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

NBA players are tall, fast, and leap as high as a lot of NFL players.

No. The highest standing vert at the combine for a nba player is 38. For reference there were 15 nfl players in the year 2021 alone that was 40 inch or over. Every year there's a lot of 40 inch standing vert in the nfl. When you're tall the anatomy of the human body makes it hard to run fast. Before you say bolt. Bolt is a unicorn, most top olympic track runners are 5'9 to 5'10. In terms of pure track stuff nfl players (positions like value speed like DBs) would run around nba players.