Kris Humphries Beat Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte When He Was 10 Years Old

Long before he was an NBA big man, Atlanta Hawks forward Kris Humphries was defeating some of the greatest swimmers of all time in the pool.

As discovered by the team's official site, when Humphries was 10 years old, he placed first in six different events at the 1994-95 nationals. Among those was Phelps' bread and butter, the 200-meter individual medley.

Humphries also beat fellow USA star Ryan Lochte in the same age group.

Here's what the 31-year-old told Dahvi Shira of People magazine in 2010:

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I was so good at a young age that I got a little burnt out. I also grew up in the Michael Jordan era ... for me, I watched [basketball] and saw it as a challenge. It's hard to stay focused on something when you have a ton of success at a young age, so I picked up basketball a little later and rolled with that.

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Imagine if Humphries and the 6'4" Phelps swapped career paths.

Then, Phelps might be out of the water with Kevin Durant and Co. cheering Humphries on.

[Hawks.com]