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Greatest Athlete "at his peak"?

  • thavoice
    Dr Winston O'Boogie;1341194 wrote:No way to settle this debate. In my opinion, Tiger Woods at his peek (1999-2001) was right there.
    A golfer?

    Wow.

    What next...a bowler?
  • rydawg5
    This thread is where I thought it would go.

    Answer this question. If Lebron James is out on a soccer field, and he is by far the worst soccer player. Would the best soccer player on his team "magically" be the better athlete? Or would the less skilled, 6'8'' faster, stronger, more agile shitty Lebon player still be the best athlete?

    I think the answer is obvious. but when people throw out Vastly inferior athletes due to them having good stats, this is where we are confused.
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    thavoice;1341221 wrote:A golfer?

    Wow.

    What next...a bowler?
    If you really look at the game and how he was playing it during his prime, then yes, I put forth a golfer.
  • sleeper
    rydawg5;1341264 wrote:This thread is where I thought it would go.

    Answer this question. If Lebron James is out on a soccer field, and he is by far the worst soccer player. Would the best soccer player on his team "magically" be the better athlete? Or would the less skilled, 6'8'' faster, stronger, more agile shitty Lebon player still be the best athlete?

    I think the answer is obvious. but when people throw out Vastly inferior athletes due to them having good stats, this is where we are confused.
    You could put Lebron James on the moon and he'd be the best athlete on the field.
  • rydawg5
    Dr Winston O'Boogie;1341266 wrote:If you really look at the game and how he was playing it during his prime, then yes, I put forth a golfer.
    the word athlete has a different definition than the word skill....doc
  • Pick6
    I think of the "best athlete in the world" as somebody who possesses exceptional size, strength, speed, and agility as well as being good at multiple sports. Lebron is the best in his profession, and I have no doubts that he would be a stud in football (if he would have chosen that path), and even average at other sports.


    That definition isnt close to fitting Tiger Woods.
  • ernest_t_bass
    ccrunner609;1341342 wrote:and wouldnt be in 2 of them today....so whats your point? Being top dog in the 50's and 60's isnt shit.

    Go run in circles
  • Azubuike24
    Amazingly, I agree with Sleeper. Nobody outside of the last 10 years is even in the discussion.
  • BoatShoes
    Azubuike24;1341402 wrote:Amazingly, I agree with Sleeper. Nobody outside of the last 10 years is even in the discussion.
    I think Michael Jordan is in the discussion...

    I think Michael Jordan at his peak in the 90's might edge out Lebron in overall athletic ability. Lebron is bigger and more powerful but Jordan to me was quicker and more fluid. Lebron in motion doesn't have the fluidity and beauty when moves the way Jordan did.
  • said_aouita
    More dominant athlete "at his peak" during an era who also deserves votes is Dan Gable and Edwin C Moses.

    Edwin C Moses also has a street named after him in a nice area of Dayton.
  • sleeper
    BoatShoes;1341548 wrote:I think Michael Jordan is in the discussion...

    I think Michael Jordan at his peak in the 90's might edge out Lebron in overall athletic ability. Lebron is bigger and more powerful but Jordan to me was quicker and more fluid. Lebron in motion doesn't have the fluidity and beauty when moves the way Jordan did.
    And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.
  • ernest_t_bass
    sleeper;1341620 wrote:And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.
    LOL. At his prime? I love your schtick sleeper, but this has gotta be the absolute dumbest thing you have ever posted. If Jordan and LeBron were on the same team, you can guaran-damn-tee, that Jordan would run the show, and not hand over the reigns like D-Wade did.
  • BORIStheCrusher
    sleeper;1341620 wrote:And Jordan would ride the bench on any team in the league if he played right now.
    No shit, he's almost 50 years old.
  • sleeper
    ernest_t_bass;1341623 wrote:LOL. At his prime? I love your schtick sleeper, but this has gotta be the absolute dumbest thing you have ever posted. If Jordan and LeBron were on the same team, you can guaran-damn-tee, that Jordan would run the show, and not hand over the reigns like D-Wade did.
    Hard to run the show from the bench.
  • sleeper
    Look, when Jordan played the league's second best player was a white dude. Hell the NBA was full of white people. Now, I don't know if you've ever seen a white person play basketball against black people but its like bringing a gun to a knife fight.

    Compare that with today's NBA and outside of Kevin Love, Varejao is your best white dude. In fact, Varejao might be the best non-african in the league.
  • ernest_t_bass
    sleeper;1341627 wrote:Hard to run the show from the bench.
  • ernest_t_bass
    This thread has opened my eyes to sleeper. I now love Notre Dame.
  • BoatShoes
    sleeper;1341630 wrote:Look, when Jordan played the league's second best player was a white dude. Hell the NBA was full of white people. Now, I don't know if you've ever seen a white person play basketball against black people but its like bringing a gun to a knife fight.

    Compare that with today's NBA and outside of Kevin Love, Varejao is your best white dude. In fact, Varejao might be the best non-african in the league.
    I realize this is an off-topic post cus this thread is about athletics but there are a lot of athletic and talented point guards in the NBA right now but if you put them in a time machine and put them in the league in 1992, John Stockton would be a better player than all of them and these little bitches who cruise into the lane for barely lay-ups would be dropped to the ground.
  • sleeper
    BoatShoes;1341670 wrote:I realize this is an off-topic post cus this thread is about athletics but there are a lot of athletic and talented point guards in the NBA right now but if you put them in a time machine and put them in the league in 1992, John Stockton would be a better player than all of them and these little bitches who cruise into the lane for barely lay-ups would be dropped to the ground.
    Check the color of skin of John Stockton.
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    I take my earlier vote back. Bo Jackson in his prime was the best athlete I've ever seen.
  • Tiernan
    72 Fk'n years after 1936 Jesse Owens long jump of 8.78m places him 8th at the 2012 Olympics...think about that... a guy from 1936 would be the 8th best long jumper in the world today. The long jump is arguably the quintessential athletic feat that requires speed, power and coordination. And the pure fact the man set 4 World Records in the space of 2.5 hrs one afternoon in 1935 that alone establishes him as the greatest athlete of all time!

    ...now please somebody shut this ridiculous thread down, there is absolutely no reason to discuss further.