Who is the strongest player in the NBA?

[insidehoops]

Who do you say is the strongest player in the NBA?

Think centers and power forwards, of course, but don't forget about swingmen or even guards. There's some tough guys of all sizes in the league.

So, feel free to name more than one. Or even to divide them up by position.

But if you had to name at least one, who is the strongest player in the league?

[whatever666]

C - Dwight
PF - Blake
SF - Lebron
SG - Kobe
PG - Kidd

[Sarcastic]

C - Dwight
PF - Blake
SF - Lebron
SG - Kobe
PG - Kidd

Ibaka over Blake.

http://www.dailythunder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-11.png

[Rooster]

Pound for pound it's gotta be Earl Boykins.

[whatever666]

Ibaka over Blake.

http://www.dailythunder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-11.png

Strength > Ripped body.

http://fittron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2844747388_89a34bd50f.jpg

[DCL]

Pound for pound it's gotta be Earl Boykins.

dude could bench like 2.5X his own weight, but on the block, he ain't even blocking steve nash out.

[Bigsmoke]

i know Nene and Ron Artest are strong as ****

[dbugz]

K-Mart
Big Baby has a fat ass but he seemed strong.

Artest? He's brave for sure but strong? he seemed like an average.

[Bigsmoke]

K-Mart
Big Baby has a fat ass but he seemed strong.

Artest? He's brave for sure but strong? he seemed like an average.

shiiieeet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MluEqufj7c

looked how easily he push Pierce out the way.

[Sarcastic]

shiiieeet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MluEqufj7c

looked how easily he push Pierce out the way.

The Actor?

[iDunk]

Melo > Blake and Ibaka

Lebron for PF and Melo for SF.

[dbugz]

shiiieeet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MluEqufj7c

looked how easily he push Pierce out the way.


Dude that is PP and I hope by now you for sure know what I mean. Unless you're not a Lakers or Celtics fan :oldlol:


Give me another video that shows Artets is actually that strong and not a video with a players flopping as if the one who pushes him is ironman :roll:

[JohnnySic]

Ben Wallace

[millwad]

Chuck Hayes is crazy strong..

I guess no one will care to watch this video because no one cares about Chuck Hayes but just look at KG trying to post up on Hayes. This is the first time I saw KG posting up that hard without going anywhere, Hayes was tooooo strong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiW1S7rD3Y0&feature=related

[StroShow4]

Kevin Durant.

[inclinerator]

right now probably glen davis

[alenleomessi]

Kevin Durant.
Its arguable with Chris Bosh

[Crown&Coke]

Chuck Hayes is crazy strong..

I guess no one will care to watch this video because no one cares about Chuck Hayes but just look at KG trying to post up on Hayes. This is the first time I saw KG posting up that hard without going anywhere, Hayes was tooooo strong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiW1S7rD3Y0&feature=related

Chuck Hayes does that to everyone, Im serious. Dude just does not move when playing post defense. His lower body strength is amazing, his legs are built like a tree trunks.

Bad example, but Pau Gasol couldn't do squat against Chuck in terms of trying to get good position. Kurt Thomas has a similar body style and is the same way while playing post defense.

[dbugz]

jason maxiell seems strong also

[StroShow4]

Even Blake Griffin struggles to get good position against Chuck Hayes. I was actually going to mention Hayes along with a few other players before I decided to make a funny instead.

[dbugz]

I forgot this guy

http://celebrityworkouts.weebly.com/uploads/4/3/0/7/4307168/1836673.jpg

[dbugz]

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/9821/graham.jpg

Joey Graham

[dbugz]

Iguodala seems strong also

[The Macho Man]

Last time I saw Dwight play Bynum, Drew was muscling him all over the court.

[knickswin]

Chuck Hayes does that to everyone, Im serious. Dude just does not move when playing post defense. His lower body strength is amazing, his legs are built like a tree trunks.

Bad example, but Pau Gasol couldn't do squat against Chuck in terms of trying to get good position. Kurt Thomas has a similar body style and is the same way while playing post defense.

Yeah, Chuck is a very overlooked defender. He gave Amar'e the business when we played the Rockets. Chuck was definitely a lot stronger than Amar'e, at least in terms of base strength. Although, I think face-up guys like Amar'e are slightly better match-ups against Chuck because at least they can sometimes get the step on him.

[ihatetimthomas]

Emeka Okafor

[RRR3]

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2986/566049-ben_wallace_large.jpg

No love for Big Ben?

[knickswin]

Last time I saw Dwight play Bynum, Drew was muscling him all over the court.

Yeah, I think Bynum is stronger in some ways. Dwight is explosive and has really good upper body strength, but he has chicken legs.

[DFish]

Griffin has some power, Ron Artest has that retard strength and craziness, and for a guard, I still think Derek Fisher has a lot of pound-for-pound power at his age.

http://i.imgur.com/fncnCl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TZwCJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/g8ulx.jpg

[knickswin]

Kevin Durant.

The Thunder commentators might be the biggest homers in local basketball commentating (and that is saying something because there is some steep competition in that field let me tell you). They are actually suggesting that it's Durant's strength that caused Carmelo to go down here . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LzgzFeVng

[Round Mound]

[B]DeJuan Blair: 6

[Clippersfan86]

Even Blake Griffin struggles to get good position against Chuck Hayes. I was actually going to mention Hayes along with a few other players before I decided to make a funny instead.

Chuck Hayes is far from the strongest though. With him it's more his body style. He's arguably the most immovable player in the NBA. His extremely strong base and lower center of gravity than other bigs because of his 6'6 height give him an edge when it comes to backing down or stopping backing down. Not to mention Hayes is an extremely smart and physical defender. His ability to get position is incredible.

The way Kevin Love rebounds with positioning and intelligence, is the same way Hayes is such a good defender. Chuck Hayes and Dwight Howard are the only players Blake Griffin didn't manhandle in the post this last season which tells me Blake is easily among the top 5 strongest if not top 3.

They were the only players he couldn't back down easily.

I'll just give the strongest at each position.

Baron Davis/Derrick Rose/Russell Westbrook/John Wall/Derek Fisher
Eric Gordon/Dwyane Wade/Kobe Byrant/Andre Iguodala/Corey Maggette
Lebron James/Ron Artest/Carmelo Anthony/Joey Graham/Danny Granger
Blake Griffin/Zach Randolph
Dwight Howard/Ben Wallace


These are all in order. Unfortunately the PF and C positions have big gap between the next tier because most bigs now are face up players, midrange shooting bigs and they avoid the post. Griffin and Howard led the league in points in the paint and dunks. Zach Randolph is a very physical post player, prefers high post but nonetheless is very powerful. Even at his age Ben Wallace is incredibly strong and still benches 400 plus even if he's a step slower. So Dwight and Wallace really have zero competition at the 5 spot.

[Dictator]

http://dunkcontest.free.fr/public/blowup-images/Nate-Robinson-2009-NBA-Dunk-Champ.jpg

Can't he bench like 400?

[WillyJakk]

Bad body is easily the strongest PF in the L.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hNDbiZ_OJzk/TdPvu_6aULI/AAAAAAAAC50/jJxs-BZTB90/s1600/Zach-Randolph1.jpg

They don't all him Z-Bo for nothin' ya know.

[LoneyROY7]

I think Gordon has a case for SG. He was outwrestling Artest last season.

[NBAller]

I smell a lot of agendas.


Strongest PLAYER in the NBA has to be Dwight in my opinion.

[jamal99]

Last time I saw Dwight play Bynum, Drew was muscling him all over the court.
Dwight is definitely strong, but I don't think he's the strongest. He's just really muscular and more muscular physique doesn't necessarily mean stronger.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Idk how many of you have seen Chuck Hayes in real life but next time you get a chance look at how big his legs and chest are. That man is a beast. He's always been a big body and everyone else in his family is it's just crazy.

[millwad]

Idk how many of you have seen Chuck Hayes in real life but next time you get a chance look at how big his legs and chest are. That man is a beast. He's always been a big body and everyone else in his family is it's just crazy.

If you look earlier in this thread I mentioned him but apparently according to some clipper-stalker he is just great at not allowing any big guy post up on him because he got a strong base and lower center of gravity...:facepalm

[Jasper]

I won't name names -
But only think of centers and PF's on these teams -

Majic
Clips
Trailblzers
Suns
Jazz
Lakers


Remember I consider this a PF league , but some centers have monster strength.

I have to add two other players that are at the SF spot :
two freaks : lebron and Meta

[Deuce Bigalow]

Ben Wallace, If he is still in the league

[brantonli]

Chuck Hayes getting some respect! Holy crap! I would never have seen this coming :lol

When it comes to basketball, the biggest show of strength is on the post. Where else do you have a near wrestling match between two player? Certainly not out on the perimeter. IMO, posting up (or defending against) and boxing out are the two biggest indicators of strength (although both can be overcome with enough skill).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqk2LW2vHZ0

And here's Chuck Hayes showing Mr Bynum how to get a offensive rebound and how to defend.

[yanix]

Ben Wallace
Ron Artest
Dwight Howard

[blazerjimmy]

Pound for pound I'd have to go Nate Robinson - if we're talking big, bad and strong, then I'd have to go with either Ben Wallace or Dwight Howard

[Rnbizzle]

Damn I had never seen that kinda footage of Chuck Hayes, really impressive..

[Go Getter]

Bad body is easily the strongest PF in the L.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hNDbiZ_OJzk/TdPvu_6aULI/AAAAAAAAC50/jJxs-BZTB90/s1600/Zach-Randolph1.jpg

They don't all him Z-Bo for nothin' ya know.
I saw dude giving haymakers outside of a club one night awhile back. Dude is a beast for real.

[Rooster]

If you look earlier in this thread I mentioned him but apparently according to some clipper-stalker he is just great at not allowing any big guy post up on him because he got a strong base and lower center of gravity...:facepalm

The same could be said for Jahidi White. I think he was the only player that I saw that Shaq was unable to move and push around. He got a strong base too.

[Geezer]

Craig Smith of the LA Clippers

[Clippersfan86]

If you look earlier in this thread I mentioned him but apparently according to some clipper-stalker he is just great at not allowing any big guy post up on him because he got a strong base and lower center of gravity...:facepalm

I wasn't implying chuck wasn't strong at all dude. He's very strong. I was implying that he's not an all around stronger dude than bigs like Dwight, Wallace, Griffin, Zbo and even SF's like Lebron, Artest and Melo. Not being able to back a player down doesn't mean he's one of the strongest. Dude has monster lower body strength and is 4 inches shorter on average than the players he's guarding which gives him a massive advantage on not being movable by them. It's just basic physics.

It's like in any grappling martial art. It's easier to take down taller fighters because they don't have a good gravity base like someone shorter and stouter. Same exact concept.

[ProfessorMurder]

You guys are really overrating Dwight. Dwight couldn't muscle an old Sheed out of the paint. Bynum is definitely stronger, f*ck, even guys like Aaron Gray or Fesenko are arguably stronger than Dwight.

[Clippersfan86]

You guys are really overrating Dwight. Dwight couldn't muscle an old Sheed out of the paint. Bynum is definitely stronger, f*ck, even guys like Aaron Gray or Fesenko are arguably stronger than Dwight.

Forgot Bynum. He's definitely in between Howard and Ben Wallace on my list.

[Sakkreth]

Ripped body doesn't mean they are strong so stop posting photos, because this how world's strongest man looks like:

http://www.sportas.info/images/news/ov_ov_ov_savickas.jpg

Its hard to tell from the looks, you need info or atleast game footage that proves someone is really strong.

[Kyle_korver]

Not one mention of tony Allen????.. The guy who beat up his own teammate

[Sakkreth]

Not one mention of tony Allen????.. The guy who beat up his own teammate

U mistaken this thread with "Who is the dumbest player in the NBA?"

[Clippersfan86]

U mistaken this thread with "Who is the dumbest player in the NBA?"

:roll: :roll:

[inclinerator]

http://dunkcontest.free.fr/public/blowup-images/Nate-Robinson-2009-NBA-Dunk-Champ.jpg

Can't he bench like 400?
no he cant

[Inception28]

I don't think Howard is the strongest player in the NBA. I think he has the strongest upper body, but overall it isn't him since his lower body strength isn't the best.

I'll probably go with Randolph.

By each position it would be something like this

Billups
Kobe
Melo
Randolph
Howard/Bynum

[DFish]

Ripped body doesn't mean they are strong so stop posting photos, because this how world's strongest man looks like:

http://www.sportas.info/images/news/ov_ov_ov_savickas.jpg

Its hard to tell from the looks, you need info or atleast game footage that proves someone is really strong.

Strength requires muscle fibers to generate force, and given the physical nature of the NBA, most players have relatively low body fat. There are definitely other factors, but being ripped and having strength aren't uncorrelated. If you took that strong-man and put him through the full endurance of basketball training, he would start to shed the fat and become more ripped.

[Clippersfan86]

World's strongest man pound for pound by a massive distance is this guy. The scientific reason is that unlike most people who are lucky to use 50 percent of their muscle fibers... his body activates 100 percent of them. This guy can break hammers with his bare hands, rip phone books easily and hold a Harley from driving off full throttle.

All this while being 5'6 180 pounds and an older guy.

http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans/bios/super-strength

[Rameek]

The NBA needs to bring the bench press competition back. You guys are going by looks... lmao

I posted this here a few years ago the last NBA weight lifting competition was won by Charles Oakley and Kevin Willis and I also believe Antonio Davis and Karl Malone was up there as well. I think Oakley and Willis did something like 225lbs 30 times...i

These days who knows but looks means nothing. Nate Robinson is a weight room beast though.

[entropy35]

Bledsoe is up there with the PG's.

http://www.nationofblue.com/content/attachments/2674d1284765966-bledsoe.jpg

[DFish]

Bledsoe is up there with the PG's.

Yeah, Bledsoe is pretty beastly for a PG.

Also, I don't know if Shannon Brown has been mentioned or not. I think most of his strength is just in his quads and calf muscles though. :lol

http://media.mlive.com/spartans_impact/photo/shannon-brown-8bc76e327e9000ba.jpg

[triangleoffense]

Rondo said in the 2010 Finals that Artest was the strongest player on the court with Bynum, Perkins, Kobe, and Pierce on the court. And oh yea Fisher isn't anything to sneeze at either.

So at least at SF i'd have to go with Artest.

[miamiandorlando]

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c506253ef01310fb1130e970c-320wi

[East_Stone_Ya]

Jon Brockman deserves mentioning as well

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/07/21/2012415804.jpg