Comments on: OT: Meb Does It! http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: JD http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12956 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:53:12 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12956 Of today's players, Leandro Barbosa is one player I've never seen tire, and he could probably be quite the fine distance runner.

From NBA history, Hondo may deserve consideration for his famous pulmonary capacity alone.

]]> By: izzy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12955 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:51:51 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12955 OT! Hmmm, looks like I should have read that part...

Rip, Kobe, and, Nash were the first three I came up with too.. I also think about devin harris, kevin martin, and rondo also come to mind. And i would never count out lebron in any competition.

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12953 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:32:29 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12953 A marathon is largely about the ability to tune out pain and get into a zone - as much mental as physical. I'd say Kobe among modern players, though he has had knee surgery so he might not be physically capable of running that long. Steve Nash also seems like a guy who would just push himself until he collapsed.

]]> By: Robert August de Meijer http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12951 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:01:24 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12951 As little as I know about long distance running, I believe that John Stockton's work ethic, durability and a heart rate in the mid-thirties (http://espn.go.com/otl/athlete/intro.html) would make him good at marathons.

]]> By: Justin Kubatko http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12950 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:49 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12950 Izzy wrote:

Well, this post wasn't remotely related to basketball or statistics.

Yes, that's why it was labeled "OT": Off-Topic. :-)

What NBA player would win a marathon if asked to compete today? How fast would you predict the time to be? What would you predict the average marathon time to be among all NBA players?

The latter two questions are very difficult to answer. As far as the first question goes, I would put Richard Hamilton among the favorites.

]]> By: izzy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846&cpage=1#comment-12949 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:06:33 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3846#comment-12949 Well, this post wasn't remotely related to basketball or statistics. Let's make it so.

What NBA player would win a marathon if asked to compete today? How fast would you predict the time to be? What would you predict the average marathon time to be among all NBA players?

What NBA player would win 100m dash if done today? How fast would you predict the time to be?

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