Help settle dispute on athleticism...

[dirtrulz]

Seems to me hockey would take a bigger skill set than basketball. Have to have amazing eye hand coordination. Just being able to keep track of a small puck moving at crazy speeds would be hard. Then you add that you are in a confined space on skates, having to change directions quickly while keeping track of the puck and the other players.

If you watch pro ball now days they just seem to lope up and down the court, they pass the ball back and forth a few times and maybe a guy will take three quick steps and make a shot. Kind of boring to me. Now college and high school games seem to be more high energy to me, they actually put some work into their game.

[BPTactical]

4 people here cannot skate.........

One of the biggest changes to hockey is technology. Skates stay stiff through the entire game, pads don't absorb water, are lighter to start with(lift a pair of old brown Cooper GP58 goal pads compared to a pair of modern Vaughn or Brians pads).
Sticks are lighter and have more "whip", resuming in more accurate, harder shots.
It all adds up.
And Crosby is a bitch compared to Gretzky, Hull, Clarke, Esposito etc.

Ronin hit on something earlier. Basketball players break a finger or get a hangnail they are on the IR for 4-6 weeks. Hockey players have been known to play with broken wrists, ankles, shattered jaws etc.
And enjoy it.
Now here is the real key:
Hockey is still a gentlemans game. You have ettiquite on the ice and as a general rule hockey players are gentlemen off ice. Aside from a very few notable exceptions when was the last time a hockey player got jammed up about a pound of weed in the car, an illegal weapon possession, complicity in a homicide, domestic violence or the like?
Daily occurance for NBA and NFL players it seems.

[HoneyBadger]

Who is the dillhole that voted Basketball but is too much of a wuss to show himself in the thread?

Your mother is a dillhole Trebeck!

[Ronin13]

Ronin hit on something earlier. Basketball players break a finger or get a hangnail they are on the IR for 4-6 weeks. Hockey players have been known to play with broken wrists, ankles, shattered jaws etc.
And enjoy it.
Now here is the real key:
Hockey is still a gentlemans game. You have ettiquite on the ice and as a general rule hockey players are gentlemen off ice. Aside from a very few notable exceptions when was the last time a hockey player got jammed up about a pound of weed in the car, an illegal weapon possession, complicity in a homicide, domestic violence or the like?
Daily occurance for NBA and NFL players it seems.

To the first part- yes, and watch what happens when a b-ball player gets knocked down... hint: it's similar to when a soccer player gets brushed up against. Compare that to a 200+ lb guy slamming you into the boards at full speed.

To the second part- yes! Thank you! You don't see Gabriel Landeskog hanging out with gang bangers, or getting busted for felon in possession of a firearm.

[HoneyBadger]

If you watch pro ball now days they just seem to lope up and down the court, they pass the ball back and forth a few times and maybe a guy will take three quick steps and make a shot. Kind of boring to me. Now college and high school games seem to be more high energy to me, they actually put some work into their game.

I totally agree with this. I honestly don't know or care if the NBA finals are over or who won, but I love watching college basketball.

[RblDiver]

Just ask the person "Which sport sees more fights break out (and quasi-sanctions them at that)?"

[Sawin]

I've never played hockey so what do I know?

[BPTactical]

I've never played hockey so what do I know?

Its what you don't know.
You don't really know how to have fun in the cold.
You don't know how to really pronounce "out" and "about"
You don't know how to really wail on somebody and then go have a beer together and laugh about it.
You don't know how to take the wheels off of the refs car while he is officiating your game.
You don't know how to put a bit of tape on your buddies skate blade when he isn't looking so he looks like a four year old when he steps on the ice for his next shift.
You don't know how to really screw with the other teams head during adult league playoffs. (hint-"accidentally" walk into the wrong locker room and when they are yelling at you to get the eff out just turn and say "nice dick dude"). Messed them up badly and we ended up winning the league championship.


You have missed out on lots of fun!

[Delfuego]

Hockey players are pussies...

By far the best conditioned player physically and mentally has to be the goaltender.

Didn't you used to play goalie???

[BushMasterBoy]

What do you get if you take away the NBA? 7 foot tall garbage men...