I honestly did think of hockey players, and almost included them in my original statement. Hockey players are tough, and I think require everything that basketball players require. However, I also think basketball players, because of their size, are more impressive athletes. I always have said Shaq was written a bigass check the moment he was conceived, and that he won the lottery. I also always thought I was just as athletic as Shaq, and could do the same things he does. But honestly, if I somehow were to grow to that size I am not sure my hand-eye coordination, foot coordination, or body control would keep up. It's like blowing up a picture of lower resolution, it just doesn't look as good. Lebron is a much higher resolution than I am.
These hulking giants move so fast compared to their size, and have so much body control of a much larger body that they are simply elite models of the human body.
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