Is Danny Ainge the most athletic white player ever?

[Flashbeanie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_ainge

Apparently, Ainge was a standout high school athlete, holding the distinction as the only person to be a high school first team All-American in football, basketball, and baseball. This puts him on par with Jim Brown in terms of multi-sport accolades.

[Bigsmoke]

Chase Budinger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8VgL-vxco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAmTX...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdlUO...eature=related

[Laimbeer_Rodman]

Bob Sura,Toni Kukoc,Rex Chapman,Manu

[Crown&Coke]

The dude who kneed Mark Jackson in the chin when he dunked on him

[thejumpa]

IIRC, Rex Chapman had a near 50 inch vertical in college. That's only one aspect of athleticism but damn....dude could leap

And Chase Budinger is pretty athletic. He's big, has a lot of vertical leap, and is super explosive

[Laimbeer_Rodman]

The dude who kneed Mark Jackson in the chin when he dunked on him

Tom Chambers ,thank you,i totally forgot him

[wally_world]

Joe Alexander

[BarberSchool]

Tom Chambers ,thank you,i totally forgot him

I never saw him play in his prime, but I know he averaged like 25-27 a year up in seattle and had tons of baseline dunks and runouts.

[DuMa]

tom chambers easily. and i have never once seen danny ainge do anything athletic.

[Flashbeanie]

tom chambers easily. and i have never once seen danny ainge do anything athletic.

Which is totally surprising given his pre-professional exploits. Ainge's athleticism came up in a comparision to Fredette earlier this year. But leaping ability is only one aspect of athleticism. There's also speed, strength, lateral quickness, body control, hand-eye coordination, etc.

[MeLO MvP 15]

Tom Chambers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyBSTQDwH8

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[Crown&Coke]

tom chambers easily. and i have never once seen danny ainge do anything athletic.

and you gotta consider dude is 6'10" to boot. Not many guys his size can do the things he did, even less white dudes.

[Crown&Coke]

Tom Chambers ,thank you,i totally forgot him

no, Thank you. I forgot the dudes name. Silly of me to forget

[andgar923]

Which is totally surprising given his pre-professional exploits. Ainge's athleticism came up in a comparision to Fredette earlier this year. But leaping ability is only one aspect of athleticism. There's also speed, strength, lateral quickness, body control, hand-eye coordination, etc.

This.

Not that I believe Ainge IS the most athletic white player, but those are aspects people usually overlook and solely concentrate on leaping abilities.

[millwad]

Brent Barry was damn athletic as well, in fact, he is the only white player to have won the dunk contest.

He had a great dunk where he took off close to the FT-line:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgPa91VlvE