RGIII would most likely be a better DECA than Eaton.
47 in the 400 hurdles, cannon arm.
RGIII would most likely be a better DECA than Eaton.
47 in the 400 hurdles, cannon arm.
Lebron does NOT likely exceed 4:30 pace while playing basketball, or just barely if he does.
4:30 pace would be running baseline-to-baseline in 4.8seconds. How often do you see that in a game?
Ashton Eaton is only 6'1" and 185. Eaton throws under 47 feet.
There are tons of high school lineman who could throw a 16 lb shot farther with minimal training.
Ryan Crouser threw a 16 pound shot 63-11 in high school.
A QB in the jav. Tons of soccer players in the 1500. Some line men in the shot.
basically 1/2 of all pro athletes would cream him in the 1500m
bcta wrote:
basically 1/2 of all pro athletes would cream him in the 1500m
what did i just read
bcta wrote:
basically 1/2 of all pro athletes would cream him in the 1500m
There is no way that half of all pro athletes can run a ~4:34 mile on tired legs.
stop watch2.4 wrote:
Lebron does NOT likely exceed 4:30 pace while playing basketball, or just barely if he does.
4:30 pace would be running baseline-to-baseline in 4.8seconds. How often do you see that in a game?
Literally all the time. Have you never watched basketball? Lebron chases down a fast break and blocks a layup like once per game, in WELL under 4.8 seconds. Wow. You're an idiot.
How about Willie Gault in his prime? 13:26 and 10:10. Could most likely beat him in a 400 (21.8 at age 45 for 200) and possibly 1500 as well.
Mechanics of the javelin mirror an outfielder's crow hop much more than a pitcher's wind up. Without any practice time I'd bet most outfielders would do better than pitchers with it getting more even the more time the pitchers have to adjust.
Wow you're dumb. He probably doesn't average 4:30 pace for an entire trip down the court but he certainly goes well faster than that at full speed.
stop watch2.4 wrote:
Lebron does NOT likely exceed 4:30 pace while playing basketball, or just barely if he does.
4:30 pace would be running baseline-to-baseline in 4.8seconds. How often do you see that in a game?
luv2run wrote:
It might be fun to have 10 NFL players all take him on. Each NFL player would do one event each (like a "relay"). So Ted Ginn might lead off in the 100, then someone in the LJ, continue on. Of course finding an NFL to PV might be interested--I am sure a general manager would just love to see that.
This would be awesome. NBC could make it a prime-time event next May. Eaton should also do the NFL Combine in February to see how he stacks up, where/when he would lay down the challenge to the NFL. It would be kind of like Shaq Vs, but with Eaton instead.
And he's not a professional in the NFL yet, but Marquise Goodwin of Texas just won the national LJ championship for a second year in a row, jumping 27'-4" this time.
Eaton would have tied for 2nd in the LJ at the Olympic Trials if he jumped the same as in the deca. This puts him squarely in Jackie Joyner-Kersee's league.
Russell Westbrook.
I have no doubt that someone in the MLS could run better than a 4:14 1500m.
Dude, Bryce Harper already scored 12,000 points in the decathlon when he was 15 years old. It was a private decathlon for Mormons so it wasn't televised.
This thread just proves how few people on Letsrun have ever played another sport or have any idea what those sports are like.
No one in professional sports would come close to Eaton in the pole vault, and probably not within 2 feet (at least) in the long jump.
Some in the NFL would be close in the 100, but depending on how much training they have, there aren't a lot of people who can run 10.2. People who are that straight-line fast usually flame out quickly in the NFL as returners/receivers who can't catch. Maybe 5 people in all of professional sports have the technique/speed to challenge him in the 110H.
400/shot/javelin/HJ are most likely for him to get beat. But whoever keeps suggesting that Dwayne Wade would be a good 400 runner is a moron. Lineman are far more athletic than 99% of people on this website, and would probably beat him in the shot. Pitchers/QBs in the javelin (with months of training for most.)
No one in the NBA/MLB/NFL would be close in the 1500. Probably not within 30-45 seconds. Maybe some soccer players.
I eat lots of ice cream wrote:
In any of the major sports - pro baseball, football, basketball or even soccer could any athlete in the top professional league beat Ashton Eaton if they competed in one event?
Maybe a profeessional football player in the 100 or 110 hurdles? Maybe...
Maybe a soccer player in the 1500...?
That is about it.
4:34 mile isn't that good. You really think many many soccer players can't run faster than that. Most good highschool forwards I would say can easily run sub 5 for the mile. If you're talking about professionals there is no doubt in my mind that over half of professional forwards could run at least 4:40 in the mile.
I guess that first post wasn't that clear.
I way trying to say a soccer player could maybe beat him in the 1500 but wouldn't beat him in any other events.
Later I acknowledged that football linemen would probably beat him with training in the shot and discus.
It will never happen but, as others have suggested, I'd love to see different top professional sports teams field a team to compete in a deca against Eaton.
I think a football team would stand the best chance. They might have a guy close or be able to beat him in the 100 and 110 hurdles and linemen may be able to beat him or it would be close in the discus and shot put with 3 months training.
He would blow out a football team in the pole vault, 1500, high jump, long jump. The 400 might be close but he would likely get some additional points on them there too.
nickHpaulson wrote:
No one in the NBA/MLB/NFL would be close in the 1500. Probably not within 30-45 seconds. Maybe some soccer players.
You are an idiot.
Nobody in the NBA could do a 4:16 1500 if trained specifically for it? Steve Nash probably could have if he made it his offseason project for one year when he was young.
"Probably not" even 4:46 to 5:01? You must be a horrible runner. High school basketball players can do that.
Just like most athletes in most sports don't get running, runners don't get most sports (e.g. basketball). NBA players are exceptionally fit and nearly all could put together a good 400, 1500, LJ and probably HJ if properly coached on it for a few weeks.
Dwight Thomas was a basketball player who tried HJ on a dare. Jumped 7'2" in his first meet. Won WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS the next year. Do you honestly think that none of the thousands of basketball players at his level could do the same?
Oly champ in the sprints or 5000+ means something. In any other event (e.g. shot, jumps, mid-d), there are many athletes would could do better. THEY JUST PLAY REAL SPORTS. There are dozens of Reese Hoffas in the NFL, and probably hundreds of Andrew Wheatings playing soccer around the world.
Face it: if Usain Bolt or David Rudisha had been good at soccer, we'd think that Tyson Gay and Wilson Kipketer represented the extremes of human potential. And so on.
I eat lots of ice cream wrote wrote:
He would blow out a football team in the pole vault, 1500, high jump, long jump. The 400 might be close but he would likely get some additional points on them there too.
How would your XC team do against Lebron James in a deca?
Thought so.