5 athletes from different era’s that I wish played today.

1. Randall Cunningham - He came along to early. In today’s game with the Pistol offense and the Zone Read Randall Cunningham would be the Ultimate Dual Threat. A faster version of RG3 combined with a Laser arm. In his day coaches were still hung up on 3 yards and a cloud of dust. With today’s wide open spread offenses he would be pretty much unstoppable.

2. Isaiah Thomas - I am still made about a comment that I heard earlier in the year stating that Jason Kidd had a better Career than Isaiah Thomas. In his prime Zeke was un-guardable 1 on 1, was money from 18 and in and made everyone on his team better. In today’s NBA without hard fouls and where he wouldn’t have to worry about getting his head bashed in by the likes of Karl Malone, Zeke would be putting up a cold 30 and 10 a night book it.

3. David Thompson - The main reason that he is on this list is because I am hoping that he manages to stay clean in this era. The man was an absolute freak of nature. A 6’4 shooting guard with a however high I need to go Vertical. He should have won the first Slam Dunk Contest against Doc. I today’s game his above the rim style would flourish.

4. Lynn Swann - Did they even have Slot Receivers in the 70’s? I just imagine every team lined up in 2 tight with a fullback halfback and 2 ends. Did you know he only had 51 career TD’s it feels like half of them came in the Super Bowl. He would be perfect in today’s game with 3 and 4 wide sets allowing him to get free underneath on quick pick and rub routes.

5 Greg Maddox - Seriously if all these guys were on steroids and he wasn’t he was a serious Bad Ass. Maddux dominated the mid to late 90’s at the height of the Steroid Era. He finished with a 3.16 ERA and 355 total wins. Can you imagine what his numbers might look like if he wasn’t facing contestants from the 1988 Summer Olympics every game?

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