
If you talk with any football or basketball player long enough, the conversation will likely err toward one age-old debate in particular: Could a hooper play on the gridiron, and vice versa?
It's an interesting thought experiment, considering professional athletes do often have backgrounds in other sports. Indeed, many stars—like NBA great LeBron James—grew up playing both basketball and football, but ultimately needed to choose one. So it's fun to imagine what a player could have been if he opted for a different route, or unexpectedly dropped his current game for the other.