Author Topic: top 10-15 pure "athletes" in pro sports today (Read 4896 times)

AlphaMaleDawg · « **on:** May 11, 2013, 03:23:32 PM »

1. Lebron James
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Calvin Johnson
4. Russell Westbrook
5. Robert Griffin III
6. Patrick Willis
7. Floyd Mayweather
8. Patrick Peterson
9. Chris Johnson
10. NoVorro Bowman
11. Mike Trout
12. Aldon Smith
13. Lionel Messi
14. Dwight Howard
15. Carmelo Anthony

Discuss...

(editing if I forget people)

rooseveltdunn · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2013, 03:25:48 PM »

You forgot Palumbo.

BDsauce · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2013, 03:43:40 PM »

Messi number 1

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2013, 03:46:58 PM »

Ed Reed

AlphaMaleDawg · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:00:23 PM »

Quote from: BDsauce on May 11, 2013, 03:43:40 PM

Messi number 1

I know I would forget tons of people. He was one of them

Mr Nobody · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:00:40 PM »

Quote from: AlphaMaleDawg on May 11, 2013, 03:23:32 PM

1. Lebron James
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Calvin Johnson
4. Russell Westbrook
5. Robert Griffin III
6. Patrick Willis
6. Chris Johnson
7. NoVorro Bowman
8. Mike Trout
9. Aldon Smith
10. Dwight Howard

Discuss...

Bob Chick is not in the top ten I notice.

AlphaMaleDawg · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:01:24 PM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on May 11, 2013, 03:46:58 PM

Ed Reed

5 years ago yes. Not anymore

BDsauce · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:05:54 PM »

Floyd Mayweather

BDsauce · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:06:38 PM »

Usain Bolt

biff · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:16:23 PM »

cardinal CB patrick peterson could be on there....but whats the criteria? there are probably guys with great measurables that arent great players so we dont really hear about them...unless you are mike mamula, an average player who has the best workout in front of scouts ever, parlaying it into beign a high draft pick.

AlphaMaleDawg · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:23:41 PM »

Quote from: BDsauce on May 11, 2013, 04:05:54 PM

Floyd Mayweather

good one...added

Quote from: BDsauce on May 11, 2013, 04:06:38 PM

Usain Bolt

ehhh he would be high up there but should we really include sprinters who only get recognition every four years?

Quote from: biff on May 11, 2013, 04:16:23 PM

cardinal CB patrick peterson could be on there....but whats the criteria? there are probably guys with great measurables that arent great players so we dont really hear about them...unless you are mike mamula, an average player who has the best workout in front of scouts ever, parlaying it into beign a high draft pick.

oooooh good call on Peterson

BDsauce · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:26:30 PM »

Anderson Silva?

cephissus · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:29:03 PM »

so, messi who is going to be regarded as one of the top 3, if not universally #1 all time in the most popular sport of all time isn't in the top 10?

K-1 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:29:26 PM »

I have to give JJ Watt some love(no homo) ..that 55inch box jump cemented his overall athleticism imo.

AlphaMaleDawg · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:38:14 PM »

fuck it, you guys are all mentioning guys I forgot (Anderson Silva, JJ Waitt). Shit GSP and Jon Jones I forgot too. I fail

biff · « **Reply #15 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:49:03 PM »

Quote from: AlphaMaleDawg on May 11, 2013, 04:38:14 PM

fuck it, you guys are all mentioning guys I forgot (Anderson Silva, JJ Waitt). Shit GSP and Jon Jones I forgot too. I fail

meh its a hard list to make. by all accounts Kieth Van Horne was a great athlete, one of the best in the NBA, yet he was never a top player, at all

AlphaMaleDawg · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2013, 04:50:41 PM »

Quote from: biff on May 11, 2013, 04:49:03 PM

meh its a hard list to make. by all accounts Kieth Van Horne was a great athlete, one of the best in the NBA, yet he was never a top player, at all

I was so pissed when the Isaiah Thomas traded him for Tim Thomas when he was the GM of the Knicks. Dumbest move ever and they got killed in the first round by the Nets that year