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Former NBA forward Caron Butler, who played high school basketball with Tony Romo, said the newly retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback could have made it as a professional basketball player if that would have been his focus.
"Believe it or not, man, when we were in the prime of our careers, I used to always talk about it: [Romo] could have easily been a professional basketball player," Butler told ESPN.com's Todd Archer and Marc Stein. "And a lot of people were like, 'Man, you're crazy for saying that,' but Tony could shoot. He could handle the ball. He had a knack for scoring, man, he really did.
"He was a really good football player, obviously, being a quarterback. He was great at golf. And he was really good at basketball. Obviously it worked out for him with the football, but I wouldn't have been surprised if he would have made it playing basketball.
"He had a great feel for the game, man. And it's not surprising. Golf is a cerebral game; you gotta have that mental component to conquer the course. And then football's the same thing; you gotta be able to think on the fly and do all these things. And then basketball, I thought, all those components worked together."
Romo, who retired from the NFL last week to take a broadcasting job at CBS, will be honored by the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. He will be in uniform and participate in warm-up lines for the Mavericks' season-ending game against the Denver Nuggets.
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"Believe it or not, man, when we were in the prime of our careers, I used to always talk about it: [Romo] could have easily been a professional basketball player," Butler told ESPN.com's Todd Archer and Marc Stein. "And a lot of people were like, 'Man, you're crazy for saying that,' but Tony could shoot. He could handle the ball. He had a knack for scoring, man, he really did.
"He was a really good football player, obviously, being a quarterback. He was great at golf. And he was really good at basketball. Obviously it worked out for him with the football, but I wouldn't have been surprised if he would have made it playing basketball.
"He had a great feel for the game, man. And it's not surprising. Golf is a cerebral game; you gotta have that mental component to conquer the course. And then football's the same thing; you gotta be able to think on the fly and do all these things. And then basketball, I thought, all those components worked together."
Romo, who retired from the NFL last week to take a broadcasting job at CBS, will be honored by the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. He will be in uniform and participate in warm-up lines for the Mavericks' season-ending game against the Denver Nuggets.
For more news, rumors and related stories about Tony Romo, the NFL and the NBA, check out the NFL and NBA streams on Bleacher Report's app.
Read more Dallas Cowboys news on BleacherReport.com
Continue reading...