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| Topic | im sorry Lebron James but Messi is the greatest athlete alive right now |
| pinky0926 10/19/17 2:15:29 PM #39: | josifrees posted... Considering that at most 20% of men globally are over 6 it isnt so much a coincidence as a certainty that most top professional soccer players are going to be under 6 I think it's a weak point to look at the average joe and use that as a basis. I mean the average NBA player is 6ft7 and the average strongman competitor is 6ft3. The average person never represents the top tier of athletes on any basis. Take swimmers for example. https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--PKwH2-XP--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/17u1l1a1s8b5rjpg.jpg They're all mutants and their bodies are basically tailor made for their chosen sport. Being especially tall just simply doesn't help you play soccer. It actively hurts your chances most of the time. One thing that makes messi special for example is his ability to change directions multiple times so quickly and effortlessly, something he simply wouldn't be able to do if he was any bigger. It makes him a less physical player but also an impossible player to predict. I understand your point though and if it were pretty much any other athlete I would take Messi. LeBron is just in a class of his own The way you feel about LeBron is how soccer fans feel about Messi. That level of genius is hard to quantify and I don't think you can just drop it into a different sport and expect it to work. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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