always said football is easy 
. I can name 5 guys from my highschool who my coach handpicked from other sports and turned them into division one athletes and 3 of them made the NFL (Derrick Harvey, Charles something who played for the Texans and Jared Gaither...all basketball players)
If you have the physical tools its not hard to succeed.
. I can name 5 guys from my highschool who my coach handpicked from other sports and turned them into division one athletes and 3 of them made the NFL (Derrick Harvey, Charles something who played for the Texans and Jared Gaither...all basketball players)If you have the physical tools its not hard to succeed.
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As a former football player I've always said football is easy
If you have the physical tools its not hard to succeed.
In highschool the football coaches would walk through the basketball locker room telling the fast guards to come run routes so he could get them scholarships...N1ggas with absolutely no experience...
One coach told my man Jamaal he should stop playing basketball so he can eat all he wants (kept bragging about the training table at college) and fukk white hoes...
Jesus Shuttlesworth
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Starting for a Pac-10 school is failing? 
This thread is a failure.
This thread is a failure.
with that I say,
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Most great basketball players weren't trying to succeed on a Division I football level, so this point is obsolete.
In highschool the football coaches would walk through the basketball locker room telling the fast guards to come run routes so he could get them scholarships...N1ggas with absolutely no experience...
One coach told my man Jamaal he should stop playing basketball so he can eat all he wants (kept bragging about the training table at college) and fukk white hoes...
Same sales pitch: "Look how else are you gonna go to college'But thats also why strength and conditioning is so much more important in football than basketball. When the skill gap between players isn't as wide the physical advantage becomes more important
Jesus Shuttlesworth
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No....they weren't good enough. Which is why they're not even good enough to sniff the collegiate level of football. Most players go into college where they make those decisions. Most coming out of HS great basketball players never had football as an option because they were never good enough to.
I can tell you played football, breh. I can smell the bias all in your post.
But you have it absolutely backward. It's not that the basketball players weren't good enough to play football. The football players weren't good enough to play basketball.
Basketball takes much more skill and fluidity. Most football players look awkward and funny on a basketball court. All stacked but can't turn your head without turning your whole torso.
If LeBron didn't posses his skills on the court I'm sure he would have pursued football as a fallback. Who wants to get banged around for less money?
Only football player who could have seriously played in the NBA is maybe Randy Moss and he's as fluid as a ballerina on the football field so that only reiterates what I said before. And even with Moss it would depend on the other thing I mentioned... skills. Can he handle the rock? Can he shoot? etc.
Tony Gonzales was an average at best college player. There was no way he'd make an NBA roster though. Julius Peppers either. They're too short and bulky. They're not beasting in the NBA at six six. At best they'd be a Reggie Evans type. Neither one of them nikkas can dribble, shoot, or pass that's why they play football where those skills aren't necessary.
But ultimately we're talking about 2 different types of athletes built for different sports.
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How you gonna call my thread a failure then pretty much cosign all of my points?I can tell you played football, breh. I can smell the bias all in your post.
But you have it absolutely backward. It's not that the basketball players weren't good enough to play football. The football players weren't good enough to play basketball.
Basketball takes much more skill and fluidity. Most football players look awkward and funny on a basketball court. All stacked but can't turn your head without turning your whole torso.
If LeBron didn't posses his skills on the court I'm sure he would have pursued football as a fallback. Who wants to get banged around for less money?
Only football player who could have seriously played in the NBA is maybe Randy Moss and he's as fluid as a ballerina on the football field so that only reiterates what I said before. And even with Moss it would depend on the other thing I mentioned... skills. Can he handle the rock? Can he shoot? etc.
Tony Gonzales was an average at best college player. There was no way he'd make an NBA roster though. Julius Peppers either. Their too short and bulky. They're not beasting in the NBA at six six. At best they'd be a Reggie Evans type. Neither one of them nikkas can dribble, shoot, or pass that's why they play football where those skills aren't necessary.
But ultimately we're talking about 2 different types of athletes built for different sports. :yeshurg:
Jesus Shuttlesworth
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How you gonna call my thread a failure then pretty much cosign all of my points?
My bad. I thought this was a @Gator Reloaded thread. I see you frail cats trying to take it too far. the skills required to play football (other than QB) are more common: running, catching, concussing.But that doesn't mean ANY old basketball player can automatically walk on to a football field and succeed. There are still skills like leverage and mental and physical endurance that need to be developed. The idea is that if an athlete has the physical tools (whether he's a basketball player or shot putter like main man from the Bengals) he can be turned into a football player. Not every basketball player has the physical tools...
And for the record Iverson and Nate Robinson made it further in basketball than they ever would have in football...
And for the second record any man who can't bench press 135 pounds is not a man at all
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or maybe they were forced to choose bball early and it was an easy decision considering the time and wear and tear that occurs with football. you know how many times the football coach at my high school would come at us bball players like "Please come out and play football next year!"
there's no way you're telling me that an athletic basketball player can't transition into a WR or TE easily. the only issue is if they have hands and the mindset for football. meanwhile, football nikkas try out for basketball and are highly functioning goons at best
As a former football player I've always said football is easy
If you have the physical tools its not hard to succeed.
you went to Roose... The players you named, you were just before my time though 
. None of those nikkas panned out neither, sad.