Rondo & Westbrook Should Be in 2012 Summer Olympics!

MD,

I have to agree with beat. I was a hurdler in high school and took a turn at it in college as a walk on until the shin splints got the better of me.

Leaping ability has nothing to do with the hurdles. The ability to get over the hurdle with the least wasted motion was the goal. Its a sprint with a little hitch every so many steps. I loved to compete against someone who jumped over the hurdles because every second he was in the air was a second that he wasn't running.

Rondo's leaping ability would translate to the jumping events, like the triple jump, long jump, high jump. What do they all have in common? Jump.

BTW, I hated the pole vault. I would end up about 10-12 feet in the air with the pole between my legs, thinking, "What's next?"

gyso

MDCelticsFan wrote:If the clock had 3.1 seconds left and Bolt had to catch Rondo going coast to coast for the throw down, Bolt woould be eating Rondo's dust-Especially if Banner # 18 was at stake!-MD.

That would only happen in Planet MD!! There is no way that Rondo could dribble the ball and run as fast as a world-class sprinter who just has to run. Rondo could have a head start and Bolt would still catch him.

On the other hand, if Bolt had to dribble the ball and run, he would probably trip over his own feet and Rondo could catch him easily.

It is a completely different skill-set and one doesn't translate to another without hours and hours of practice.

It is like Bron saying he could be a linebacker in the NFL. He may have the body mass, but his reactions and instincts would not necessarily put him at the top of that craft.

gyso