In honor of this week's NBA Draft, Brian Burns is the current Giants player you think would make the best NBA player.
John Schmeelk: Fact - These are always fun and difficult because height is so important in the NBA. I'm going to automatically eliminate anyone 6'0 or lower from the conversation because it takes an immense amount of skill to succeed in the NBA at that size. Of the shorter group, Malik Nabers would be the player that I would go with given his athleticism, strength, explosiveness and leaping ability. But I can't select anyone other than Brian Burns. He's a legitimate 6'5, could definitely slim down from 250 lbs., has nearly 34 inch arms, and had a 36 inch vertical leap at the NFL Combine. He also showed great agility with a 7.01 3-cone drill. He might be the best athlete on the team when you take size into consideration. Burns is the answer here.
Matt Citak: Fiction - Burns is a great choice, but I have to go with one of his fellow edge rushers for this one. Abdul Carter might be a couple of inches shorter than Burns, but the rookie linebacker is listed as a few pounds heavier than the veteran. We have yet to see Carter perform in pads as a member of the Giants, but his athleticism was evident throughout the spring. Between his quickness and power, Carter would make it quite difficult for defenders to size him up in the paint.
If any player on the roster could go pro in a sport other than football, it would be Dante Miller running track.
John Schmeelk: Fiction - I'm going to go with the cheap cop-out and go with Russell Wilson in baseball. He was drafted by the Orioles with the 41st round in 2007 out of high school and then went in the 4th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft to the Colorado Rockies. Wilson even played Minor League baseball in 2011 in the Rockies system before transferring to Wisconsin. Wilson was a professional baseball player so there really is no other answer here.
Matt Citak: Fact - To be 100 percent honest, as I was coming up with these prompts, I completely forgot about Wilson's old baseball career. Nonetheless, I'm sticking with Dante "Turbo" Miller here. Miller is one of, if not the fastest player on the team. He ran track & field during his days at Columbia University, and finished in third place in the 60m at the Villanova Invitational back in 2020. Every time I watch Miller run with the football up close, I'm impressed by his speed. I'd love to see him run in a track & field race.