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  • Lebron James is a freak of nature who ever said Mario Williams was more athletic than he was needs to get slapped. James has a 43 or 44 inch vertical and has a 4.5 or 4.4 speed. At 6'8 and 250+. Seriously who's the dumbass that said that. He's more talented than NFL players

  • But most guys that are faster then that aint standing at 6'5 240

  • Who gives a shit if football take more athleticism? Basketball takes more skill and there's no denying that.

  • @tuyuka39 Ture. Football is pure "man" athleticism. Basketball is a good balance of athleticism and skill. Soccer and baseball is pure skill. Different sports at different spectrums.

  • @TheFireArc The 100m dash can't be converted into a 40-yard dash because the 40--yard dash is more about acceleration off the block and short-length speed. The 100m dash is primarily about maintaining a steady speed throughout the distance. 10.6 is definitely a fast time for the 100m dash, but many NFL players have had faster times than that.

  • @TheFireArc Not saying ronaldo is slow or anything, but the sport he plays imo requires more skill, where as this sport requires most athletism.

  • @TheFireArc I have to respectfully disagree with you. Most of these players coming out of college run track as well. Jacoby ford, trindon holliday,ted ginn have all run the 100m in 10flat, jeff demps 10flat and a wind aided 9.96 and those are the ones ive actually heard of, there could have been other players to run close to that but are not big names in college football. Calvin johnson is a freak 44-45 in vertical, 4.3 40, and 10.23 100m all at 6'5 240. Recently Marvin bracy 17 yrs old 10.05

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  • damn im 5'10.5 and can dunk on a good day but i never worked out or anything anyone kno any exercises i can do to jump like megatron?

  • @mikedatruth17 squats and box jumps, leg presses...etc

    or just be abnormally black

  • hahaha if Lebron had a 48 inch vertical then he can touch over 12 feet. He can just get his head a little bit higher than the rim so he has a vertical of about 40 inches.

  • Michael Jordan had a vertical of 46 inches, Calvin Johnson's record is 44 inches

  • but MJ is the GOAT of the NBA and who else has a vertical higher than megatron...nobody

  • The bottom line is football and basketball are very different sports. In high school, I had a friend on my team that would end up later playing professional football for six years. Also, started two years at Penn State. In high school he ran a 4.3 40 and a sub 10.4 100m, but when he was asked to guard me in practice I would just go right by him. I was a division I basketball player, but no even close to NBA caliber.

  • Lebron is a freak, but he's not freakish enough like Calvin or most NFL players. Hell, he's not even close to Mario Williams level. I mean William is 6'6, 300 lbs. He has a higher vertical leap than Lebron James. Also, JJ Watt is also 6'6, 295 lbs and he has a 37 inch vertical. Not to mention, Mario Williams and JJ Watts are on the same team.

  • almost s big a his penis

  • Nate Robinson only has a 35.5" vertical

    With a stepping start its 43.5", but it doesn't count because he's given a running start, they do that in NBA combines (cheaters)

    In the NBA Combine's history, the highest vertical is only 39.5"

    In the NFL Combine, the highest vertical was 46"

    And before you say: NBA players are taller, well NFL players are heavier (more weight means its harder to jump high).

    Proof: draftexpress(dot)com/nba-pre-d­raft-measurements/

    Then sort by "NO STEP VERT"

  • @leeznon Height isn't taken into consideration for verticle you retard...

    Also, 39.5 inches isn't fucking even close to the highest verticle in the NBA. Spudd webs verticle was nearly 50".

  • @kdee1912 Soccer players do have exceptional skill. They also probably have one of the highest needs for explosiveness of any sport. (Separating from defenders, going up for headers, sprinting down field after clears, etc.) However, American football players are extremely explosive as well.

  • @Rudio213021 shut the fuck up you guys have a cardeo sport you don't have to jump high or bench 2-3 times your bodyweight and run at least a 4.6 40 yard dash. When the hell do soccer players care about how much they clean? Bench? Squat? You guys have to work on agility, cardeo, and the skills for the game. Football you have to work on upperbody strangth, lower body and core strangth, agility, sprinting, film, skills, and also your plays.

  • European soccer players are athletic as fuck too yo

  • @Rudio213021 it seems like soccer players have more skill than athleticism. no doubt they can run fast but they aren't very powerful.

  • @kdee1912 thanks!!!!!!

  • @Rudio213021 oh shut the fuck up there babys i bet kickers are more athletic and stronger then soccer players.

  • better athletes than even the receivers are the defensive ends. Having to combine speed quickness and strength while pushing against someone much heavier and stronger. Sucks

  • @samauripizzacats101 I have to give the best athletes in the NFL - defensive linemen. That size, speed and strength is unreal. D-Backs are not as athletic as receivers - they are usually receivers that either can't catch or can't remember or run good routes.

  • @buteaux34 fuck no DBs one of the most athletic postions (other then both offence and defence linemen) out there because there normaly shorter then recivers so they must be strong, faster, smarter, and jump higher then them. But the best athlete in my mind are running backs they have to be as fast at a reciver (4.3-4.5 speed) be as agile as a DB (4.1-4.3 speed) and be as strong if not stronger then a Linebacker.

  • @YodaJake16 I agree, I was just trying to get someones blood going haha. My buddy is a cornerback in the NFL, and he is athletics as can be. However - and check this out if you want to - the most "explosive" athletes in the world are ... Olympic class shot putters. They did a test, and they have more fast twitch fibers naturally then any other athlete - this is a generalism, of course there are exceptions, but that was a test of over 1000 types of athletes.

  • @buteaux34 hahahahaha you got me!! haha They are very explosive so are olymipc lifters But thats a given they compete in cleans, snatch, jerks. so i guess that dosen't count haha

  • @YodaJake16 I'm sorry, but there is not a single RB in the NFL that can run a 4.3 40 and is as strong as a LB.

  • @buteaux34 hell naw db's are far more athletic than recievers think how much faster and quicker you have to be to run with someone who already knows where they are going and you must react to their move. dbs dont catch good as recievers because they dont practice catching as much. You could say a receiver is usually a db that cant tackle or doesnt have good hips.

  • Calvin has an unofficial vertical of 45'

  • he said 42 and 1/2 dumbass

  • U stupid fuck, this is His pro-day workout i said he has an unofficial of 45" vertical this happened before pro-day and before Combine

  • because the nfl is a better game maybe? hahaha

  • the average skill positioned football player is better then pretty much any athlete in the world in terms of athleticism. Football has the greatest athletes in the world reason being they can run the fastest (other then sprinters) they can jump higher than most basketball players and and more agile and strong then nba players by faaar. Shaquille oneil isnt even as strong as the average nfl player who is 10 inches shorter then him

  • they can't out run or jump the elite long jumpers in the world, and running and jumping are the two skills that determine "athletic ability". I agree however that among the mainstream American sports, football players are the best athletes, mainly due to the training they perform in the weight room.

  • @reid125

    If only you used better grammar then you would have made a good point

  • @reid125 you are correct. Randy Moss has a higher vertical leap than any basketball or football player in history

  • @elurseeknay Incorrect - Michael Wilson of Missipi State had a recorded 52 inch vertical - he was 6'6" and could dunk on a 12' basketball goal - He plays for the globe trotters now - also, a few nfl defensive players have higher verts than randy moss if I am not mistaken - some in the mid 40 inch range, I cant remember who but a linebacker with a 40 plus inch vert is what stood out in my mind.

  • most skill position nfl players can NOT jump higher than most basketball players

  • @reid125 Your reasoning is not correct - athleticism by your definition would veer to decathletes being the best athletes in the world - ironically i was a world ranked decathlete and knew a few olympians and played basketball with them and their coordination was funny although they could fricken dunk better than basketball players.

    Athleticism is all perspective - I would venture to say off-guards and small forwards in the NBA would be hella top of the charts athlete wise.

  • @reid125 size wise Lebron is more athletic than all of the NFL, shaquille for his size was a fuckin monster, he had a 32 inch vertical and was pretty damn fast. Basketball isn't about who's strongest anyways its a finesse sport that takes skill

  • @JoeyFerguson3 Too bad LeBron has virtually no basketball skill and relies entirely on athleticism....

    Have you ever seen him try to post up, move without the ball, or pull up between the first and second tiers of defense? It's not pretty.

    Also, he is definitely not more athletic than Calvin or peterson.

  • @Basch152 I wouldn't say entirely, but for the most part you are right. he's not that bad with his back to the basket, his outside jumper was better this year. He doesn't move without the ball because for the first 25 years of his life the ball was always in his hands. I changed my mind about this whole subject like a week ago anyways. Dwight Freeney is a freak of an athlete (based on combine workout) and he was 260+ pounds. of course all the skill positions, they are all freaks.

  • @Basch152 Lebrons vert is 38 inches and run a 4.40 40.  calvins stats are a little better in both. However Lebron is a lot bigger, its pretty close. idk AP stuff so i won't comment about him. Size matters, less often do you see people of extreme size be that athletic.

  • @JoeyFerguson3 As I said... less athletic than calvin...

    Also, lebron is 3 inches taller than Calvin, that's not "a lot bigger".

    But that wasn't even my main point. My point was you saying the NBA is a "finesse sport" despite the fact that LeBron has no finesse whatsoever and mearly relies on his athleticism.

  • @Basch152 lebron is 6`8 and 260. Calvin is 6`5 235. U expect Calvin to be faster and jump higher. Also Lebron over the last 2 years has stopped relying on his driving game and more on his jumpers. He doesn`t use his athletism that much.

  • @Cheema0113 No, he shouldn't be able to jump higher because lebron is taller. I don't get where people get these things from.

    Lebrons extra weight is from his height, and pure muscle, calvin is just more athletic.

    And doesn't use his athleticism that much? Are you fucking kidding me dude? That's all he does. I never see him use any form of skill set. He occasionally takes long range jumpers, but he sucks at them.

  • @Basch152 dribbling and passing isnt a skill set?

  • @artfuldodger11100 They are, and they are NO WHERE near a full skill set. Not even remotely close.

  • @Basch152 He probably mean that each player needs to have a larger skill set then any football player. In football, a player is required to do one of a few things: run, push, catch, or throw. In basketball, one player could be asked to do all four of those things (sub pass for throw) with the addition of other skills like dribble, shoot.

  • @reid125 although if basketball players trained with heavy weights like the way football players do it might be closer than you think

  • @reid125 You maybe right, but if god came to me and let me choose anybody's genetics to be a football player. I would choose Lebron James with out a doubt.

  • @reid125

    in terms of athleticism? I don't know if football is. They might have the most explosive players but I don't know about the most athletic players. No sport really outshines the other in terms of athleticism.

  • @reid125 Football's skill position athletes are top tier in terms of the overall combination of speed, explosiveness, and strength no doubt. BUT, I would have to argue that the NBA gets the creme de la creme of athletes when look at most guards/swing man position players. I think this is evidenced by the fact that a guard/small forward NBA player would be much more readily converted into a WR or TE in the NFL than the other way around. Look at Antonio Gates for example.

  • @reid125 its easier to get buff if your short, but put alot of ppl vs oneal inna ring and he'll take em out NFL players or not

  • @reid125 not hating but u forgot hockey players... 

  • Lebron James looks like he's 80 years old. I wonder if he's like those people on television back in the 80s would had that rare disease where they age a billion times the speed of sound. That fucker will be drinking Ensure and walking with a cane by the time he's 30.

  • Yeah, pause at 0:18

  • man this guy could play in the nba hes a wideout so we know he could catch hard passes and hes quick and gotta pretty good size i wonder if he ever thought about going to the nba

  • and this guy could not play in the NBA trust me go to hoopsmixtape or watch and 1 streetball and you'll see alot of guy's who aren't in the NBA who jump higher are taller and have way more skills like the air up there guess he sould a been in the NBA.

  • NBA players are faster than him.... so he really couldnt make the nba as a 6 foot 6 SF

  • ur a dumbass how many nba players you kno run a 4.33 40

  • UR A DUMBASS... basketball isnt all about North to South speed. U also need east to west speed. Yes CJ can accelerate but turning corners faster than nba SF???? please u obviously dont know shit

  • dude u could possibly be the dumbest cunt on youtube! cj would be the most athletic player in the nba! no possible way that any sf is faster or quicker than him an any sort of race. and if his 42.5 verticle is standing then think if hes running down the floor and dunks, his head would be over a foot above the rim. use your brain next time simpleton!

  • Then y doesnt he play nba then... fucking retard

  • ldc you are stupid as hell. If you seriously think NFL players lack the lateral quickness of NBA players then you are retarded. This other guy is exaggerating a bit with the head above the rim thing but you are just down right stupid to say that NBA players are faster than NFl players, especially Calvin Johnson.

  • Ur retarded if u think the avg. lateral speed of NFL players are better than the avg. lateral speed of NBA players. Obviously there are exceptions to this dumbass cuz im stating the avg.. U mite be the dumbest person ever

  • This is the first time you have stated avg on the entire post so don't blame me cuz you were too dumb to state this before. Now if you are stating the avg then yes, BBall does have on avg much quicker players because 3/5 players in the NBA are guards or SF's, but if you matched CJ against many NBA SF's or Darren Sproles against Chris Paul you would see that football players have just as good if not better lateral quickness than BBall players. Give credit where credit is due.apreciate all sports.

  • Ok clearly u have no idea what ur talking bout... hockey junkie

  • Hockey junkie? I know more about Football Soccer and Basketball than i do Hockey but I still know tons about that as well. I'm surprised that you were able to tell from my user name that I like hockey. Like I said before, you should learn to appreciate all sports.

  • Yea i obviously know who Phaneuf is cuz i live in Calgary and even tho im not a huge fan of the NHL i still know something bout Hockey

  • Idc - you might want to learn basic English before calling anybody else "dumb"

    And you should definitely grow up.

  • Yea ur acting really mature... butting into someone elses conversation.

  • This may be from two months ago but damn, I don't even know what you're saying

  • dont worry bout it... i had no idea what im talking bout either

  • actually if u do the math (which i have), if CJ jumped while standing right under a basketball rim he would come within 8 inches of this head hitting the rim, i dont think its to far of a stretch to say his head would be above the rim if he had a running start

  • actually champ if you do the math he's 77 inches tall. add in 42.5 inches of his vertical (but sometimes could be higher) that equals 119.5. the rim is 120. with any sort of running aproach his head would easily be over the rim

  • last time i checked .5 inches is within 8 inches....so yes i was right

  • @alcitydan08 you add his arm reach to his height for vertical

  • @ldc62 because the nba is fucking gay you fucking retard. thats the dumbest question.

    and saying nba players are faster than him isstupid as fuck too you fucking idiot

  • @420forl1f3 I admire the constructive criticism football fans on Youtube are able to express...

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  • pause at 17

  • its 18 retard

  • damn he was up there look how high his feet are from the ground

  • Hes standing Vert is 45 so hes runnin should be about 50 to 55 vertical , dont be an idiot he can do a 720 and a 360 btl

  • well, he has the ups to do those dunks, but we don't know if he has the body control to. and yeah, this was a bad jump, he has maxed before at around 45.

  • tdub

    wtf mr 720 best dunker

  • and this was a bad jump for him.

  • lebron james vertical isn't even over 35". And no one is better than TDub at dunking.

  • if lebrons vertical was not over 35 he would not be an athletic freak did you know jj reddick has a 34 inch vertical but can barely pull off any dunks alot of retards on this site.

  • wow that is one heck of a vertical leap, no wonder he was one of the best players in the draft.

  • Airburn are u retarded... theres no way he would be the best dunker ever.. Lebron james is taller, with longer arms.. and he can jump pretty much just as high.. and he actually PLAYS basketball and knows how to dunk

  • amazing jump how does he do it

  • hes 6'5 with a long ass arms, and he has a 45 inch vertical leap not 42, if he played basketball he whould be probbly the best dunker of all time

  • he definitely could be, BUT, lebron is 6'8 long ass arms and a 48 inch vertical

  • Lebron's vertical is not 48...lol

  • 48 inch verticle....you stupid idiot

  • lebron has around a 34-36 inch vertical

  • Dude your retarded lebrons verts like 45 inches.

  • wow, this dude can jump very high!

  • how does 235 pound man have 42in vertical?

  • actually he has a 45in vertical that was just a bad jump

  • because he's not a mere man, he's Calvin Johnson.

  • he could have done better but he was scared wit all those white people around him.. i know how it is

  • ROFL LMAO

  • his head almost hit the bars they measure with

  • shit it didn't look like he got 42.5 inces off the ground...but that can be for two reasons...

    1) when they measure standing reach they put two hands up

    2) so damn explosive it happened so fast!

  • he jumps sooooo high, have u guys ever seen his broad jump

  • sure took a while...

  • word he was there a while

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