It's right up with idea of getting the 800 pound, massively obese dude to play goalie in hockey.  Just prop him up, give him some pads and he'd cover the whole net - wouldn't even need a stick.

Seriously, I always thought Karl Malone would have been the ultimate tight end. 

As for just having a really tall guy play hoops, he'd get pummeled.

Lebron would no doubt be an awesome football player, but he'd be nowhere near as marketable (and thus less rich)

LeBron would be a tight end in football. Do NBA players have the ability to transfer their skills to those of a professional football player, without a doubt. Do they have mentally what it takes to be a professional football player, that's another story.

Football training is a completely different animal and constitutes building mass around your body to withstand the physical beating while maintaining your physical gifts and talents. I'm not so sure most NBA players would want to endure the physicality that is NFL football. It's probably one of the reasons they leaned towards basketball as a child, it's just less physically demanding.

As for your question about tall players, most tall players once they put on the muscle necessary to play end up becoming lineman or TEs or QBs. Richard Seymour is 6'6". I think the Oakland Raiders boast having like 5 offensive linemen that are 6'7" or taller. Football on the defensive side of the ball is about maintaining a low center of gravity in order to maintain position and make tackles. It's just one of many reasons why you don't see giant linebackers or defensive backfield players.

My guess is if Randy Moss, Terrell Owens and Plaxico Burress did nothing but play basketball since they were kids they would have had a pretty decent shot at being NBA players. Could some NBA players become NFL wide receivers, sure, if they didn't mind taking the beating that those guys take.

It's right up with idea of getting the 800 pound, massively obese dude to play goalie in hockey.  Just prop him up, give him some pads and he'd cover the whole net - wouldn't even need a stick.

Seriously, I always thought Karl Malone would have been the ultimate tight end. 

As for just having a really tall guy play hoops, he'd get pummeled.

Lebron would no doubt be an awesome football player, but he'd be nowhere near as marketable (and thus less rich)

What do mean less marketbale. Lebron runs a 40 in like 4.40 and he's huge and had good hands in HS atleast. Couldn't he just leap over anybody in the NFL. Also do you really think any cornerback or safety could take him down once he got the ball down. Or is their something else I don't know?

Quote from: Redz on October 01, 2008, 12:58:56 PM

It's right up with idea of getting the 800 pound, massively obese dude to play goalie in hockey.  Just prop him up, give him some pads and he'd cover the whole net - wouldn't even need a stick.

Seriously, I always thought Karl Malone would have been the ultimate tight end. 

As for just having a really tall guy play hoops, he'd get pummeled.

Lebron would no doubt be an awesome football player, but he'd be nowhere near as marketable (and thus less rich)

What do mean less marketbale.

Would Nike have signed him to a bazillion dollar contract right out of high school if he played football?