beau_zo_brehm - 22 June 2008 08:12 AM
I take issue with the rankings.
Guys who should have made it:
Kobe Bryant
Tiger Woods
Guys who shouldn’t have made it:
Liu Xang
Alex Rodriguez
They didn’t seem to be very consistent with the judging. Sometimes it was career achievement, sometimes it wasn’t. Sometimes it was pure athleticism, sometimes it was dominance of the sport.
I’ll give you A-Rod as not being good enough, but Liu Xang not??? Come on now, he’s clearly one of the best track athletes ever. Wariner is not someone I would have listed, but it’s funny 3 track guys made yet only one technically does any field events, Walter Davis and John Godina for being able to do 2 different technical events at a world class level. However, I think you could put about 6 Decathletes on this list. Tiger belongs as much as Wariner, but I can see Kobe being 8th or 9th. If Lebron is #2, it’s because he can pass, shoot, and dribble a basketball, but I cannot see him out throwing Serble and doubt he could out run Serble and they would likely draw on jumping skills. So I would give the edge to Kilmartin, Pappas, Hardee, Clay, Addy, and a host of other decats over anyone else and maybe even LeBron.
