Sometimes it has nothing to do with their skill level at balling. When you're playing in a gym or on the playground court there are no rules & no real ball being played. The same cat who can get on the court with some random dudes & put up ridiculous numbers is the same cat who might not necessarily know how to play a 2-3 Zone properly or understand the Pick-N-Roll Offense...
I've never met ONE dude who should've been a professional athlete that had all of their shyt together... but I've met plenty of nikkaz who were either too lazy or smoked all day or didn't put in real effort to try... thats the difference to me. Not the guy who can amaze the average person on a court but the nikka who is in the gym all day everyday trying out for different leagues & working on their faults & really pushing to get better...
Never met a dude who could've been a professional that wasn't...
I've never met ONE dude who should've been a professional athlete that had all of their shyt together... but I've met plenty of nikkaz who were either too lazy or smoked all day or didn't put in real effort to try... thats the difference to me. Not the guy who can amaze the average person on a court but the nikka who is in the gym all day everyday trying out for different leagues & working on their faults & really pushing to get better...
Never met a dude who could've been a professional that wasn't...