Demar and Kyle team USA thread

[jimmie]

You just proved my point chief. How many people give swimming elite lifelong training in comparison to say soccer basketball or even track and field?

And I'd say that the number of people who pursue swimming at an elite level (ie. university and post-university) is probably about the same as most other sports, including basketball. But someone who wants to go search could probably pull data on it.

[jimmie]

You just proved my point chief. How many people give swimming elite lifelong training in comparison to say soccer basketball or even track and field?

What does that have to do with your point, which seemed to be suggesting that a random NBA player with some swimming training could possibly beat Phelps? ie. minimizing Phelps's achievements as being achievable by any other elite athlete who got proper training.

[KeonClark]

You have GOT to be kidding. Just because you don't watch it, doesn't mean it's not taken seriously by those competing at the world championship level. There's no one in the world that could beat Phelps without elite, lifelong training.

You could just as easily say there are athletes out there in other sports that could be better than Jordan and Lebron, had they chosen to pursue basketball instead of Sport X, Y or Z.

You just proved my point chief. How many people give swimming elite lifelong training in comparison to say soccer basketball or even track and field?

[rocwell]

One of these things is not like the other.

Stats really love Kyle. He's a winner.

[Barolt]

One of these things is not like the other.

[jimmie]

There's actually some merit to the article..not humphries specifically (but maybe) just more the fact that not a lot of people take swimming all that seriously and there's probably people that could beat Phelps but chose other avenues. Hell probably some nba players with these 7 foot wingspans

You have GOT to be kidding. Just because you don't watch it, doesn't mean it's not taken seriously by those competing at the world championship level. There's no one in the world that could beat Phelps without elite, lifelong training.

You could just as easily say there are athletes out there in other sports that could be better than Jordan and Lebron, had they chosen to pursue basketball instead of Sport X, Y or Z.

[Maury]

There's actually some merit to the article..not humphries specifically (but maybe) just more the fact that not a lot of people take swimming all that seriously and there's probably people that could beat Phelps but chose other avenues. Hell probably some nba players with these 7 foot wingspans

Yah apparently Tim Duncan was a great swimmer when he was younger and he still swims now which helps him stay in great shape.

[ball4life]

There's actually some merit to the article..not humphries specifically (but maybe) just more the fact that not a lot of people take swimming all that seriously and there's probably people that could beat Phelps but chose other avenues. Hell probably some nba players with these 7 foot wingspans

And that is why, Usain Bolt, not Michael Phelps, is the greatest Olympian of all time.


oh, and not you Carmelo you are not the one either.

[KeonClark]

That's great 😂.

There's actually some merit to the article..not humphries specifically (but maybe) just more the fact that not a lot of people take swimming all that seriously and there's probably people that could beat Phelps but chose other avenues. Hell probably some nba players with these 7 foot wingspans

[Maury]

Didn't know where to put this but thought it was interesting/hilarious...

K-Hump > Phelps

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kris-hu...223141230.html

"...Humphries competed at the national level at 10 years old, and left several other swimmers in his wake.

One of those swimmers was a skinny kid from Baltimore named Michael Phelps.

In his youth, Humphries clocked the fastest times nationally in six different events: the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 50-meter butterfly, 50-meter backstroke, 50-meter breaststroke and 200-meter individual medley.

At his peak, Humphries held three national records for his age bracket. His records for the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle lasted more than 18 years. Those records have since fallen, but he still holds 12 age-bracket records in his home state of Minnesota.

Much to Phelps’ fortune, Humphries got tired of dominating him and the field. Humphries decided to concentrate on basketball after he burnt out on swimming. An 11-year NBA career, millions of dollars and one nationally televised marriage later, he doesn’t seem to regret this move too much.

With his fiercest boyhood bully out of the way, Michael Phelps was cleared to become the greatest swimmer of all time..."

That's great 😂.

[JamesNaismith]

Didn't know where to put this but thought it was interesting/hilarious...

K-Hump > Phelps

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kris-hu...223141230.html

"...Humphries competed at the national level at 10 years old, and left several other swimmers in his wake.

One of those swimmers was a skinny kid from Baltimore named Michael Phelps.

In his youth, Humphries clocked the fastest times nationally in six different events: the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 50-meter butterfly, 50-meter backstroke, 50-meter breaststroke and 200-meter individual medley.

At his peak, Humphries held three national records for his age bracket. His records for the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle lasted more than 18 years. Those records have since fallen, but he still holds 12 age-bracket records in his home state of Minnesota.

Much to Phelps’ fortune, Humphries got tired of dominating him and the field. Humphries decided to concentrate on basketball after he burnt out on swimming. An 11-year NBA career, millions of dollars and one nationally televised marriage later, he doesn’t seem to regret this move too much.

With his fiercest boyhood bully out of the way, Michael Phelps was cleared to become the greatest swimmer of all time..."

[rocwell]

Green's summer summed up in one picture

[rocwell]

Australia-Lithuania
Spain-France
USA-Argentina
Croatia-Serbia

Tasty, tasty matchups!!!

[rightsideup]

So it's Croatia or Argentina for USA in the quarters

imagine if Serbia and Croatia were one team

[rocwell]

So it's Croatia or Argentina for USA in the quarters