How fast could the fastest nba player run a mile?

Charlie Bell wen't to high school at Flint Southwestern 15mins away from me and I was told by older coaches he ran XC to stay in shape for basketball and was an easy 17min guy

he fast, son wrote:

You are completely right. And the fact that they are in the NBA and are 6'3"-7'1" doesn't have anything to do with it. If Lebron had the same vertical leap but was 5'5", he would still be in the NBA.

A professional athlete can do any activity well. A professional ping pong player has the drive, the "it" factor, and guts to run a 4:30 mile or bench press 500 pounds. He is a professional athlete and can overcome basic physiology.

I reckon that LeBron could also play professional golf or hockey due to his athletic ability.

Might be one of the dumbest posts I've ever seen...or a solid trolling effort.

Horst Girth wrote:

Back in the 80s, I thought Isiah Thomas could run a 45 second 400. I don't know about the mile, why not ask who could run a great 400?

Why would you start your post with, "I have absolutely no credibility whatsoever"?

I ran track in high school. I was very fast, but I developed very aggressive shin splints over time, and started to lose my will around the end of junior year. I competed in the 100m, 200m, long jump, and triple jump. All of which are fast twitch. I never once trained for long distance running.

One day, in my senior year, after my strength training class was finished in the morning, our PE teacher, who also happened to be the basketball coach, told our class that if we ran under 5:30, we would be exempt from running the mile for the rest of the year. So, with tired legs and some determination, I managed to run a 5:25.

Consider that I'm an above average athlete for high school track/basketball, but below average moving towards college, and almost abysmal compared to the NBA players. If I can manage a 5:25, with no training, after having killed my legs with squats and presses, then pretty much ANY NBA guard or small forward should be able to accomplish sub 5, considering the amount of conditioning and work that they put in every day.

These are world class athletes we're talking about.

Holy crap, it doesnt matter how coordinated they are. Galen rupp looks like hes the most uncoordinated dude on earth and he runs 3:50. NBA players are fast, strong, and weight 200 some pounds. No one in the NBA is going sub 4:50. 1.) They don't have the right muscle fibers. 2.) They might train their LT a lot with drills but they simply don't have the aerobic capacity. Once they reach vo2 max, its over for them 3.) Their BMI's are too high for them to be efficient over 800 meters, let alone a mile. They would look great until about 800 or 1k in and then tank hard.

Almost all of the NBA point guards could run sub 4:30

Guys like John Wall Russell Westbrook

These guys have incredible speed and cardiovascular conditioning

If you took them to the track for a day and they didn't have to play any basketball and they just got themselves Prime to run the fastest mile they could for that day easily 415 maybe 4:20... some might be able to go even a little faster but just to play it safe they could definitely run in the 420s

Again incredibly fast guys who are in great shape the NBA has plenty of guys who are 5-10 5-11 weigh 160 170 lbs so perfect Runners build

After seeing how there's plenty of high school girls who run 4 40s and high school boys Low 4 minutes. It's hard to believe that you would doubt that guys like John Wall. Or guys like Spud Webb Muggsy Bogues Nate Robinson Isaiah Thomas when they were in their Prime and at their fastest would struggle to run under 4:30 is hard to believe. We're talking about some of the fastest and best condition guys I'min the world

North Carolina basketball team runs a mile every year as some sort of preseason event

And the fastest mile was a 436 by a 200 pound guy

I'm pretty sure that the reason that there aren't more 4:30 times is that for a lot of the guys they're not going 100%

But it just shows that a big guy can still run fast and just makes it more likely that some of the speed demons in the NBA could run like a 4:15 to 420

4:20 would be a good time for many of them.

There will be super fast people (like there are in amy sport) who are around te 4:30 mark. The average has to be between 5:15-5:30 though.

People just completely botch interpreting that UNC mile. Most of the team runs between 5:30 and 7 minutes. The course record holder is a small-ish guard who was not anything close to an NBA player. Luke May,e who is an outlier on the positive side, dips under 5 minutes. He will likely need to bulk up if he plans to play in the NBA. Anyhow, I'm sure the fastest NBA player could run in the 4:30s if they trained semi-seriously for it. Untrained/training just general cardio I think you'd see a dozen or so guys under 5 mins. Most of the league would be between 5:30 and 6:30 with some of the bigs slower than that.

Chris P wrote:

North Carolina basketball team runs a mile every year as some sort of preseason event

And the fastest mile was a 436 by a 200 pound guy

I'm pretty sure that the reason that there aren't more 4:30 times is that for a lot of the guys they're not going 100%

But it just shows that a big guy can still run fast and just makes it more likely that some of the speed demons in the NBA could run like a 4:15 to 420

Dawkins went 4:36 in college. I'm sure there's a guard or two at that level in the NBA

I suspect you're right, but again before people start attaching themselves to well tons of guards could do it...Johnny Dawkins was listed at 6'2", 165 pounds. Serious outlier, especially once you get to the NBA level where most guards will put on 10-15 pounds of muscle and many are built more like running backs than anything.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

People just completely botch interpreting that UNC mile. Most of the team runs between 5:30 and 7 minutes. The course record holder is a small-ish guard who was not anything close to an NBA player. Luke May,e who is an outlier on the positive side, dips under 5 minutes. He will likely need to bulk up if he plans to play in the NBA. Anyhow, I'm sure the fastest NBA player could run in the 4:30s if they trained semi-seriously for it. Untrained/training just general cardio I think you'd see a dozen or so guys under 5 mins. Most of the league would be between 5:30 and 6:30 with some of the bigs slower than that.

This ^ is the CORRECT answer. 100% on the mark.

it was actually 32:30ish....big difference

6' 10" Walter McCarty played 10 yrs and had a 1:53 pr for 800. Indiana state runner up. Lots of those guys that aren't bulked up can break 5 with a handful getting close to 4:30.

RayD wrote:

There will be super fast people (like there are in amy sport) who are around te 4:30 mark. The average has to be between 5:15-5:30 though.

Agree

I saw a dude run a 48 in high school at state, then was quarterback for a #1 D1 college team two years later.

Threads come up like this all the time here. There are guys and gals who have more than you do, no matter what you think.

That said, as bad as distance runners are in the US right now, it's hard to think someone not running isn't the next world-beater if they'd just do it. Just like that guy knocking himself out to run a sub-4 or a 2:14 right now would probably win the PGA Championship if they'd just start playing golf.

But the question is how fast could the fastest NBA player run a mile

So we're talking about what is the fastest time if the whole NBA had to run a mile

Guys like Kemba Walker and John Wall I'm sure could run in the 430 S

A lot has to do with motivation and how much time they have to recuperate

I bet you Johnny Dawkins when he ran a 436 had to play basketball the same day if he could dedicate a whole day to just running a mile I'm sure he could knock 10 seconds off that... and he played in the NBA so again the fastest point guards could definitely run 430 S and if they had the motivation and a full day to rest afterwards probably in the 420s