zguy517

February 23rd, 2015 at 5:29 PM ^

To be fair....most professional players are better than their fathers...

 

But true, not that many are better than their father when their father was an all time great in the same sport.

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justingoblue

February 23rd, 2015 at 7:00 PM ^

I agree, but a father-son hall of fame team is about as rare as it gets and his numbers do reasonably compare to Bobby's, IMO.

<csb>The first slap shot I ever blocked was from Brett Hull in a camp when I was ten or eleven. I was first in line for the drill and was convinced he would kill me, but looking back it was obvious he wasn't taking his actual shot. Being on the ice with three of the Hull's (Bobby and former football player and minor league player Bart were there too) might have been worth dying for me at the time, though.</csb>

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I WAS THERE

February 23rd, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^

Hopefully LeBron is in LA by the time JR. gets to HS...OSU has to be the early favorite. I'm gonna go ahead and predict JR. chooses football over basketball, and plays QB in Columbus.

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jmblue

February 23rd, 2015 at 8:31 PM ^

They swing and miss on way more of these kids than they get right.  Before puberty, no one really knows.  We have no idea how tall the kid will be, for starters.  

The thing about LeBron is that he has a really unusual combination of size, skill and athleticism.  Odds are that his son won't have all three attributes, at least not as much so as his dad.  

 

 

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DrewGOBLUE

February 23rd, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^

I think James recently said he doesn't plan on letting his kid play football. Although he easily could have been exaggerating.

Like everyone and their mother has speculated about, it'd be interesting to see LeBron Sr try his hand at the NFL. To excel at two different pro sports...he'd really be considered a legendary athlete. And would obviously accomplish something Jordan could not. -- Still way too much downside at the end of the day, though.

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DrewGOBLUE

February 24th, 2015 at 12:47 AM ^

No doubt. The most versatile/polished athlete prior to Bo Jackson was Jim Thorpe, I'd say. And a half century is probably about how often you'll see an athlete gifted enough to accomplish anywhere near what those two did. There aren't many reasons to wish I was older, but having been able to watch Jackson play is one.

You also have to respect him for finishing college (first in his family to do so) and for the charitable work he's done. If I didn't know any better, I'd figure he went to Michigan and played for our Bo, ultimately being the first player worthy of sharing the same nickname (kidding, but only sort of).

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snarling wolverine

February 23rd, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^

He's obviously far better than I was at age 10, but I don't think he's literally better than me or any other halfway competent adult.   He's what, five feet tall?  It'd be tough for him to defend an adult who backs him down in the post.

But yeah, he'll probably be really good when he's older, though most likely not at his dad's level.

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ChicagoGangViolins

February 23rd, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^

 

Funchess' kid would have been better than LeBron's kid if Funch Junior was allowed to play basketball.

 

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B-Nut-GoBlue

February 23rd, 2015 at 6:41 PM ^

Wow...kids are shooting from realllly long range these days.  I don't even think we were playing with the 3 point shot when I was that age.  He's taking shots from 2 feet behind even that!

 

I would destroy him, though.

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SDCran

February 23rd, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^

Was better than his dad, who was a 4-time all-star. He is also better than his sons, who made it, too.

(If you want to get technical, pretty much every professional athlete is better at their sport than their dad was )

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ak47

February 23rd, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^

This is a little random but it is terrible for kids form for them to be shooting at regular height hoops.  Almost all of those kids are shooting from the chest froum outside the paint to get the ball there.  Just builds terrible habits.  Play with smaller balls and shorter hoops.  

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