LaVar Arrington Says Austin Rivers Comment on Basketball Players Playing Football is Ignorant 

The fact that Austin says " All you have to do is run north and south" let's you know he doesn't know ANYTHING about the game of football 🤦🏽‍♂️

Name one NBA player that can run a 4.3 40 yrd dash, bench 350+ Squat 400+ and can take vicious hits? None!!!! The NFL is a different beast! Greatest athletes in the world.

Both sports are completely different disciplines

I was really waiting for Lavar to say, “they may not be a star player, but they’ll be an Austin Rivers” 😂

Lavar is right when he say there is a ton of football players that played basketball the reason their still playing football is they couldn't continue to the next level in basketball. They didn't choose football football chose them. The life of a basketball player is much better. Guaranteed contracts, longevity, no inclimate weather etc. If there is a choice no one's choosing football

There’s not 30 nba players that could play in the nfl & there’s not 30 nfl players that could play in the nba

Football players are far more explosive than hoopers

NBA players wouldn’t last a single NFL scrimmage let alone a real game. They flop and flail and cry when nobody even touches them. LeBronze is constantly on the ground when he’s barely touched and then rolls around grabbing his neck. You think he could take a hit from a free safety and live? Those NFL boys are extremely tough and NBA guys just don’t compare.

He said right now, nope their nba body aren’t conditioned to take hits.

I think 30 is too big of a number, but to transition from the NBA to NFL is easier than the other way around. Antonio Gates, Julius Peppers, Jimmy Graham all played at pro-bowl levels and were former basketball players. I've never heard of any such former football players making that transition to the NBA. What hurts is that NFL players are very short compared to NBA players. Like Myles Garret is 6'4" but there are point guards, the smallest position on the court, that are taller than him. Handling a basketball is much more difficult that catching a football with sticky gloves on.

I was in the Marines and never heard them compare it to any sport

The best Athlete play football and it not even close I’m sorry. NFL player are tactician with their foot work and speed. And encompasse all area of athleticism, strength, speed, jumping, throwing, tackling. Stop the fuss bruh

LeBron James who was timed at 4.60 in the 40 yard dash at age 28 would be a fantastic TE. Ja Morant with his leaping ability and speed would be a great WR or CB. There are many NBA players that could athletically play in the NFL. It would take some time to get accustomed to the physicality and at least some NBA players would be able to get accustomed to the physicality and some would quit. It would be easier for NBA players to get accustomed to the physicality of the NFL than it would be for NFL players to develop their skills for the NBA.

I wish I would see KD running a crossing route, he would get folded in half 😅

Football looks very easy when looking at from the stands.

Jimmy Graham was a bench warmer while on the University of Miami's basketball team for three years, Antonio Gates was a power forward on a final four basketball team. He made to the NFL without playing college football. Ronald Curry, Tony Gonzalez, and Julius Peppers were all top notch basketball players on the college level. Lavar is a joke!

The capri-sonne part is accurate at!

Overall..best athletes are in NBA (team sports), imo. Toughest physical sport? No question it’s football

Lavar is in his feelings. The fact the someone like Mo Alie-Cox was a basketball player at VCU a mid- major a school without football yet has been in the NFL since 2017 is a testament that its easier to go from basketball to football. Besides alot of these NFL guys that played basketball in highschool don't have the measurables to play in the the NBA, hell Lamar would be a small point guard.

NBA players wouldn't survive one game whereas a football player could thrive in the NBA it's different but Austin Rivers head is up his but.

Austin Rivers was an average-at best NBA player. He's extremely biased because he's only looking at the skill & athleticism. If football was strictly about skill & athleticism, TB12 wouldn't have made any team to have the chance chance to become MJ of the NFL. Brady has taken hits that would've retired the modern nba player, and Brady got up, talked his talk, and ran the next play; many times taking another vicious hit as he threw the ball. It's one thing to get knocked to the ground by contact, but it's something otherworldly to have 2+ guys driving you into the ground/turf. NBA players aren't rocked up enough to absorb those types of falls repetitively 60 times every Sunday. They won't finish week 1, if they get 5 of those over 4qtrs. I watched Shaq be acutely aware of the damage he'd cause by allowing players & fans to absorb his 300lbs + momentum. Imagine Austin on 3rd & 6 running a crossing route across an NFL LB's face? The Box Safety & LB are putting 490lbs of bad intentions on him the moment he touches the ball...and he might get moved toward a 330lb DT who just turned. NBA players don't want that kinda "physical". They're not conditioned for that level of violent punishment, snap after snap.

To say all NBA players would quit once they took their first hard hit is just as ignorant as saying all NFL players do is catch the ball and run north and south. Some NBA players would get accustomed to the hard hits and some would quit. People adapt and I'm sure some NBA players would be able to and some would not.

Nfl players are freakish athletes. You got guys running 4.7 40s, doing 12-13 consecutive backflips, jumping out of pools flat footed..... all at 260-280lbs. Show me nba players doing any of that at same size. Then add in the strength and power.

NFL is the only sport where guys can walk on with zero experience, one comes to mind is willie parker, steelers running back. He was a truck driver and tried out and became a pro bowl RB, victor cruz is another walk on. Football also has guys come from other sports, baseball? Russell wilson and pat mahommes, theres also been guys come over from rugby. And i agree you could only transition in certain positions, wr, te, special teams, easy stuff like that. Football is also a sport where u can easily change positions, ahmad bradsaw was a qb in college, drafted as a corner, became a all pro RB. You really cant do that in the nba, if your a 7fter your a center and thats it. If your 6ft your a point guard, your not playing center. Football, they can stick u anywhere as long as you make the effort.

I’ll tell you the number one reason why NBA players will never make it in the NFL. That sole reason is, you’re never going to touch the ball every play. But every play, either you gotta hit someone or some one is going to put you on your ass.

Here is the flaw in Lavar's argument: He said that if you got a basketball player that has never played football, he could play wide receiver or tight end if you split them out. If you got a football player that has never played basketball, he would struggle making a college basketball team and would have a zero chance of making it on an Nba team...

Skilled high school football players choose basketball over football. Skilled big guys choose basketball over football. No one looks at an nfl player and imagine them playing basketball. Countless examples of nba players fans wonder what they’d be like playing football.

Football requires less individual skill and explosiveness from an athletic standpoint, but they have the better athletes... in my own experience, the best football players also were some of the best basketball players. My HS bball team was alright during the first month and a half. When the football players showed up, we were championship material.

Basketball players have incredible endurance, gross motor skills, and hand-eye coordination but most lack the explosive athleticism to play in the NFL. Running on a hard surface in sneakers is a lot different than running on turf in cleats.

Football players get so emotional about stuff like that

Austin Rivers is trying to make a claim that the best athletes play basketball. The best athletes in the US play football. The best athletes in Canada play Hockey. The rest of the world the best athletes play Soccer (Football). This has been understood for over 100 years. Why are these Dukey's (JJ Reddick) make these dumb takes?

Nfl two a days training camps would break most basketball players. Also rivers refers to jimmy graham, tony gonzales, antonio gates playing basketball, but they never played in nfl. A lot of guys play multiple sports but only capable going pro in one. Then you have a julius peppers who played college bball and go to nfl. Charlie ward could have played nfl but opted for nba.

This isn't Madden.

Austin got what he wanted and that's attention He's understanding how to get the algorithm up

They wouldn't make it through training camp

NFL players are waaay more athletic than NBA players as far as strength and speed go....

I'm good at both, 99% of Basketball Players CAN'T play football. Most Football players don't have the skill/finesse and coordination to play basketball

Lavar’s rant was so nonsensical and incoherent. He even mentioned bears (huh?)

Football is more violent and direct contact but the NBA takes more fitness and athleticism. Remember in the NFL they stop after every play and guys only play offense or defense. So you have some star players who only play 40% of the game. In the NBA star players have to play around 75-80% of the game and there’s no stopping unless it’s a foul or timeout. The NFL also isn’t as physical as it used to be.

If the NFL has gotten softer over time then wouldn't the same apply to the NBA? If guys in the NBA are load balancing from a non contact sport then they aren't making it in the NFL. Full disclaimer. The NFL is my favorite sports league, football is my favorite sport, and I played organized football growing up so I'm biased. But the sporting that I've always considered the closest to us would actually be hockey/NHL and not the NBA. It's just that we (black Americans) dont play much hockey so I dont have experience playing it in real life, but on TV, hockey looks like it is the nearest sport to football in terms of physicality and toughness not basketball or baseball.

Football is not complex

And none of them could make the Major Leagues.

Just because they have rule changes you still get tackled. That is what makes it not a easy sport.

If wolves still had rivers, Vegas odds of championship would increase by 40%???

I agree with Austin. NBA players are taller, way better dexterity and hand-eye coordination, jump higher, have to play offense and defense.

Charlie Ward won the Heisman then led the Knicks to the Finals.

NBA is more skilled? How? Dribbling and shooting? Alot of the NFL players in high school played multiple sports and were getting recruited in multiple sports other than Football, like basketball, track and wrestling

If this podcast was hosted by former NBA players..the opinions would be very different. lol

Power forward probably play tight end in the NFL

Antonio Gates never played college football and played college basketball and will be a hall of fame football player

lol he’s right

Lol. Austin rivers is the wide out...your favorite NFL gonna run the ball to his side? Trust he is making a key block?

The athletes in football have played other sports like look at prime and Bo Jackson they played baseball which is a skilled sport only reason we haven't seen multiple pro athletes play both is because the seasons intertwine but at least prime and Bo were successful whereas Micheal Jordan was mid....

NBA is more skill and NFL is more toughness and speed. Simple as that.

Ahsmwm Lavar stopped playing basketball bc he was not good enough, and played football. This is what most football players do. Everyone tries to play basketball. Do you realize that Tony Gonzalez played college basketball and was a backup forward behind Sherrif AbdurRahim at Cal? He might be the greatest TE to play football. Football players are crazy. Name one person who played college football only who played in the NBA.

This is one hundred percent because of how soft the league is now. When Joey porter and John lynch were ripping peoples heads off, nba players wouldn’t think they’d be able to walk into the nfl 😂 enjoy your soft league nfl fans, where anyone thinks they can play now. Sad

AD would make a great DE. Eh. Prolly not.

Its not even a contest, NBA players could not only play in the NFL, they would dominated the NFL with their combo size and speed and athleticism, they are half a foot to a foot taller and more athletic than NFL players. Its been proven with football players who played basketball, not one could play in the NBA except maybe Julius Peppers but all became superstar football players in the NFL.

Sorry people... Austin was right

Ok so if it’s all about the money which it is. Why didn’t you continue with ball. You were nice and guaranteed money, don’t se the logic in that. It’s so dumb to compare sports it’s like comparing eras. You have to legit take into account every single variable. Yes most nfl players might have played high school but if you’re a certain height the school would gladly take you

Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates are all failed basketball players whose lack of athleticism are fully exposed on a basketball court. NFL athletes are far more diverse, but nba players would break the nfl with enough training.

The league made the game soft.

Just say both league are soft..lol..most nba guys will be special team player and play as gunner.

Lavar got beat by his wnba girlfriend 😅

It ain’t easy making an NFL roster. Ask The Rock, Bill Goldberg, John Cena and Steve Austin to name a few. How disrespectful to assume any cats in the NBA will be able to play in the NFL. There’s a reason y they’re in the nba.

🤔💬So were your guys's comments about the Deshawn Watson Saying that he was a trust fund baby Those were pretty ignorant comments as well😳😳😳😳😳

NBA the level goes up in skill, The NFL goes up in mental illness savageness

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Let's remember- Kurt Warner was stocking K Mart shelves before he played in the NFL

They are both just actor leagues at this point

The wouldn't need load management. The NFL plays one game a week. U get hurt u have a week the heal. And what % of nba players actually load manage? I feel like that's not as common as y'all think.

Very few players in the NBA play defense. You can land a 747 in the lane mow. How many times a game do you see the guy with the ball completely blow by a defender that wasn’t really trying? That happens every game all game long.

Ppl act like Charles Oakley was this great player, all he did was foul more than the average guy, u don't think if Zion Williamson was allowed to foul ppl he wouldn't break ppls necks in the 80s, seriously if they let lebron foul ppl like bill lambeer nobody in the 80s would survive him

Austin is absolutely correct. The type of athleticism basketball players have translates over to football better then the athleticism of football players translating to basketball.

Although 30 may be an exaggeration , your game must be much more sharper in basketball .

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