NTRP Rating Compared to Other Sports?

[Breakaz54z]

Just for kicks (and hopefully this hasn't been done recently), I'd like to see how our tennis experts on these forums compare each level, probably 3.0 and up, to other sports. Some sports I'd like to see tennis ranking compared to other sport rankings on here are baseball, soccer, basketball, martial arts, and whatever else.

Maybe this'll help some folks get an idea of how good or bad they really are. Like that one gentleman I keep hearing about in the instructions/tips section . Plus it'd be cool to know that a 5.0 or something like that would be say an 8th dan degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. (I'm not an expert so don't bash me please!)

 

[Andres]

You can use the same terms in college basketball.

7.0 for NBA and international professional players, and between 5.0-6.5 for college players, depending on the school, the division, if the player is starting, what numbers is he putting every season, and that kind of stuff.

High school bball is very different, and specially now that lots of players go directly to the NBA without college experience. But HS kids may range between 3.0-5.0, with the few exceptions, like Kobe Bryant, Lebrom James or Kevin Garnett, who were 7.0 by definition right after they finished high school

But again, lots of NBA players are even worse compared to TOP COLLEGE players. Like every other sport, ratings are screwed

 

[Breakaz54z]

haha I never realized NBA ratings are so screwed. That isn't really the case with tennis unless you're crazy

 

[Solat]

well you would need to cancel out all team sports because the influence of others will be paramount

 

[Breakaz54z]

Hmm.. that'd be true. but who knows anything about say fencing? I sure don't!

 

[FitzRoy]

But again, lots of NBA players are even worse compared to TOP COLLEGE players.

I'm going to have to disagree with this, depending on how you define "top college players". Top 5, maybe? I don't know. Almost every American NBA player was, at some point, an excellent college player, and then they improve significantly after several years in the league. Most top college players are NBA prospects, not NBA-ready players. Kevin Durant and Greg Oden are the exception, not the norm. Certainly every draft class has a few players that end up being better than the majority of the league, but almost none of them start out already so. The difference between the speed of an NBA game and a big conference NCAA game is incredible. The fact is that most top college players, before they learn the ropes, are going to get handled by just about any NBA vet. I've even heard them say it in interviews: that when they get drafted and go to the first team practice, these top draftees are being pushed to the limit by the team's benchwarmers.

There are exceptions. LeBron is a good example. But in terms of tennis, I'd liken him more to a very very good junior (how about Boris Becker at age 17?) than a top college player.

 

[Andres]

Yeah, that's true. But I still think the Top10 players on the draft any time are usually better players than the guys in a third round, even with two or three years of NBA experience (lemme rephrase it ... two or three years of BENCH experience )

And lots of rookies and sophomores start to make it big as soon as they play their first season. Specially those who were highly drafted

But anyway, wouldn't this rating make me a 7.0 by definition?

 

[J011yroger]

Someone said 5.0 was like a scratch golfer, I don't know how accurate that is. Any imput from a real golfer (I consider myself a 3.0 golfer and am not qualified to comment)?

I think Golf, and Bowling would be excellent sports to compare, as well as martial arts.

J

 

[Breakaz54z]

Hm.. does anyone have good ratings to compare with golf, bowling, and martial arts? I didn't even think of golf and bowling, good ones!

 

[Dunlopkid]

I'm a little past first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. What would that be?

 

[WhatItIs]

But again, lots of NBA players are even worse compared to TOP COLLEGE players. Like every other sport, ratings are screwed

I tend to agree with a lot of what your post said except for this^^^ part. College and NBA are so different. What makes a good college player does not necessarily make a good NBA player. With all his college accolades, I don't think Christian Laettner ever came even close to meeting his NBA expectations. Then you look at guys like Scotty Pippen, John Stockton, Steve Nash... What colleges did they go to, and when were they drafted?

I do think however, that your rating scale is pretty comparable and fair.