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josifrees posted...

I'm sure you would not say that Cristiano Ronaldo would be one of the greatest NBA players in the world if he took up basketball as a kid instead of soccer. That street should go both ways.

No the street doesnt have to go both ways in the case of basketball because it has an element of verticality that soccer doesnt have. Gridiron or baseball are more analogous because they dont have a goal that is ten feet in the air. I do believe that many of the greatest professional soccer players could succeed at those sports due to their athleticism though. (Assuming of course theyre hand-eye coordination is as good as their foot-eye coordination

But this is exactly why 6ft7 dudes tend to be terrible at maneuvering a ball that's generally glued to the ground. Almost all the greatest soccer players in history have been under 6ft. That's not a coincidence.

There's only a handful of top soccer players who were/are exceptionally tall and most of them were goalkeepers.
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