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ESPN: Mahomes the 18th best athlete of the 21st Century
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id...s-21st-century
1. Michael Phelps 2. Serena Williams 3. Lionel Messi 4. Lebron 5. Mr. 18-1 Tom Brady 6. Roger Federer 7. Simone Biles 8. Tiger Woods... 18. Patrick Mahomes Quote:
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Yesterday, 09:11 AM | #16 |
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Messi is ranked behind a female bodybuilder?
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Yesterday, 09:16 AM | #17 |
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Luckily Mahomes will continue to move up this list. Should be flirting with the Top 10 if he does typical Mahomes things this season.
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Yesterday, 09:30 AM | #18 |
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Far too many basketball players in the top 25. I suppose that given it is a public vote the heavy American athlete and US sports voting is understandable however it does not give the rounded view of global sports in the last quarter century.
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Yesterday, 09:41 AM | #20 |
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The greatest tennis players, golfers, and soccer players in the world are worse athletes than a typical practice squad NFL player.
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Yesterday, 09:43 AM | #21 |
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What the **** is this shit?
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Yesterday, 09:49 AM | #22 |
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I suppose it come to how you define "athlete". While Patrick is defiantly a high level athlete - his defining trait is his competitiveness. IMO, Tyreek is more of an athletic specimen than Patrick, but Pat is much more a winner.
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Yesterday, 09:54 AM | #23 |
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Their 'soccer' inclusions are hilarious. Thierry Henry isn't even a top 20 player in the 21st century and according to this bullshit list he's 3rd behind Messi/Ronaldo and just ahead of ZIDANE
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Yesterday, 09:55 AM | #24 |
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Not true at all. If a practice squad player could do what Messi or Federer can do then they would do that and not pick up a few hundred thousand on a practice squad.
Even taking the global out of things Floyd Mayweather is absurdly low on the list as a multi weight undefeated world champion Boxer in a sport where a 2 second loss of concentration can see you laid out on the canvas. |
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Yesterday, 09:57 AM | #25 |
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To take it a step further Tom Brady is a very low level athlete game manager who won championships by doing a solid job at QB while his defenses carried him. Not a good athlete, not a top 5 NFL QB. Did seem to have a very competitive attitude, though. If this list were "Best Competitive Attitudes" he would belong at 3, and might beat out Mahomes just because of his willingness to cheat.
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Yesterday, 09:57 AM | #26 |
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This! It's really difficult to play the game at the highest level but being able to walk a 18 hole course. What's that? 3-4 miles tops. Everyone of us can hit a golf ball. Just because they are the best in the world at hitting that ball, its still not an "athletic" feat.
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Yesterday, 09:58 AM | #27 |
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Basketball is more of an individual sport. Even if it's a team of 5 it's still fairly individualistic. Understandable that the list favors individualism. That's why you don't see baseball players. You can be a dominant hitter but it is hard to make an impact if you have bottom 5 pitching. Individual athletes can be colossal assholes yet dominate. Their entire sport is about individual accomplishment where in team sports there is always a debate about how much the individual carries a team and vice versa.
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Yesterday, 09:59 AM | #28 |
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Mahomes is actually the best person who has ever lived imho
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Yesterday, 09:59 AM | #29 |
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Revis, WTF? I may be a Broncos homer, but Champ Bailey objectively beats him in every statistical category.
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