Brian Scalabrine: Sorry, you can not beat an NBA player one-on-one!!
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Whips-n-Chains
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I’ve played pick up games against D1 level HS players that weren’t even the best HS players in Chicago at the time and they still look all world against even the best regulars at the park.
I remember 1 dude who had some decent offers (ISU, Texas A&M, idk where ge ended up) but this kid was noticeably quicker, longer, faster, better conditioned, better skilled than anyone who played there regularly… Easily throwing 360 dunks down in traffic and would just take over games coasting against dudes trying their hardest to show him up. He was about 6’4 so it’s not like he was some cat that was only good in HS bc he was 6’9.…not to mention this dude didn’t even sniff a McD’s AA/ 5* status let alone the league.
I remember 1 dude who had some decent offers (ISU, Texas A&M, idk where ge ended up) but this kid was noticeably quicker, longer, faster, better conditioned, better skilled than anyone who played there regularly… Easily throwing 360 dunks down in traffic and would just take over games coasting against dudes trying their hardest to show him up. He was about 6’4 so it’s not like he was some cat that was only good in HS bc he was 6’9.…not to mention this dude didn’t even sniff a McD’s AA/ 5* status let alone the league.
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You got nikkas up here that can beat Mayweather and KO Tyson so beating an NBA player is easy money
My uncle Timmy was a boxer and I used to spar at times with a cat named Ricardo Williams and Dante Craig when the primaries weren't there and these were Olympians and they both wore my ass out in that ring....Dudes just be talking and have never taken a punch from someone who does that shyt for a living. I hear dudes talking about how they can beat Adrian Broner or Craig Tucker or Nuke or Raushee Warren look if you aren't a boxer you aren't beating these dudes.
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Youhadasparkwhenustarted
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If we're talking about Scal then we're talking about someone who's maybe one of the top 1500 players at his craft in the world? There is no way any of us could beat him 1 on 1 unless we had some D1 experience. I mean I wouldn't walk into a spelling bee expecting to beat one of the top 1500 spellers in the world either, they'd light my ass up just like Scal would in basketball pause.
its amazing to me how people dont appreciate how talented pro athletes are.
My dad was a good highschool football player...got a scholarship to a small school in Iowa
he said when he got there and saw them big ass white boys ready to run through a wall he was like...
it aint that serious, ima hit these books
My dad was a good highschool football player...got a scholarship to a small school in Iowa
he said when he got there and saw them big ass white boys ready to run through a wall he was like...
it aint that serious, ima hit these books
its amazing to me how people dont appreciate how talented pro athletes are.
My dad was a good highschool football player...got a scholarship to a small school in Iowa
he said when he got there and saw them big ass white boys ready to run through a wall he was like...
And mofos be talking about Steph Curry that good 
Mofo casually knocking down half court shots in shoot around as a routine
Mofo casually knocking down half court shots in shoot around as a routine
I firmly believe there's nba players that you can beat.
Scal is a skilled big man who's a good shooter. Other than his appearance, I'm not sure why he became the face of this movement.
But gimme Kendrick Perkins and I feel like there's regular ppl who can beat him straight up.
Perk as a high school senior averaged 28 points, 16 boards, and 8 blocked shots a game. Declared for the draft and was picked 1st-round. Compared to regular people he's both skilled and athletic and his knowledge of the game is FAR above any casual. He's beating all of you 11 to 0.
NBA perk at his height and athleticism would guard a quick street player like Bron guarded D-Rose. He doesn't have to be right up on you cause you gotta shoot over 6'10" and his reaction speed is going to be quicker than you're used to. And if you blow by him he'll use the cushion he started with to stay on your tail and will probably still block you from behind.
I've played a shytty backup DIII forward and forced him to work for his points (he still got buckets on me all night but missed half his shots). Not that I was even close to DIII basketball level but I had the athleticism and workrate to at least play some defense.
Probably my most humiliating game ever though was against a JC guy. Unatheltic fool wasn't even trying and he was hitting like 80% on jumpers with me completely up in his grill, passing the ball to himself behind my back, just stupid shyt.
yeah he used to play QB at Wyoming in High School and ran a lot of option sets. Dude scored 4 TDs on the ground and tossed for 2 against us. We couldn't stop him at all. And when he was at Ohio State and into the NFL he was never known as the elite level athlete we thought he was. Which put it into perspective how good some of these other athletes are....Just imagine lining up against Joey Galloway or tackling Shaun Alexander.
kt773
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Bro….my coworker got cooked by the white pg for the Chicago sky at this nike camp, had thei could beat a WNBA player one on one tho
face the whole time , I already knew what was gonna go down
Eastside Get The Money
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I tired out for Athletics - Rochester University
Small Christian school in MI. I was quick and had crazy bounce. There were two nikkaz from MI and one from OH who showed me I don’t belong. Real talent isn’t a joke