most overrated athletes

[StephenHero]

Originally Posted by Saul Silver

Wilt Chamberlain

lol

 

[kwiteaboy]

Originally Posted by Slopho

Can I say Frank Dux? Frank Dux who won the Kumute. I'd really like to know if he was the first Westerner to win it.

From the end of Bloodsport:

"From 1975 to 1980, Frank W. Dux resigned from fighting as the Undefeated Full Contact Kumite World Heavy Weight Champion. He broke four world records in a single tournament:

Most Consecutive Knockouts- 56
Fastest Knockout- 3.2 Seconds
Fastest Recorded Kick with Knockout- .72 M.P.H
Fastest Recorded Punch with Knockout- .12 Seconds"

56 consecutive knockouts in a single single elimination tournament requires a tournament with 7.2057594 × 10^16 participants. Furthermore, that "fastest punch" had a velocity of 17 miles per hour.

 

[three_man]

MMA: Brock Lesnar, GSP, The Gracie Family

Football: David Beckham Cristano Ronaldo

Boxing: Vlad Klitschko

 

[sunror]

Originally Posted by Biggskip

Is Larry Bird in the Top 5 basketball players of all time? No. But once you get to that level if somebody wants to put Bird in the Top 5 and another only want to put him in his Top 15, what's the difference?

The reality is that he put up very good stats and won several titles. Did he play on a stacked team? Sure of course he did. Nevertheless, he was one of the most clutch players of all time.

big difference between top five and top fifteen. you are in jordan/wilt/lebron/shaq territory in top five, and bird isn't there.

top ten and top fifteen not so much. while bird's prob not top ten i definitely wouldnt argue against top fifteen.

again im not really sure how well bird is regarded - if he's considered top fifteen, he's not overrated

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

LOL, it's pretty easy to tell the age of a poster based upon their opinion of Larry Bird. No one in his mid-30s or older would consider Bird to be overrated.

Ask yourself this question: If your life depended on the outcome of a basketball game, would you select Bird (in his prime) as one of the five players on your team? I would.

 

[dave333]

Andy Roddick comes to my mind

 

[sunror]

Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser

LOL, it's pretty easy to tell the age of a poster based upon their opinion of Larry Bird. No one in his mid-30s or older would consider Bird to be overrated.

Ask yourself this question: If your life depended on the outcome of a basketball game, would you select Bird (in his prime) as one of the five players on your team? I would.

id have lebron at the three but a case could be made for the inclusion of bird as a shooter. of course, with a team that stacked, a shooter wouldn't actually be needed. they'd be on the ft line all night.

wilt
duncan
lebron
magic
jordan

there's a lot of scoring there so i'd consider bill russell in place of wilt if he actually was a much better defender; russell/duncan manning the paint would be silly

 

[LawrenceMD]

Originally Posted by sunror

id have lebron at the three but a case could be made for the inclusion of bird as a shooter. of course, with a team that stacked, a shooter wouldn't actually be needed. they'd be on the ft line all night.

wilt
duncan
lebron
magic
jordan

there's a lot of scoring there so i'd consider bill russell in place of wilt if he actually was a much better defender; russell/duncan manning the paint would be silly

well at least he can bring youthful vigor and lack of championship winning experience to the team.