There should be no question that LeBron James is the best athlete in the NBA. With his speed, athleticism and strength, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar can seemingly do it all on the court. But would James' athleticism translate to another sport? Like one of the Olympic events?
The Washington Post's Adam Kilgore attempted to find an answer to this question and asked Javier Garcia-Cuesta, the coach of the USA handball team just how long it would take James to be an elite player in the sport. According to Garcia-Cuesta, James would only need six months of training to be one of the best players in the world, a theory that handball star Denmark's Mikkel Hansen also sees plausible:
"Maybe six months," U.S. national team Coach Javier Garcia-Cuesta said. "This is just a hypothetical. He has everything. When you see him playing, your mouth drops."
"It's difficult to talk about that," Hansen said, laughing. "I admire LeBron James very much. I'm a big basketball fan. The way he sees the court, his vision for the game, is very impressive. There you would have a good start. And physically, he is amazing. But you also need to throw the ball. So, yeah. Maybe."
With James having never played the sport, six months seems like an awful short amount of time for him to become a star handball player. Yet James has shown that if he puts his mind to it, he can achieve anything. Like when James led the Cavs back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals against a 73-win regular season team with the league's first unanimous MVP.