He may be injury prone and overrated, but that doesn’t stop Jeremy Shockey from running his mouth. On a good day, Jeremy Shockey is one of the top 10 tight ends in the league. But he still decided to take a shot at LeBron James, the best basketball player in the world.
The neanderthal apparently has a twitter account and used it to say that he thinks King James would run a 4.9 40 yard dash. Princess Jeremy also used the 140 character message to say that he wouldn’t even make a practice squad. It’s kind of hard to believe that James wouldn’t be better than the likes of the extremely tall and catch-challenged Leonard Pope.
It seems like LeBron would be a pass-catching tight end that doesn’t do a ton of blocking. Though, a college career in football would have probably added much-needed lower body strength to LeBron’s frame. Shockey’s claim of a 4.9 40 time for James seems outlandish. NFL centers can run the forty yard dash that quickly. For reference, Shockey came into the NFL draft in 2002 with a 4.58 to his name.
Shockey and James actually had surprisingly similar numbers in their last season of high school football. In 2001, LeBron James had 1160 receiving yards on 57 receptions with 16 touchdowns and was an all-state wide receiver as a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary in Ohio . He quit football after that season to focus on basketball. As a high school senior, Jeremy Shockey had 1107 yards on 50 receptions with 5 touchdowns in 1998. He was an all-state wide receiver and also played linebacker at Ada High School in Oklahoma. While the level of competition may have been different, the numbers are shockingly close.
After assessing the comments, we’re going to have to chalk this one up to bitterness. Could LeBron James hack it in the NFL? Probably. Would he be better than Jeremy Shockey? That’s up in the air. But I think LeBron made the right decision considering the fact that he’s about to sign a mega-contract and is the frontman for brands like Nike and Sprite. On the other hand, Shockey’s most notable endorsements were for G-Shock watches and Hungry Man frozen dinners (below).
Tags: 40 time, ada high school, basketball, cleveland cavaliers, football, high school football, jeremy shockey, LeBron James, NFL, st. vincent st.mary high school, tight end, wide receiver
I figured it was about time for Jeremey to pop off the mouth. Hey Jeremery, LeBron could outrun most of your team in the 40 (you're in that group) I think it was Kobe that said LeBron is the fast cat ine NBA baseline to baseline. You need to out working on your game and stop worrying about coming to the NFL and taking your spot….don't hate on him because he's a 100 times the athlete that you are…..he was asked a question and he answered it….his answer should have been "If Shockey can then I'm sure I can"…..
ugh
Shockey is a punk. He couldn't hang with KING JAMES he tried.
you suck fucker
no you suck
Shockey can go shove a —- up his nose becuz hez jst jelous of lebron the king james.
I'm actually really curious about what you'd like Shockey to shove up his nose there, Barbarino. The only thing I've ever heard of people suggesting for that specific kind of action before is a rubber hose, and theres certainly no reason to censor that.
lebron is a basketball player i dont think he would like getting hit going across the middle. – http://keepahoetrue.com
who is this blogger?! he's insane!!! lebron would be a joke in the NFL, no matter if he totally focused on the sport. he might not run a 4.9 but even if he had decent straight ahead speed he couldn't make NFL cuts and beat safeties/OLBs!!! plus NBA players are weak, he's usually the strongest player on the court and barrels through people like he has every right too. although he'd be GREAT at pushing off the defender, he would NOT enjoy getting blasted by Polamalu or Ed Reed . . . hell even adam archaleta would reduce lebron to tears.
Y’all r Fuckin retarded… Lebro. Could make any cut anyday… He’s 6′8″ verticalwell over 43″ over 200lbs and your tellin me he couldn’t make it? Look at percy harvin sure he’s faster but he’s half kebrkns size and still takes hits from the big boys