Are There Ballers Out There Better Then NBA Players Anymore?

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I'm pretty sure most folks who ball know at least ONE brotha who should be in the league. I knew one cat, who I swear to this day was one of the best I've ever seen play in person.

He came to tryouts sophmore torching our STAR player and anybody else during scrimmages. The coach didn't like his attitude. Threw him on JV, and sat him on the bench. He came off the bench one game and scored 11 points in like 45 seconds. Coach took him right out :manny:

He showed out during our senior year tryouts. Coach cut him. I don't think coach liked him or his family , cause his brotha got cut too and he was nasty on the court

Also depends on on your circumstance, where you live, your attitude,who you know etc
 

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Probably not.

There aren't any 6'5-6'10 that can really ball that aren't getting paid somewhere to play. A 6'4 baller that's torching in the gym, are on the bench in the d-league. Eric Snow and Juwan Howard would crush everybody and any gym.

It's damn near impossible to have as much determination and motivation as a person getting paid millions of dollars to play. It's their life, they play a lot, against the greatest players on earth. They're in tip top shape, have the best training facilities.
 

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there's players good enough in other pro or sub-pro leagues but aint no random nikka that the whole hood thinks is "nice" is gonna be better than an NBA player
 

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Probably not.

There aren't any 6'5-6'10 that can really ball that aren't getting paid somewhere to play. A 6'4 baller that's torching in the gym, are on the bench in the d-league. Eric Snow and Juwan Howard would crush everybody and any gym.

It's damn near impossible to have as much determination and motivation as a person getting paid millions of dollars to play. It's their life, they play a lot, against the greatest players on earth. They're in tip top shape, have the best training facilities.

Nah there's probably some that had the talent but got caught up in other circumstances. Basically look at Iverson. If he would've done the time from the bowling alley brawl the world would've never seen him play and he would've been another one of those could've beens.
 

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very few players in the NBA are felons. I bet there is some 6'6" dude that if he hadn't been convicted of rape would right now be compared to Jordan in the NBA.
 

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Guess yall never seen The GOAT :manny:
 
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Every time I go to my old neighborhood gym, the og's tell me stories about my uncle. Say there was NO reason he shouldn't have gone to the league. Had high school coaches trying to pay him off to play, colleges coming to see him and everything. Got into drugs though. I thought it was ducktales but my mom talks about it too.

Bet there are tons of these kind of stories all over.
 
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