Who is the NBA's version of Usain Bolt ? Yahoo poll

[Macca76]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Who-is-the-NBA-s-version-of-Usain-Bolt-?urn=nba,183600

For now Barbosa is waaay ahead of everyone, TP comes 3rd with Derrick Rose and Devin Harris. Vote people !!!

[timtonymanurich]

I've seen TParks bust Barbosas ankles on more than one occasion, I know Devin Harris is supa fast and the only guard that could keep up with TParks. My vote is Tony #1, D. Harris #2 Barbosa #3.

[rjv]

i loved that play last season where parker almost broke barbosa's ankles with a crossover.

[SonOfAGun]

This is an insult to Bolt.

The man is not human.

[Obstructed_View]

Is there a country that feeds performance enhancing drugs to their basketball players the way Jamaica does its sprinters? Unless there is, I don't think the comparison makes any sense.

[urunobili]

:lol LeCrab > Tp :lmao

[Macca76]

:lol LeCrab > Tp :lmao
+1

The only possibility is if both of them were pulling a trailer :lol

[crc21209]

LeBron James over TP is a fucking joke. LeBron nut-huggers have gone too far. :lol

[ffadicted]

Things I find hilarious:

1) Lebron begin number two on that list, or even top 10 for that matter

2) The few odd hilarious butt-hurt americans claiming Usain is cheating

[lrrr]

Things I find hilarious:

1) Lebron begin number two on that list, or even top 10 for that matter

2) The few odd hilarious butt-hurt americans claiming Usain is cheating

You really believe the Jamaican sprint team is clean? You really believe ANY sprinter is clean?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

You really believe the Jamaican sprint team is clean? You really believe ANY sprinter is clean?

Thats funny, I dont remember people here complaining when Gay was winning... but then again, he's American and you just KNOW they don't do performance enhancing drugs.

[mookie2001]

^? yeah they do all the time

baseball, football, track, cycling, bodybuilding, weightlifting, swimming, wrestling?

its widespread

[mookie2001]

But you just KNOW ARGENTINIANS love to make up shit like they know dick about america

[urunobili]

But you just KNOW ARGENTINIANS love to make up shit like they know dick about america

wanna start a trivia about either american history or geography? :lmao

even one of Argentina's best PG ever Pepe Sanchez has a major in American History... :loser

[MaNuMaNiAc]

But you just KNOW ARGENTINIANS love to make up shit like they know dick about america

:lmao I probably know more about America than your ignorant sorry ass. Besides when has "not knowing dick" about something ever stopped you from running your fucking trap?

When Gay was sweeping the 2007 Osaka World Champioships I didn't hear a fucking peep out of anyone here about doping. Ofcourse, it has become painfully obvious that Bolt is on another league from anyone else, which might be the reason every butthurt jackass on the planet is screaming bloody murder.

[fotan2]

everyone uses performance enhancing drugs. you are stupid if you dont use.

people dont get caught for using drugs, because the technology has advenced once again. science FTW

[mookie2001]

yeah and after 1 post in this thread "screaming bloody murder" about bolt, you came with
but then again, he's American and you just KNOW they don't do performance enhancing drugs.that makes a lot of sense man


the reason you know so much about america is because you and your foreign buttbuddies are obsessed with it and make it your lifes ambition to come over here to the land of milk and honey and become fake 6 year fans of our sports teams

[vander]

speed is worthless if you don't do anything with it but run sprints IMO

wake me up when Bolt adds some skill to his speed and takes up a real sport

:sleep

[lrrr]

Thats funny, I dont remember people here complaining when Gay was winning... but then again, he's American and you just KNOW they don't do performance enhancing drugs.

Who says I'm American? And I'm not just pointing the finger at the Jamaicans, look at Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, Tim Montgomery, just to name a few... If you are clean, there is NO WAY you can realistically compete with the drug cheats of today.

The end of drug free sprinting (IMO) was Carl Lewis and Frankie Fredericks.

[doldrums]

What a stupid thread. People here contend that Bolt is cheating(absolutely no proof) then say oh, everyone cheats. Well if everyone is cheating(unproven) and Bolt smokes them all, then you know what, he is the fastest man on earth. I guess we will just have to accept that a foreigner is the fastest man alive. Hitler had the same problem with Owens.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

yeah and after 1 post in this thread "screaming bloody murder" about bolt, you came with that makes a lot of sense man

this isn't about this thread and it isn't the first post I've read claiming Jamaican sprinters are all on performance enhancing drugs.


the reason you know so much about america is because you and your foreign buttbuddies are obsessed with it and make it your lifes ambition to come over here to the land of milk and honey and become fake 6 year fans of our sports teams

pfff! you are so fucking full of yourself its not even remotely funny. The reason I know so much more about America than you do about any place other than America is because unlike your pathetic self, my world extends further than just my country. Pick up a globe and check it out sometime, you'll come to realize the world isn't just the 300 million people you think it is.

[doldrums]

Mookie is an offensive bastard, isn't he? Can we ship him out to another country. 2 positives, we get rid of him and maybe he'll learn something.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Who says I'm American? And I'm not just pointing the finger at the Jamaicans, look at Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, Tim Montgomery, just to name a few... If you are clean, there is NO WAY you can realistically compete with the drug cheats of today.

The end of drug free sprinting (IMO) was Carl Lewis and Frankie Fredericks.

I realize its become quite easy to be cynical about any athletes achievements now a days due to the actions of a few dirtbags, but just because you THINK they are cheating doesn't make it a fact.

[mookie2001]

yeah yall are so wordly

next tell me americans dont like soccer because we dont understand it






i'll let yall know when i decide to move to another country and start spewing globalist shit, then we can be intellectual equals

im already from the land of milk and honey (where the grass is greener)

[MaNuMaNiAc]

yeah yall are so wordly

next tell me americans dont like soccer because we dont understand it

Who the fuck is "yall"? I'm speaking for myself here. Unlike your sorry ass, I don't feel the need to hide behind my nationality. Have something to say specifically about me or shut the fuck up. Anything else is just bullshit.



i'll let yall know when i decide to move to another country and start spewing globalist shit, then we can be intellectual equals

I'm pretty sure it would take more than just moving around for you to be anybody's intellectual equal...


im already from the land of milk and honey (where the grass is greener)

Good, fucking stay there! We are better off.

[mookie2001]

i noticed YOU manumania, didnt decide to move to and learn about zaire and become a fan of the kinsasha fc, why dont YOU post on any sudanese message boards?

[mookie2001]

its no fun obsessing about shit countries huh?

[lrrr]

I realize its become quite easy to be cynical about any athletes achievements now a days due to the actions of a few dirtbags, but just because you THINK they are cheating doesn't make it a fact.

Agreed it IS easy to be cynical of athletic achievements because of a "few" dirtbags. My contention is that they are the "few" who got caught. Many fish escape the nets, and knowing how these drugs work, i can tell you that it is EASY to avoid detection, if there is any kind of testing going at all. The drug cheats have a huge advantage over the system just based on the pharmacology of the drugs in question, nevermind the funding available to the athlete compared to the people who have to do the testing.

I'm not trying to pick a fight, but my question to you is, do YOU believe Bolt is clean?

[peskypesky]

You really believe the Jamaican sprint team is clean? You really believe ANY sprinter is clean?

it's quite hard to believe any sprinter, bike rider, swimmer or MLB slugger is clean.

[peskypesky]

I'm not trying to pick a fight, but my question to you is, do YOU believe Bolt is clean?

I do not.

[Man In Black]

I contend that Bolt is clean.
He's held the record for his age group since he was what 15 years old? This isn't a case like Ben Johnson where the guy is kind of fast and then all of sudden progresses out of nowhere. Bolt has consistently been fast as he got older. Couple that with the ability to have a good start with that stride length and well...at 1 point in the race, the math shows that man ran 30 miles per hour.

[Obstructed_View]

Jamaica's population is less than half the population of the Dallas Ft Worth metroplex.

Jamaicans are not their own racial group.

Bolt doesn't win because he has great form or gets off to good starts. He runs 30 miles an hour and passes people on the way to winning by gigantic margins.

If everybody cheats, Bolt's still a cheater.

[easy7]

(where the grass is greener)
You must not be in San Antonio. It has not rained here in a while and you can't tell the difference between the grass and dirt... :lmao

[carib]

Is there a country that feeds performance enhancing drugs to their basketball players the way Jamaica does its sprinters? Unless there is, I don't think the comparison makes any sense.

Kelly White
Jerome Young
Marion Jones
Calvin Harrison
Alvin Harrison
Justin Gatlin
CJ Hunter
Torri Edwards
Tim Montgomery
LaTasha Jenkins

[Chieflion]

Innocent until proven guilty.

[carib]

Kelly White
Jerome Young
Marion Jones
Calvin Harrison
Alvin Harrison
Justin Gatlin
CJ Hunter
Torri Edwards
Tim Montgomery
LaTasha Jenkins

Regina Jacobs,

[kace]

just hilarious to hear US fans bitching about Bolt being doped when half the US sportmen are without a doubt, even in NBA.

and after many years of US domination of the sprint, now that the jamaican are succesful, they start to suspect them taking drugs :lol

same shit that when you hear about Bolt being too cocky and arrogant when he's always funny after many years of american athletes very disrespectful and aggressive on the stadium, before and after the race.


and for Tony, i think there are many players faster than him on a race. but as long as changing direction with the ball in his hands, he's the best currently and one of the best penetrator ever.

[Chieflion]

just hilarious to hear US fans bitching about Bolt being doped when half the US sportmen are without a doubt, even in NBA.

and after many years of US domination of the sprint, now that the jamaican are succesful, they start to suspect them taking drugs :lol

same shit that when you hear about Bolt being too cocky and arrogant when he's always funny after many years of american athletes very disrespectful and aggressive on the stadium, before and after the race.


and for Tony, i think there are many players faster than him on a race. but as long as changing direction with the ball in his hands, he's the best currently and one of the best penetrator ever.
This is a +1. Americans are not number 1 at everything.

[hater]

5 year old football players are already juicing here in the good old USA. what you talkin bout??

oh, BTW TP ties Lebronze

[Kermit]

The reason no one was linking Gay's name to doping on this message board or anywhere in the U.S. media is because very few people actually give a shit about sprinting unless it happens three years from now. He's making waves because of this absurd time and the fact is, no one knows definitively whether Bolt is clean or not.

[mookie2001]

yes yes poor crybaby americans are losing sleep at night because a jamacian is dominating our beloved pastime of 100m sprinting in the euro indoor championships

[JamStone]

I don't understand why some people think it's ridiculous that LeBron could be faster than Tony, especially with how the article and poll phrased the question. Who could challenge Bolt in the 100 m sprint? Not who is faster on the court or with the basketball. In a dead sprint for 100 meters. Baseline to baseline, a basketball court is (I believe) less than one-third the distance. There's a reason modern sprinters are much more muscular, with more of a blend of speed AND power. There's strength, power, and explosion required, not just pure speed. It makes plenty of sense that LeBron would be near the top of NBA players who would be fastest in a 100 m dash. I just don't know why Dwyane Wade wouldn't be in the discussion.

[jag]

yeah and after 1 post in this thread "screaming bloody murder" about bolt, you came with that makes a lot of sense man


the reason you know so much about america is because you and your foreign buttbuddies are obsessed with it and make it your lifes ambition to come over here to the land of milk and honey and become fake 6 year fans of our sports teams

Damn.

And i agree with Jamstone about LeBron.

[SonOfAGun]

It'll all work out in the end.

They should just allow all of these athletes to juice up. As spectators, we as a human race will get to see the potential of the human species. Athletes who participate will be getting paid millions for compensation.

After 50 or so years, the science and technology will grow to a point where they increase the safety of altering the human body and said drugs can be given to normal people.

We will all live to 150 and be able to outrun cheetahs.

[Nathan Explosion]

You know why you didn't hear a peep about Gay winning at the Worlds? The simple answer is because nobody cared. People only care about the Olympics. If Bolt had dominated the Worlds, no one would care.

But because he dominated the Olympics, everyone took notice. And I'm not surprised he smashed his own world record. If you remember, in the Olympics he slowed up at the end to celebrate his victory, and still broke the record.

But in that race if he ran through to the end, he probably would have set the record then that he did now.

[angelbelow]

Voted! Go TP

[MaNuMaNiAc]

i noticed YOU manumania, didnt decide to move to and learn about zaire and become a fan of the kinsasha fc, why dont YOU post on any sudanese message boards?

oh that's brilliant reasoning there. There are hundreds of countries who's histories I've yet to learn about. Some interest me more than others. What the fuck is your point?

Incidentally, I know more European history than I know American... does that debunk your "obsession with America" bullshit now?

You know, it doesn't surprise me you liken curiosity with obsession. It goes a long way to explain why you are such a monumental imbecile about practically everything. Then again, simply being an imbecile might just be your obsession.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

The reason no one was linking Gay's name to doping on this message board or anywhere in the U.S. media is because very few people actually give a shit about sprinting unless it happens three years from now. He's making waves because of this absurd time and the fact is, no one knows definitively whether Bolt is clean or not.

Which would prompt a reasonable person (or anyone not being a butthurt douchebag) to give him the benefit of the doubt until its proven that he is not, in fact, clean. Otherwise, why even bother having the contests in the first place.

[mookie2001]

my point is america is badass and thats why you or yall came here

i cant blame you america is the stuff

if we were all starving in dirt floor huts and making 10 cents a month, you wouldnt have such a boner for us

shit countries dont really interest you

[MaNuMaNiAc]

my point is america is badass and thats why you or yall came here

i cant blame you america is the stuff

if we were all starving in dirt floor huts and making 10 cents a month, you wouldnt have such a boner for us

shit countries dont really interest you

hey mook, newsflash, I don't live in the US. As for the rest, like I said, imbecile.

[to21]

yeah and after 1 post in this thread "screaming bloody murder" about bolt, you came with that makes a lot of sense man


the reason you know so much about america is because you and your foreign buttbuddies are obsessed with it and make it your lifes ambition to come over here to the land of milk and honey and become fake 6 year fans of our sports teams:lol

[mookie2001]

awesome you just moved up a notch in my book















you sure do type english well, did you learn that in south america?

[to21]

Then who's the fastest with the ball then?

[ShoogarBear]

I'd like to think Bolt is clean, but the cynic in me finds it hard to believe.

However, Jamaica is OBSESSED over track like no other country in the world. It's not hard to see why they would produce so many track stars, just like the Dominican produces baseball players.

Let's put it this way: it's equally likely that Usain Bolt and Lance Armstrong are clean.

[ShoogarBear]

I'd like to think Bolt is clean, but the cynic in me finds it hard to believe.

However, Jamaica is OBSESSED over track like no other country in the world. It's not hard to see why they would produce so many track stars, just like the Dominican produces baseball players.

Let's put it this way: it's equally likely that Usain Bolt and Lance Armstrong are clean.

[carib]

I'd like to think Bolt is clean, but the cynic in me finds it hard to believe.

However, Jamaica is OBSESSED over track like no other country in the world. It's not hard to see why they would produce so many track stars, just like the Dominican produces baseball players.

Let's put it this way: it's equally likely that Usain Bolt and Lance Armstrong are clean.

Usain Bolt
Lance Armstrong
Michael Phelps

They are all great if one is dirty all will be dirty

[MaNuMaNiAc]

you sure do type english well, did you learn that in south america?

As a matter of fact, I did

[Phenomanul]

I don't understand why some people think it's ridiculous that LeBron could be faster than Tony, especially with how the article and poll phrased the question. Who could challenge Bolt in the 100 m sprint? Not who is faster on the court or with the basketball. In a dead sprint for 100 meters. Baseline to baseline, a basketball court is (I believe) less than one-third the distance. There's a reason modern sprinters are much more muscular, with more of a blend of speed AND power. There's strength, power, and explosion required, not just pure speed. It makes plenty of sense that LeBron would be near the top of NBA players who would be fastest in a 100 m dash. I just don't know why Dwyane Wade wouldn't be in the discussion.


I would pay to see the NBA's version of the 100m dash during All-Star weekend.

[MajorMike]

even one of Argentina's best PG ever Pepe Sanchez has a major in American History... :loser


well, DUH! He had to come to American to get any semblance of an education.