Oh, no sh**! Those guys were amazing. Itād be like someone shooting their foul shots granny style these days.
Amazing stuff how those guys grew up which I found out later. Phil Neikro was one of the speakers at Mr Haviliceks funeral and was amazing. Nothing about basketball at all. Just his friend John.
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Very cool. Those neighborhood sports games must have been fierce.
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Or maybe they werenāt, and thatās when the Niekro brothers, were like damn, we are terrible athletes, we are gonna have to learn how to throw a knuckleballā¦ 
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My bad Hav if I am sharing too much but Phil talked about how he and Mr Havlicek ran up hills, rode their bikes hard, and competed in everything.
Truly special to see Phil just saying how he missed his friend
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I mean, those knuckleballers were the true elite athletes. If they had decided to play football they would have made Jim Thorpe look like Pee Wee Fāing Herman.
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Soccer for sure over lacrosse. Canāt give you the Lax two best athletes but for soccer, Iād say Pele number one. If the dude grew up with a basketball in his hand as opposed to a soccer ball on his feet, Iām sure he would have been absurdly good. Second, Messi could have been an amazing PG if he grew up focused on that.
Honorable mentions: Donāt like the dude but Zlatan is a freakish athlete. Also donāt like this guy but Cristiano Ronaldo is pretty athletic and can flop much better than the Bonnies dude who got Reece !! fouled out. And lastly, Wayne Rooney who if taller would be the Papi of basketball in terms of physicality but much better hand eye coordination.
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Iāll take ARod
Elite decathletes are still the best athletes on the planet. Ashton Eaton beat NFL players in sparq testing by so much they stopped doing it.
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If we are talking athleticism and not best soccer players then Mbappe has to be in the conversation. Dude might be the most athletic team sport athlete on the planet right now.
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Can we get LRA āVirginia Bass Fishing Teamā shirts? That would be quite the deep state jokeā¦
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Fixed #3 for youā¦
Examples of high level gameplayā¦
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Yep, you win. Thatās the most annoying sport ever.
This is how you beat the packline even if we have Akil and or Zay defending
Netball is a horrible abomination of basketball handball and I donāt even know. Itās not bad when you see the high level Kiwis or Aussies play. My best friends Ms. coaches regional level netball in the UK, and some of the games Iāve seen.. if you think Virginia Hoops is too slow or boring, they say hold my beer.
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You know who is a world class athlete? Gio Reyna. Been dunking since he was 15 years old and crazy fast.
Mbappe is a great call by you. He runs like an NFL receiver not a soccer player
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Ronaldo might be the most athletic dude with ball skills Iāve ever seen ā¦ in any sport.
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Gaucho? or Fenomenal?
I feel devastated for the kid. Comes back from a long injury just to get injured again and out for the rest of the season.
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Is even this thread not sacred? You happy now @chavlicek15 now people are talking soccerā¦
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