Lou Williams just lately weighed in on the NBA versus NFL athlete debate by naming one participant who might transition between the sports activities.
Previous and current NBA stars have been fast to dismiss the possibilities of any NFL participant making it within the league in the event that they wished to.
Williams, who retired from skilled basketball three years in the past after a wonderful profession as arguably the best sixth man ever, sees it otherwise.
He nonetheless performs pick-up sometimes and just lately shared the courtroom with an NFL participant who critically impressed him.
Williams revealed that he just lately performed basketball with Pittsburgh Steelers vast receiver DK Metcalf.
The previous Los Angeles Clippers capturing guard was shocked by Metcalf’s sport and even thinks he might have a future within the NBA.
“I did somewhat on-site analysis yesterday,” Williams mentioned. “I had the chance to hoop with DK Metcalf. We had a superb run.
“He’s very gifted. I instructed him to his face, ‘You’re one of many few that will get my vote who might probably transition [to the NBA].’
“It was enjoyable spending a while with him and being round him. He’s a cool dude. He can play.”
Chandler Parsons then requested Williams whether or not Metcalf performs equally to Zion Williamson together with his dimension and energy.
“No. He can play,” he responded. “He can shoot the basketball, put it on the ground, soar out of the gymnasium, be bodily, and problem issues on the rim. I hope I’m not saying an excessive amount of, however yeah, he can play.”
The suggestion that Metcalf has a extra well-rounded sport than a 25-point-scoring NBA star is eye-catching, to say the least.
Williams continued: “He’s a hooper. He’s a type of… he’s an athlete. I believe, together with his bodily stature, no matter he determined that he wished to place his thoughts to, he most likely might have executed.
“He might most likely hit a 100-mile-per-hour baseball, dunk a basketball, shoot a basketball, and clearly, he catches footballs at a really excessive clip.”
Parsons shared his opinion that it’s extra possible that an NBA participant might transition to the NFL than vice versa.
He insisted that basketball requires extra talent, which most athletes wouldn’t have until they had been devoted to the game, whereas soccer is extra predicated on athleticism.
“See, I believe clearly the physicality… he’s a freak, proper? The expertise with basketball is why I believe it will be more durable for them to come back over. The physicality of soccer is why it will be laborious for us to go over.
“However I believe there are extra athletic dudes who might transition to soccer than gifted basketball gamers who might come over from soccer.”
