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CAHUSKY said:
Burrell by 100 miles and then the others. Scott was an amazing football, basketball and baseball player and was drafted in the first round of two major league sports. End of discussion.
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Donny Marshall was also an all state soccer player.
 
Love Sticks as pure athlete form a basketball perspective but it's not close as to "best pure athlete"………..Scottie Burrell

A pure athlete would be able to play other sports at a high level and he did just that……minor league baseball in which he probably could have gone to the bigs eventually if it weren't for basketball…….football was recruited by Miami and ND out of HS but opted to stop playing for the others……..PURE as pure gets!!
 
James said:
Don't mean to hijack this thread but drummond has a ridiculous nba highlight reel ALREADY. he is a badass, thanks sheed.

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Wow! Great to see. Thanks

But I still vote for Scotty. He was a very good football player in H.S. beside being drafted in two other sports
 
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CAHUSKY said:
What is a better definition of natural athlete than someone who can be world class in multiple sports?
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1. We must have a different definition of "world class".
2. If all-sports prowess is what defines an athlete, then Bruce Jenner is the most athletic person in the history of the world.

I consider a natural athlete to be someone who possesses agility, strength, speed, coordination, and leaping ability. And not many people are better than Drummond when you take those into account.

People don't consider LeBron to be maybe the greatest athlete of all time because he was an all-state football player.
 
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I think most people assume LeBron could be an All-Pro TE because he is one of the greatest athletes of all time. At least I do.

Count me as another vote for Burrell. If he was 6'8" or 6'9" he'd have been sainted by now.
 
You're not supposed to use the term TE( tight end) in the post Aaron Hernandez era. (Especially in a thread that has mentioned Gay penetration.)

Guys are now calling themselves "pass catchers."


True story.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
1. We must have a different definition of "world class".
2. If all-sports prowess is what defines an athlete, then Bruce Jenner is the most athletic person in the history of the world.

I consider a natural athlete to be someone who possesses agility, strength, speed, coordination, and leaping ability. And not many people are better than Drummond when you take those into account.

People don't consider LeBron to be maybe the greatest athlete of all time because he was an all-state football player.
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Scott was drafted in the first round of two major American sports and could have been a high major college player in a third. Being a first round draft pick is "world class". Bruce Jenner was a remarkable athlete but his skill set was specic to 10 track and field events, none of which he was individually world class in.
 
Scott's only problem was that his jumper wasn't reliable enough. He had a slightly off release where he would spin the ball too much leading to inconsistency. If he had corrected it, his basketball career would have have gone to a much higher level. In the end, his legs failed him too early though.

Aside from being a stellar athlete, he is a great person and oozes class. I'd like to see him around the program often.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
People don't consider LeBron to be maybe the greatest athlete of all time because he was an all-state football player.
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Had Lebron done that and been drafted in the first round of another major sport they surely would. I've often heard people refer to Lebron as a freak of an athlete and best physical specimen in sports. I'd say that's akin to him being one of the best athletes
 
CAHUSKY said:
Scott was drafted in the first round of two major American sports and could have been a high major college player in a third. Being a first round draft pick is "world class". Bruce Jenner was a remarkable athlete but his skill set was specic to 10 track and field events, none of which he was individually world class in.
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Jenner was also selected in the NBA draft, and played football in college. My point is that there are a number of athletes that have had success in multiple sports, but that's not necessarily the end-all be-all when measuring athleticism.
 
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johnhuskies95 said:
Jenner was also selected in the NBA draft, and played football in college. My point is that there are a number of athletes that have had success in multiple sports, but that's not necessarily the end-all be-all when measuring athleticism.
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Outside the program Dave Winfield as a pretty special "athlete" especially when you look at how large the man was…….

As far as Bruce Jenner: In 1977, the Kansas City Kings selected Jenner with the 140th pick of the NBA Draft. Jenner had not actually played basketball since high school; the closest he came to a roundball career was when he sank a basket in the "YMCA" sequence of the film Can't Stop the Music in 1980

Didn't know he was drafted until you wrote that looked it up - also sad to see his brother was killed in an accident in Canton CT soon after his Olympic feats…...
 
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CAHUSKY said:
Had Lebron done that and been drafted in the first round of another major sport they surely would. I've often heard people refer to Lebron as a freak of an athlete and best physical specimen in sports. I'd say that's akin to him being one of the best athletes
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I think you misinterpreted my post. I was probably a little unclear. I'm saying that LeBron is one of the best athletes of all time, but it's not because of what he did in football.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
Jenner was also selected in the NBA draft, and played football in college. My point is that there are a number of athletes that have had success in multiple sports, but that's not necessarily the end-all be-all when measuring athleticism.
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Jenner was a mediocre football player who got a scholarship to a school you've never heard of and never played basketball. He was a great decathlete. I agree being mediocre in football, never playing hoop and winning the decathlon doesn't necessarily make you a terrific natural athlete. Being drafted in the first round of two major league sports and being an a fantastic HS QB who could have played D1 football does.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Drummond is a really good athlete for a 6'11 guy. If the question was who was the best athlete over 6'10 ?, I'd agree. But, for best overall athlete, I'm stunned anyone would pick him over Scott. You say you can only judge by what you saw on the court but I think the fact that he was drafted in the first round of the MLB draft gives you another data point. He was also one of the top QB's in the state. He was incredible.
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I guess I just don't understand the question, if you are just going with who played multiple sports at a high level and had an opportunity to play two sports at the professional level then Burrell is obviously the choice. I define athleticm by speed, size, strength, leaping ability, agility etc. There hasn't been too many players anywhere ever that have the combination of those characteristics at the level Drummond does. People say Daany Ainge could have played the 3 major sports at the professional level but I still say without a doubt Michael Jordan is a better athlete than him.
 
superjohn said:
I guess I just don't understand the question, if you are just going with who played multiple sports at a high level and had an opportunity to play two sports at the professional level then Burrell is obviously the choice. I define athleticm by speed, size, strength, leaping ability, agility etc. There hasn't been too many players anywhere ever that have the combination of those characteristics at the level Drummond does. People say Daany Ainge could have played the 3 major sports at the professional level but I still say without a doubt Michael Jordan is a better athlete than him.
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If Drummond was 6'6 would he be an nba first round pick or first rounder in another sport. Hard to say. Scott was. I think there are plenty of folks who would argue that Ainge was just as good an athlete as Jordan. Being a HS all-America in 3 sports is pretty strong supporting argument. I'd say Burrell was just as good an athlete as Jordan but not as good a basketball player.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Jenner was a mediocre football player who got a scholarship to a school you've never heard of and never played basketball. He was a great decathlete. I agree being mediocre in football, never playing hoop and winning the decathlon doesn't necessarily make you a terrific natural athlete. Being drafted in the first round of two major league sports and being an a fantastic HS QB who could have played D1 football does.
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Fine, we can pick another guy. I don't think Charlie Ward is a better athlete than a guy like Lawrence Taylor or David Thompson just because he happened to play two sports.

As for your second post, I think you're seriously underrating Drummond's athletic ability. Just watch that highlight tape that's been posted.
 
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johnhuskies95 said:
Fine, we can pick another guy. I don't think Charlie Ward is a better athlete than a guy like Lawrence Taylor or David Thompson just because he happened to play two sports.

As for your second post, I think you're seriously underrating Drummond's athletic ability. Just watch that highlight tape that's been posted.
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I said Drummond was a great athlete. Just not as good as Scott. Ward, Taylor and Thompson were all great athletes and would be in the running for best athlete ever to attend Uconn had they went here. Since they didn't, I'll stick with Burrell.
 
The size thing is a bizzarre hypothetical, If Burrell was 5'10 instead of 6'5 would he have been a D1 level athlete in any sport? I never understand it when people do this with players, people say Shabazz could have been a top 5 pick if he was 6'4, well he would also probably be a completely different player. I judge players on what their actual size, speed and strength is. I think Shaq is a freak of an athlete because he was 7'1 350 lbs. And had amazing agilty and body control for his size. If he had the same agility and body control at 6'1, I wouldn't be too impressed. My guess there has been plenty of freak athletes throughout the nba and nfl over the years who could have played multiple sports at the highest levels but if a kid thinks he has a good chance at a professional career in a sport he's almost always going to totally focus on that sports and forget about the other sports.
 
This many posts and no one has pointed out that Stanley Robinson is not a Big East caliber athlete? Disappointing.
 
CAHUSKY said:
I said Drummond was a great athlete. Just not as good as Scott. Ward, Taylor and Thompson were all great athletes and would be in the running for best athlete ever to attend Uconn had they went here. Since they didn't, I'll stick with Burrell.
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You questioned whether he would be picked in the first round if he were 6'6, and on the first page you said he was a "really good athlete for a 6'11 guy". He doesn't need the qualifier.
 
I think the obvious answer is that the Boneyard, which is 6-6, 250, can run 50 miles, and can overrun azaleas with nothing but a golf cart, is pretty much the greatest natural athlete since the velociraptor.
 
superjohn said:
The size thing is a bizzarre hypothetical, If Burrell was 5'10 instead of 6'5 would he have been a D1 level athlete in any sport? .
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Yes, because he was an amazing natural athlete. That was my point.
 
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It'S bizzarre because nobody could know what type of athlete Burrell would be if he was only 5'10, same
goes with Drummond and anyone else if they were 7 or 8 inches shorter than their actual height.
 
Walt Dropo has to be in the discussion. He played 3 major sports at UConn. He chose baseball for a pro career, better pay day in his era.
He was good enough to be AL Rookie of the year in 1950 ( I think). He was a first round pick in the pro basketball draft, the fourth overall to the Providence Steamrollers. His 20.7 ppg is the second highest scoring for a career in UConn history.

He was a good enough football player to be on the all time UConn team picked in 1969 (the 100th anniversary
of college football).

He broke his wrist after the 1950 season; he was never the same player again, but he played around 10+ years in the majors.
 
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intlzncster said:
Donny Marshall was also an all state soccer player.
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My first thought on this post...Glad you brought it to the table. He was considered pro level potential soccer player coming out of high school.
Give me five Donny / Scott type players on the floor, I don't care about who is a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 we win...
 
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