1. 06-21-16 05:17 PM #1
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    Lionel Messi is the Greatest Athlete Ever

    the genuis that is, lionel messi, the man cannot and will not be stopped. US wins but Messi scores AT LEAST 1 GOAL
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  2. 06-21-16 05:20 PM #2
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    pete i want to bash u but i cant this time u may have a valid post
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  3. 06-21-16 05:27 PM #3
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    What other sports would he be great in? I don't really see any. To be the greatest athlete of all time you would at least have the potiential to be great in other sports. Example Lebron could be an NFL Player, left fielder in baseball, soccer player or pretty much anything else in the sports world. Messi is the greatest soccer player ever though.
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  4. 06-21-16 05:28 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Papageorgio View Post
    What other sports would he be great in? I don't really see any. To be the greatest athlete of all time you would at least have the potiential to be great in other sports. Example Lebron could be an NFL Player, left fielder in baseball, soccer player or pretty much anything else in the sports world. Messi is the greatest soccer player ever though.
    Golf
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  5. 06-21-16 05:29 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_come View Post
    Golf
    Maybe futsal
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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_come View Post
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    Wrong Tony.

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  7. 06-21-16 05:33 PM #7
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    Moiest you play?
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  8. 06-21-16 05:34 PM #8
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    gtfo now lebron could play any sport he wanted to and messi just soccer
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  9. 06-21-16 05:36 PM #9
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    Soccer is not a sport. It is kind of like the esport video game players calling themselves athletes.
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  10. 06-21-16 05:37 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_come View Post
    Moiest you play?
    I broke my driver and, in anger, broke my 5 iron and 7 iron.

    I haven't played since.

    Used to get too drunk anyways. By 16 finding your ball in the dark and the drunk was futile.
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  11. 06-21-16 05:38 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by CWD View Post
    gtfo now lebron could play any sport he wanted to and messi just soccer
    Well name a few where you think he fits? He would really need to bulk up to be a woodhead type player perhaps in the NFL but I really don't think messi could be a RB, don't think he could break tackles.
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  12. 06-21-16 05:51 PM #12
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    lebron played football. i dont see his size making him a shoe in or even candidate for baseball, soccer or anything else.

    like i said finals this year brought out all the idiots, way more than usual
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  13. 06-21-16 07:00 PM #13
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    I think he could play goalie well in soccer. Baseball is the easiest of them all, most multi sport athletes combine baseball and another sport.
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  14. 06-21-16 07:44 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Papageorgio View Post
    What other sports would he be great in? I don't really see any. To be the greatest athlete of all time you would at least have the potiential to be great in other sports. Example Lebron could be an NFL Player, left fielder in baseball, soccer player or pretty much anything else in the sports world. Messi is the greatest soccer player ever though.
    Lebron can't be a soccer player.
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  15. 06-21-16 07:46 PM #15
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    Messi can play football place kicker. Baseball he can be a shortstop. Basketball he can be a point guard.
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    Usain bolt.
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  17. 06-21-16 08:00 PM #17
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    messi x country runner and 50 m freestyle swimming as well to name a few

    lebron prob scared to go in any body of water
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    Messi would run the bases much faster than Lebron. Mess can steal bases.
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    I reckon Randy Moss would have been pretty good in the NBA
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  20. 06-21-16 08:22 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    Messi would run the bases much faster than Lebron. Mess can steal bases.
    we have no proof that messi can throw or anything of the sort. Not sure how he would fair in sports that involve use of the arms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Papageorgio View Post
    we have no proof that messi can throw or anything of the sort. Not sure how he would fair in sports that involve use of the arms.
    Look at his arms and shoulders. Did you know that you use your shoulders and arms to run and balance while dribbling the ball?

    Look at the goalies. They can throw the ball from goal to midfield. Messi can do that too if he was playing goalie.
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    you know messi just might be the greatest athlete ever
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    Smooth
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  24. 06-21-16 09:04 PM #24
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    So could me lbj paver, you're out of line
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    paver get back in line bro
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  26. 06-21-16 09:13 PM #26
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    also Messi obviously eats.

    he most likely uses his arms and hands for that.

    messi could prob dunk and throw a 90 mph slider
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    archery, skeet shooting, curling, also winter olympic sport he smashes LBJ

    lebron got the track n field on lock tho
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  28. 06-21-16 09:37 PM #28
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    Messi is a great athlete.. No doubt about that.
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  29. 06-21-16 09:48 PM #29
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    Stay in your lane paver
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    Lebron can't be a soccer player.
    I think if he really tried he'd be a decent Centreback. He'd have to slim down obviously. There have been decent players his height. Zigic, Crouch and Issaksson are decent tall players that come to mind
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    guy a stud
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    Messi would run the bases much faster than Lebron. Mess can steal bases.
    Baseball the most difficult sport to compare. Hitting is the most difficult skill to pick up. Look at Jordan. One of the most skilled athletes we have ever seen but can't hit major league pitching. Can be an unremarkable athelete and still be a solid hitter.

    It's like golf. More based on skill than athleticism. Look at Altuvé. Nothin special about the guy athletically. He is just gifted hitter.
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    Steve Nash and Jason Kidd from NBA , actually could of been soccer players today.
    Steve Nash in summer breaks used to play for NYRB warm up games. he said himself, he could of went into soccer, if not some turnarounds..
    And Jason Kidd used to play at high school. he has resemblance with Messi ... small with low body center and good vision on a field
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    Crazy to say anyone would be as good as messi. Guys a once in a life time talent. Could have been great in any sport that didn't require size. Soccer one of the last sports where being small doesn't hamper your ability to be elite. Even hockey, it's rare that guys are that size and weight and are elite. Guy has skills beyond what we have ever seen.l but skills don't make or break your atletic career. Look at all the NCAA basketball kids who don't make it cuz they don't have the size.

    Take a guy like St Louis' Jordair Jett. Guy had the skills, but not the size to go to NBA. Type of player he was, had he been 6'4-'6 he would have been crazy to pass up. Guy was a tank with strength and ability to get to the rim, just wasn't the right body for the NBA. Could have been a running back, that kid.
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    I think that whole hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in sports is false

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