strength, speed and power yes, endurance and stamina not so much
the best all around athletes are basketball players
football backs are great athletes but thier stamina and endurance sucks ass
basketball players have it all and boxers
Basketball is for tall people with freaky black genetics. It's a gym class sport that has no business being so popular. There's so little skill involved.
Real athletes get by on multiple fronts. Hockey requires so much more talent than a sport like basketball, you need to be tough, need to be able to move incredibly fast, and you need to skate and puck handle.
To understand the value of a sport ask yourself a simple question, could a monkey play or pretend to play the sport? With basketball the answer is yes.