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Mayweather vs. McGregor: 30 other sport crossovers we’d like to see

By David Austin Bumpus

HAYWARD, CA - AUGUST 04: Stephen Curry plays a shot during round two of the Ellie Mae Classic at TCP Stonebrae on August 4, 2017 in Hayward, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
HAYWARD, CA - AUGUST 04: Stephen Curry plays a shot during round two of the Ellie Mae Classic at TCP Stonebrae on August 4, 2017 in Hayward, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL – FEBRUARY 28: In this handout photo provided by Disney, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (right) drives to the basket as New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis (left) plays defense during an impromptu game of ‘two-on-two’ basketball at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park on February 28, 2010 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. A basketball court was set up outdoors in the Walt Disney World theme park this weekend as part of ‘ESPN The Weekend,’ an annual sports fan festival. Ochocinco and Revis, both Pro Bowl selections from the AFC this season, chose fans from the audience as their teammates. Ochocinco teamed with Jason Moorman (far right, background), age 12, from Orlando, Florida, and Revis teamed with Bailey High (far left, background), age 14, from Fort Cove, Pennsylvania. In the end, ‘Team Revis’ defeated ‘Team Ochocinco’ by score of 7-5 in the halfcourt contest. (Photo by Jimmy DeFlippo/Disney via Getty Images)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL – FEBRUARY 28: In this handout photo provided by Disney, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (right) drives to the basket as New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis (left) plays defense during an impromptu game of ‘two-on-two’ basketball at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park on February 28, 2010 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. A basketball court was set up outdoors in the Walt Disney World theme park this weekend as part of ‘ESPN The Weekend,’ an annual sports fan festival. Ochocinco and Revis, both Pro Bowl selections from the AFC this season, chose fans from the audience as their teammates. Ochocinco teamed with Jason Moorman (far right, background), age 12, from Orlando, Florida, and Revis teamed with Bailey High (far left, background), age 14, from Fort Cove, Pennsylvania. In the end, ‘Team Revis’ defeated ‘Team Ochocinco’ by score of 7-5 in the halfcourt contest. (Photo by Jimmy DeFlippo/Disney via Getty Images) /

29. Chad Johnson in the NBA

Plenty of people would love to see Chad Johnson, the artist formerly known as Chad Ochocinco, back in the public realm in the sports world, but he hasn’t been able to find any work outside of playing FIFA with Twitter followers recently. Now, maybe the best bet would be to see how he’d do in the NBA, and we don’t mean in a video game.

Johnson has always been in great shape, and is an incredible athlete when it comes to football and soccer. However, we haven’t seen him on a basketball court, and the only attachment to the sport that the former NFL star has is his short relationship and marriage with Evelyn Lozada of the show “Basketball Wives”.

Despite the lack of experience, Johnson isn’t shy about challenging people to play basketball, including some seriously big names in the NBA. In this case, that big name happened to be the reigning NBA MVP: Russell Westbrook.

Unfortunately for the former NFL wide receiver, Westbrook wasn’t too keen on the idea, and laughed it off pretty quickly.

Westbrook would obviously crush Johnson in a game of one-on-one, but it doesn’t make the idea any less interesting for sports fans. The two’s interaction was all we needed to want to see Johnson in the NBA, preferably on the Houston Rockets to make things interesting.

All we want is one Westbrook crossover on Johnson on national television in an NBA game, and then we’ll be all set in life. Or, maybe he can join the Golden State Warriors or Cleveland Cavaliers for a year and earn a ring, which he couldn’t do in his time in the NFL.

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