Lavar?...is it you?
Ah yes running, the only physical attribute...Most gifted athlete ... IN THE WORLD? James?
Let him run 90 minutes with Cristiano Ronaldo pace and you'll see your most physically gifted athlete in the world...
Don't get me wrong -he is a hell of an athlete, but most gifted? Not even close.
Would be dope though to see him in a combat sport.
When it comes to athletes -I would love to see someone on a Michael Phelps level of athleticism.
You're going to get blasted by the uncultured US sherbros for suggesting someone who doesn't play an American sport nor is black as the most gifted athlete.
The Oympics. And the US regularly wins team sports in the olympics. You seriously never heard of the Dream Team?It's really too bad we don't have a world cup for basketball where all the countries compete like in world football(soccer).
For some reason I don't see the US winning that. Feels like NBA players are so cartoonishly exaggerated.
As a matter of fact I don't recall the US ever winning a world championship in any team sport, other than them pretending their national titles are "world series" or some bs. can someone verify otherwise?
He's physically gifted in ways one can only dream of....
Having said that, there is a real possibility he could be a total pussy who is not cut out for fighting.
Look at Brock....
In a decatholon, who do you have between the two?Totally agree about the athleticism definition. I also never get the moment when someone turns from b level athlete to an a level.
I would not be so sure about James being better overall athlete than Ronaldo.
But - here is something that I learned working around the world with different nations. If you're from US you'll most probably prefer American football and NBA athletes over "Soccer" ones.
Here in Europe we don't really care about basketball. Football (Soccer) is the big thing.
And we always had did discussions which athletes are more athletic.
So let's just maybe agree, James and Cristiano are on another planet compared to MMA fighters. In probably any aspect beside of destroying other faces.
I looked at the previous post before this and instantly thought you meant rogans wife getting fucked by a kangaroo...Rogan wouldn't know an A-Level athlete if he watched his wife get fucked by one.
The Oympics. And the US regularly wins team sports in the olympics. You seriously never heard of the Dream Team?
Other than Canada, the US is also the best at hockey, even though it isn’t that popular here.
lmao that first gif in the OP was suppose to be a dunk but he's too unathletic to pull it off. Jordan would've done it.
Jordan went for a dunk but was blocked so he flew under the basket and dunked it anyways. I'll find a gif later.
Lebron is not good, he is just big and fit. Imagine if Shaq was actually fit.
Michael Jordan, now that guy is scary. He got speed and explosiveness. Who else dunked from free throw at his size?
Lebron is bigger but I don't see him shattering glasses with his "monster dunks"
Look at that speed
people are using Lebron selling fouls to the ref as him not being able to take a hit?? really??
Competing in a sport where selling fouls is a thing speaks volumes of one's toughness.
They broke the mold, to dangerous to mass produceyoel romero was developed in a lab. no way of knowing what the original even looked like.
Most elite athletes wouldn’t be good at MMA or boxing.
Most people simply can’t tolerate punches to the face. Athletes are tougher than average, but most of them couldn’t either.
If every NBA or NFL player went into MMA, yes, a number would be championship level.
But there is no single player for whom you could say, he’d be championship level. The attributes required to be a top fighter are too rare.
There are plenty of young guys with good boxing skill, but can’t take a punch. Remember that the top fighters we see are the guys who survived this natural selection - they are the guys with abnormal chins. Even guys known for “glass” chins, probably have decent chins compared to the random male.
Can Lebron take a punch? Does he have a glass jaw? We don’t know.
If you gave me 100 different dudes with Lebron’s athleticism, I’d say a number would be champ level. But you can’t make that claim about Lebron specifically.
100% this. I hate how big % of the so called MMA fans fail to understand this.