Author Topic: Basketball isnt a sport .......Hockey is!!! (Read 2134 times)

rc51 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:14:49 PM »

The worlds most demanding sport is Moto-cross.
It uses every muscle in the body and the demands on the cardio
vascular system are second to none.
Most all of the pros. are less than 5% body fat.
Do you're research and you WILL find Moto-cross the most physically demandind sport in the world.

midnight Target · « **Reply #61 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:28:26 PM »

Any basketball player standing around and waiting (except during foul shots and jump balls) isn't doing his/her job. And when its a foul shot the clock aint running.

No doubt that hockey players are incredibly skilled and in great shape. Just not as skilled as basketball players.

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Michael Jordan, who dominated the NBA and won six championships, has been named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by SportsCentury's distinguished 48-member panel.

Of the top 50 .....

Basketball
1 - Jordan
13 - Wilt Chamberlain
17 - Magic Johnson
18 - Bill Russell
26 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
30 - Larry Bird

Hockey

5 - Wayne Gretzky
21 - Gordie Howe
31 - Bobby Orr

MoMoney · « **Reply #62 on:** May 21, 2003, 06:41:42 AM »

Hockey ..you got multiple lines...oooooo though sport

Wlfgng · « **Reply #63 on:** May 21, 2003, 09:29:05 AM »

tell ya what.. all you basketball players come by my place and let's play a little hockey.. then tell me how tough basketball players are

sorry MT that's kinda weak.. a panel in the US decided who the top atheletes are?

how about real atheletes? you know, like biatheletes, etc.

hockey isn't as popular (yet) as basketball and football. tends to skew the results.

Curval · « **Reply #64 on:** May 21, 2003, 09:50:10 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Try running 10 straight 200 meter sprints under 26 seconds each with nothing but a 200 meter jog inbetween to rest. And that was just a small portion of the 3 hour daily practice.

Skating lines is just as tough as what you describe....and hockey players look better doing it than a bunch of really tall guys lopeing around a track.

RC51 is right..motocross riders are in the best shape athletically.

midnight Target · « **Reply #65 on:** May 21, 2003, 10:20:27 AM »

Come on you guys...

If the amount of pain you can take decided the best athlete in the world then the winner would be Chuck Wepner.

Basketball players are (on the average) bigger, stronger, faster and more explosively quick than Hockey players. <----- period

Wlfgng · « **Reply #66 on:** May 21, 2003, 10:28:33 AM »

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If the amount of pain you can take decided the best athlete in the world then the winner would be Chuck Wepner.

lmao

I guess we have to agree to disagree MT..
I've played both and while basketball players are definately taller.. I can't agree that they are more athletic.

I've never sweated more, sucked air more and been physically abused more than during a hockey game.

in fact, the basketball players that used to play next to an outdoor roller-hockey rink used to be amazed and thought the roller hockey guys were nuts.. (imagine if they were next to real h ockey)

GrimCO · « **Reply #67 on:** May 21, 2003, 10:31:24 AM »

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Originally posted by rc51
The worlds most demanding sport is Moto-cross.
It uses every muscle in the body and the demands on the cardio
vascular system are second to none.
Most all of the pros. are less than 5% body fat.
Do you're research and you WILL find Moto-cross the most physically demandind sport in the world.

I used to race moto-cross, and the worst part of it was the punishment on your arms and legs. Absolute constant motion. Even your face hurt. After a race it felt like you just did an ungodly amount of pushups and squats. You truly get beat to hell out there.

I wouldn't compare it to the feeling you get after running till you drop and then throw up, it's a different kind of exhaustion. Every single muscle in your body feels like jello, and all you want to do afterwards is go home and crash on the couch.

Curval · « **Reply #68 on:** May 21, 2003, 10:35:25 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Basketball players are (on the average) bigger, stronger, faster and more explosively quick than Hockey players. <----- period

Disagree completely and totally. Period.

GrimCO · « **Reply #69 on:** May 21, 2003, 10:47:57 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Disagree completely and totally. Period.

ditto

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #70 on:** May 21, 2003, 11:08:26 AM »

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Originally posted by GrimCO
ditto

One more vote.

Maybe HTC should rent out a rink for the con? I think my skates could use a good sharpening.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #71 on:** May 21, 2003, 12:47:27 PM »

that'd make me want to attend for sure!
(mine are freshly sharpened)

Maniac · « **Reply #72 on:** May 21, 2003, 01:16:58 PM »

Hey!

Computer nerds!!!

Yes you!!!

Why dont you all take your fat arses outside or to an arena and start practising what you are preaching...

Amazing!

Maniac · « **Reply #73 on:** May 21, 2003, 01:18:55 PM »

Oh and djust to add to the stupidity...

Any sport where theres no drug-tests aint an sport... (NHL; NFL, dont know about NBA but probably the same.)

Wlfgng · « **Reply #74 on:** May 21, 2003, 01:27:25 PM »

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Why dont you all take your fat arses outside or to an arena and start practising what you are preaching...

guess you don't know me