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Are NBA players better athletes then the NFL or is it the other way around? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by frozteh@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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Remaking a new topic from years ago. Look let me get this straight, some NFL athletes are absurdly insane in athleticism. No one is beating Tyreek Hill in terms of explosiveness and speed. But am I wrong to say, that NBA players have the higher ceiling? Like if money and long term health weren't a concern, if NBA players focused on training their bodies on prepping for football, their ceiling would be so much higher. Instead of Kyle Pitts we have KD at tight-end on the falcons, instead of Megatron on the Lions we have LeBron James on the Browns, 3 inches taller. I'm not saying they WOULD be better. But they have the POTENTIAL to be better, their ceiling is higher. Apparently this is a wild take. NBA players are tall, fast, and leap as high as a lot of NFL players.

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[–] _Vaudeville_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Your KD and Bron comments show the crazy lack of understanding people have on this topic.

KD is nearly 7 foot tall and built like a stick. Literally every defensive player in the NFL could stick a hand in his chest and stop him getting off the line of scrimmage, and that’s before thinking about how injured he’d get after a couple of hits.

You compare LeBron with Calvin Johnson, but Calvin was stronger than LeBron and mikes faster (a 4.4 runner vs LeBron running what, a 4.8?)

Football players are, on average, faster, stronger, better jumpers and more explosive than basketball players. There are dudes in the NFL who are almost Olympic level in track and field, I can’t think of 3 NBA players who were even track and field stars in high school.

Making the NBA is way, way, way harder than making the NFL because you have to be able to master a tough skill (shooting a basketball), but as far as pure athleticism goes the NFL clears.

Zion is considered one of the freakiest athletes in NBA history, yet almost every NFL team has a defensive end who’s built like him while carrying more muscle on their frame and can run faster.

[–] 9jajajaj9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Many NBA players have above a 40” running vert. You can check DraftExpress

[–] Emergency-Machine-55@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don't really follow football, but wouldn't the average NFL DB basically be considered a freak athlete in the NBA in terms of explosiveness? Think Nate Robinson or Russell Westbrook. Doubt any of them have the basketball skills to play PG/SG at the NBA level cause they'd be better off financially and healthwise sitting on an NBA bench for multiple seasons.