Better athlete: Jordan or Federer

Hakeem > Both

 

Cried when he lost



Cried after domination





advantage: Jordan

 

Federer has girl arms. Jordan ia a cut black giant with dead eyes.

Jordan.

 

I don't think you can really compare the two. Basketball is a team sport whereas tennis is an individual game. A better comparison would be Federer vs. Woods.

 

At least it's better than saying Tiger Woods is one of the best athletes in the world. Really? You need athleticism to play golf? At least they sweat in tennis.

 

I'm willing to bet that tennis is more popular globally than basketball is.

And LeBron James doesn't have the body of a tennis player.

 

I'll put up my car on that bet.

 

Is this a joke?

 

That's what they said about Serena...

 

If I were a betting person, I'd take your bet and your money.

 

Wilt Chamberlain>All 3...

 

Are you kidding me?

Have you guys never traveled out of the country?

NBA basketball is just popular in a handful select countries, and more recently just in Asia. Ask the average European to name you ten NBA athletes and he wouldn't be able to, but ask them to list 50 tennis players and he would easily be able to.

The popularity of tennis is huge in Europe and most of Asia as well as South America. NBA hasn't been around for that long in most parts of the world. Tennis is a much more world wide sport than basketball will ever be. Mostly in part to top ranked players coming from any number of random countries whereas the top NBA players are all US based.

 

I have traveled extensively. There is a lot more to basketball than just the NBA. The Dream Team played in 1992; it's now 2010.

 

Tennis is a truly international sport. Basketball is not (yet).

Now, maybe basketball is more popular in a lot of large, populated countries like China and many parts of Europe, but tennis has fans everywhere.

Think of countries like Serbia. Serbs don't glue their eyes to watch Darko or Krstic play basketball.

But you can bet when Djokovic or Ivanovic steps on the court, an entire country is watching.

 

The WTA, in its current state, is an absolute joke.

I'll leave it at that.

 

I'm from out of "the country" and I know I get you car. I hope it's a good one.

 

basketball has way more endurance than tennis.

 

1. That's the wrong guy.

2. Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking? As I said, there are some countries that love basketball almost as much as the U.S. does, but there are far more countries that love tennis as much as anyone else.

 

I don't think that's even close to accurate.

In tennis, you may have to be on the court for 4 hours in the scorching sun, cutting back and forth to get to each ball. Plus, you don't get to sit on the bench for, say, 6-7 minutes while your backup takes the reigns. Tennis players get about a minute or so on changeovers and a few minutes between sets.

If you ever get a chance to watch a major on ESPN, they often show the distance a player runs on a single point. Often times it tops 100 ft (while having to completely stop and go in the other direction tons of times).

And in tennis, you can't really "take plays off" and let a teammate of yours just ISO for a few possessions.

 

In addition, a tennis match sometimes can go 5-6 hours. I've never seen a basketball game go on that long. The Australian Open hits temperatures of over 100 degrees sometimes. Imagine playing hours under that heat.