Your favorite athlete?

[AJ_II]

Who is your favorite athlete? Notice I say athlete, singular. I'm sure we can all name multiple people, but let's keep it ultra exclusive here. It can be from any sport, any team, any time, anyone...but just make it one.

Mine is Hakeem Olajuwon. In Houston, we only have two professional sports championships, and they were both delivered by the Rockets. Plus, basketball was my game growing up. Hakeem is probably the best athlete the city of Houston has ever seen.

 

[Aaron]

I'm not old enough to remember him playing, even later in his NBA career, but Pistol Pete Maravich would be my favorite athlete ever.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JLJunoxlc"]YouTube - Pistol Pete Maravich plays HORSE[/ame]

 

[tsave31]

Dan Marino.

 

[jimg1960]

Carl Yastrzemski

 

[joe2k4]

Reggie Lewis! I loved him when I was a kid he really brought me in to the game of basketball for some reason. Honestly not sure why I chose him over Bird, but I liked his name.

 

[tsave31]

How about everyone's favorite ACTIVE athlete?

Definitely Mike Richards of the Philadelphia Flyers.

 

[goreds2]

ACTIVE = Brandon Phillips (Reds 2nd baseman)

InActive = Pete Rose

 

[Bandwagon03]

Michael Jordan

 

[Mopar86]

Toni Kukoc, he wasn't an amazing all-star, but he played off the bench better than anyone I can think of.

 

[goreds2]

I'm not old enough to remember him playing, even later in his NBA career, but Pistol Pete Maravich would be my favorite athlete ever.

YouTube - Pistol Pete Maravich plays HORSE

He was amazing. Thanks for the video.

 

[jimg1960]

Active Athlete: Randy Moss

 

[AJ_II]

YouTube - Pistol Pete Maravich plays HORSE

How cool is that? A game of HORSE between Pistol Pete, Bob McAdoo, and the Iceman. Not familiar with that Kevin Grevey guy.

 

[IronJabroni]

bernard king - knicks...still remember the playoff series he had against the pistons way back when

 

[Aaron]

How cool is that? A game of HORSE between Pistol Pete, Bob McAdoo, and the Iceman. Not familiar with that Kevin Grevey guy.

The NBA should consider bringing back the game of HORSE to their all-star weekend events.

 

[AJ_II]

The NBA should consider bringing back the game of HORSE to their all-star weekend events.

I think that'd be a great idea. I'd much rather watch that than the Skills Challenge they do nowadays.

 

[TheScionicMan]

Inactive - Marcus Allen

Active - Terry Bollea

 

[semipenguin]

Joe Montana...

 

[blyons200]

Joe Montana...

:bigthumbup:

Living legend

Plus 1 for you

 

[Aaron]

The NBA should consider bringing back the game of HORSE to their all-star weekend events.

Hey Avuncular_Jew II, You think someone from the NBA's front office was reading this thread??

Check this out... NBA All-Star weekend to include H-O-R-S-E shooting contest - NBA - SI.com

 

[AJ_II]

Wow, that's pretty strange Aaron! If someone did get the idea from this thread, shouldn't we be credited? Oh well...I'm looking forward to it, should be pretty cool. Hopefully they can get Chris Paul to participate...something tells me he knows a few tricks.