The people you're playing against are the people that say "NBA players don't know the fundamentals of basketball! But this guy that I play with at the Y (you) Man, he can make it to the league!!!!"
Dude I've played w one nba player (Ty Jerome, not even sure he's in the league anymore and averaged like 3 ppg at best) while he was in the league in a random pickup game. He basically told us he couldn't/wouldn't go too hard before and cooked everyone the entire game with maybe 3 moves while pretty much walking. Keep in mind he's not a crazy athlete or anything; he's literally my height (6'3) and pretty skinny. It was just that literally every shot went in, literally every move was perfect, and literally every step he took was to the exact right spot. People don't understand how good NBA players really are.
I was a 6'2" HS swingman. Played college ball. Came up against Quinn Snyder and Eldredge Recasner (late 80s), two guys that were D1 stars and had little impact in NBA. They were basically unstoppable in pick up games with average to good players. Its insane to think of the level NBA players are.
it just shows how big of a difference there is between the NBA and others. Like you barely see this guy doing something on the NBA court and then he comes to a random gym and just can do whatever he wants
It just shows how big of a difference in anthleticism. Bro is playing randoms. Ofc he can't do the same thing in the NBA with the best athletes in the world
When you 6'7 and athletic and playing your whole life then I'd expect nothing less. Once you got like '4 or more over your comp then you're unstoppable.
@@VENGEFULHEXXthe thing is most humans think they’re closer to the top than they really are. They have no idea how far their skills are.. there needs to be a reality check
@tomevers6670 Facts, I've never player against nba players, but I played high school ball with 2 D1 guys one plays for the Oregon Ducks and I learned how big the gap was real quick. When they transfered to my high school I went from starting and averaging 18-8-5 to the bench and getting destroyed every practice lol. Couldnt guard them fr, just a different level. Teams would come watch us play just to show their players what pro prospects looked like and the level they were at
@@tomevers6670 mainly because they're good or decent for people that don't do it for a living nor have a possibility of doing it professionally at an elite level.
Gets no minutes because he missed those two jumpers. nba is brutal these days if you can’t make EVERY shot. He has a great work ethic, I’m sure he will keep improving his shot and start getting more and more minutes over the next couple years.
Played in a men's league pickup hockey game one Friday night. Retired NHLer came through, was a legit SCRUB on an avg pro team. Absolutely WAXED us, effortlessly scored at will. Pro athletes aren't human.
@@samsun01 Nobody said it was magic BRO. It's luck at some point as a youth, typically resulting in big jump in skill & surpassing your peers, followed by said abilities compounding at a sufficient rate until you're skilled enough to be a pro. Alternatively, you could also simply be born genetically superior like Joel Embiid who didn't start basketball until 15 but was a 1st round draft pick within 5 years. Magic, no. Worth spending time pursuing if you lack the requisite natural physical gifts & especially if you possess intellectual gifts? Absolutely not.
@@JNJ1014OK fair points bro. Steph changed the game of basketball, so clowns like Joel Embiid won't matter much in due time in the era of "touch fouls" (anyone can get inside the paint easy). It's all about mastering the fundamentals first, talent or no talent. In the NBA, everyone has talent, so guys like Steph are utilizing concepts that Mamba figured out eons ago, which is put in the 'investment' in your training (there are tiers of quality to training but that's another topic), you will compound it at a much faster rate which no one, talent or not, can catch up. Black Mamba proved it. He wasn't much of a 'talent' in NBA standards, not TMac or Vince.
@@DonVito_ What'd you play, USHL or NAHL? Either way, you're in the 1% of 1% of all people who play hockey if you play Junior A, and the super elite of those 1% play pro. But I agree, I know kids in the USHL who'd wax any men's league.
I imagine someone like Giannis, LeBron or Zion on a drive could put one of these guys in hospital, no joke. It's crazy how big the difference is between NBA stars and lower professional or college level players. Let alone NBA stars vs good normal hoopers.
@@MattValin-l7l the thing is Thanasis was drafted in 2015 while Giannis on 2013, Giannis was only 2 years in the NBA and clearly not a star yet. Meaning Thanasis was drafted because of his skill. Just being drafted by an NBA team means you are better than a million basketball players out there.. now those pick up game players on the gym are part of the millions..
they did that thing as a hobby first.... they were just so extremely good at it that they could turn it into a paying job, beating out hundreds of millions people to be the top 0.001% skill level at that hobby :).
@@ogposer More than a couple, and they play bball but nothing approaching that ability. Anyway, you seem to be hinting that it's natural gifts that determines it, while the person I was responding to seemed to be hinting that it's because they take it seriously vs a casual hobby. Truth is in the middle, you of course need both to make it :)
This made me realise how important thinking about where my feet are is. He looks so effortless because he’s catching those little moments where the defender just follows him without thinking which often leaves they’re feet off balance. Most of his crossovers happens while the defender is either in the air or only one foot on the ground.
Just also wanted to note how on a lot of his impressive plays the defense looks like they just gave up. Like the mentality of seeing someone so much better than you you don’t even try your best. Not Tryna hate on this guy at all. Just taking notes on how I could improve my own game
Length really does a lot for you: his crossovers and his fakes aren't really fakes, they're actual moves that he pulls out of because his reach is just that long. Hard to defend when he's controlling your direction just by swinging his arms side to side
Was at a 3 on 3 tourney and watch a former NBA guard play against normal Joe's. It was the unwaisted movement that stood out. Not the height. Beautiful to watch.
@@JenniferMoll-w5j Buddy, focus on reading comprehension before telling me to watch my words. NO WHERE did I say that this guy is the worst player in the league. The actual WORDS MATTER. But this guy who is far from a top tier NBA player yet dominates these guys. The worst player in the league would do the same. Before you get triggered next time, try some critical reading.
@@Syrin23 You need to work on your grammar. Your use of syntax is more important than his ability to comprehend what you're saying. You left it wide open to interpretation. If you didn't want people to infer that you were speaking on that player specifically. You should have stated that directly. You didn't, you made a direct statement on a video that is specifically centered around one player. That's the frame, and you are operating inside of it. Sit down, stupido.
him vs an average person (6’7” vs 5’8”) is the equivalent of an average person vs a 3rd grader (5’8” vs 4’9”), on an 8 foot basket. no skill required to dumpster the average. we need a pinoy league, see some actual sauce. only people making plays in the big leagues now days are pgs.
Crazy that a lot of the other players there are also good college or overseas players too. Just shows the level of separation between NBA players and other hoopers.
POV: u realize everyone that’s says “yea I could’ve gone pro” could indeed NOT have gone pro 😂😂. But can one of these randoms at least play defense?? Like cmon, try and show out against someone that good 😭
footwork, pacing, bumping, and different ways to seal off defenders while scoring. he makes it look easy because of his elite fundamentals. while also going at half speed and being one of the tallest guys on the court. he’s in a different league.
theres even a video on this channel of michael porter jr. ,from the nuggests, making the nba player in this vid look like his defenders… Crazy to see the different levels of skill in the league.
the difference between NBA Players and normal hoopers are NBA Players have taller build, more muscular, higher jump ability, better accuracy, better ballhandling, better positioning and court view, and far huge income.
What you really mean to say is- bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled. When you have all 4 against your opponent, your opponent becomes a traffic cone
I had a chance to play pickup with a guy who played in Europe professionally. May not have been the NBA but he was still waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than anyone else. Not even close.
Same here - used to hoop weekly in S. Korea with guys, like myself, who may have played division 2 or 3 college ball. When the KBA pros showed up, which happened occasionally, they were soo, soo good.
Can't believe they sent bro to G league but now imagine the fact that there is a level above him (consistent bench/role players then you have the consistent starters then another level above that (all stars etc) then a level above that (MVP contenders)
God damn Marjon still remember seeeing him for the first time back in Wa I was in middle school him and my cousin knew each other and balled up I remember him telling me he going to the nba happy for bro 🔥
I’ve got to play against Rex Walters in a J-League (Japanese League). The most he averaged in his NBA career was 7 points. J-league had some ballers and Walters made us all look like kids on a playground. He could have averaged 40 points a game if he wanted.
Nahhhh. I played with d1 guys. I’m a scrub, but I could hang.. remember, even at the D1 level, there’s levels.. a UConn d1 isn’t the same as a cal Berkeley, which isn’t the same as siue… all d1 schools, but its levels. Just like high school, you might be a varsity player, but you’re at the weakest school in the state. It’s not the same. The point being, there are some real hoopers at the park. A walk on from a lesser college could get washed.
It’s all about height in basketball really. In order to be in the top 0.01% in basketball you gotta be in the 0.01% of height/length. There are plenty of other sports and activities people can do that actually suit shorter people. I would say if you ain’t atleast 6 foot it makes no since playing basketball even for fun.
I'm a Bucks fan but I see why he struggles driving in the NBA, even here you can see his handles are awkward, but against non NBA talent they cant do anything with him, but his handles and his dribble game is the reason he can't see consistent minutes. He's a solid spot up shooter, with above average athleticism
He needs to play in those open runs at UCLA with the real NBA players because he's not getting better playing against these scrubs. He needs to challenge himself and play against the elites. "If it doesn't challenge you, you won't change!!!"
Greater wealth of knowledge and experience of the game. Simplicity in his movements. Timing and spacing down to a tee. It’s just that at his level he’s not the top of the pack due to the others being better.
The thing with playing against someone like this, semi professional or pro, or just a really good basketball player is even if you actually stay level with him, stay close, play good defense, he usually just swishes the shot like you weren't even there, like it's him alone in the gym! That's when you get it, OK, I'm no factor in here 😂
I played against Jamaal Charles the cheifs running back when he was rehabbing from an injury. The pure athleticism was impressive and the dude didn't even play basketball for a living.
0:23 starts the first highlight with a carry. 0:27 travel, picked up pivot foot 1:19 travel (or if they are playing NBA rules, no travel [the first step would be a gather step]) 1:25 carry 1:26 travel - (4 steps with the gather) 1:32 carry 2:26 travel - possession was established when he underhanded the ball (and stopped his dribble)..then afterward left foot, right, left, therefore travel. 2:53 interference or technical foul (not sure which) for grabbing the rim with the non-dunking hand 3:07 travel prior to release of the ball 3:24 😂technical foul for handing on the rim There were likely a lot more carries, but because of the camera angle, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. There were potentially a few more travels, but because he sort of was jumping off of two feet , I gave him the benefit of the doubt. They were sort of step jumps, where both feet weren't on the ground at the same time. His game fits in perfectly with the NBA, where they they don't call travels and carries, even though they are violations according to their own rules.
@@Set_Your_Handlle No, we actually play every week and I literally just got done sending a group text about a scheduling issue a minute ago. Basketball has rules. That's why people don't take eight steps and are required to dribble the ball. I'd assume an NBA player doesn't need to break the rules in most of his plays in order to beat "normal hoopers". I'd hope you could agree to that rather than normalizing sloppy play that even middle schoolers shouldn't be doing and that good second graders don't do.
Ask Muggsy Bogues, or Michael Adams, or Isaiah Thomas, or Jose Barea, or Damon Stoudamire, or Calvin Murphy, or Spud Webb, or Nate Robinson, or Monte Towe, and Earl Boykins. BALLERS all of them and still more not listed.
He has his head down the whole time. Overdribbles. Doesn't use screens or pass to the open man. He would have problems against an organized defense. I played with one pro player in the 60's. I was just a kid. He didn't look that amazing but he made the pass, set the screen, took the offensive charge and went to the open spot on the court. Put the two of them together and you have a star.
The “oh my god!” Is ammature.. just play your hardest.. giving up because he’s better than you or beats you on a couple possessions is exactly the only reason he became better than you.
The man was 3 feet taller than everybody else and he traveled and carried at least 4 times. But point taken we all know nba players are better than your average joe
I’m not remotely surpassing that he dominated. What I found interesting was how fundamental and controlled he played. Not to mention how easy he makes dunking look.
Idk about the term hoopers being used with them. That's YMCA rec league caliber out there. Im 21ing them in less than 5 minutes. Straight warmup talent
Personally, I just saw 1. a bunch of terrible ball handling. 2. A reluctance to go right off the dribble With sprinkles of physicality & a big body using its size well
I think it was Brian Scalibrene who said it best after he destroyed a self proclaimed “great” street baller… “You’re just as far from me as I am from LeBron.”
lmk what yall wanna see more of & im on it!
Looks like a nice little warm up.
Every move wants to go left. .
More passing to teammates 😅
Workouts and move tutorials and different reads
The people you're playing against are the people that say "NBA players don't know the fundamentals of basketball! But this guy that I play with at the Y (you) Man, he can make it to the league!!!!"
this man is a 74 rated in 2k averaging 4.3 ppg and he's still absolutely destroying them, really shows that there's levels in basketball
partly because of the bad coacing staff
You’re pretty much right, but the 2k rating example was kinda pointless since 2k gives a lot of players BS overalls
2K is largely meaningless. Dude is in the L, he's going to kill in open runs whilst playing at 50%.
Wait a guy whose job is to play basketball is better than people with a regular job no way 🥶🥶🥶
I mean 2k rating barely matters when u not getting that much playing time they just give u basic shit
"I'm closer to Lebron then you are to me."
Iconic line
It’s facts fr
ofc they're closer to 6 finals losses and being carried by superteams than any of us
@@John-oo6px 🫵😂
@@John-oo6px way to expose yourself as a dumbass with this reply lmfao
Dude I've played w one nba player (Ty Jerome, not even sure he's in the league anymore and averaged like 3 ppg at best) while he was in the league in a random pickup game. He basically told us he couldn't/wouldn't go too hard before and cooked everyone the entire game with maybe 3 moves while pretty much walking. Keep in mind he's not a crazy athlete or anything; he's literally my height (6'3) and pretty skinny. It was just that literally every shot went in, literally every move was perfect, and literally every step he took was to the exact right spot. People don't understand how good NBA players really are.
I played Schröder in Europe, was a fair match
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He wasn't nearly as good in Europe. He really developed in the following years.
I was a 6'2" HS swingman. Played college ball. Came up against Quinn Snyder and Eldredge Recasner (late 80s), two guys that were D1 stars and had little impact in NBA. They were basically unstoppable in pick up games with average to good players. Its insane to think of the level NBA players are.
Yeah he on the Cavs right now. Injured currently and has only played in 2 games this season.
he was a first round pick and averaged over 10ppg in his best year. Not that bad at all even for NBA
One thing I love about pros of any kind is how effortless they make their game look, poetry in motion is a real thing
Yeah, it's something im trying to replicate as a footballer. When the game is effortless to you, your style changes
it just shows how big of a difference there is between the NBA and others. Like you barely see this guy doing something on the NBA court and then he comes to a random gym and just can do whatever he wants
It just shows how big of a difference in anthleticism. Bro is playing randoms. Ofc he can't do the same thing in the NBA with the best athletes in the world
When you 6'7 and athletic and playing your whole life then I'd expect nothing less. Once you got like '4 or more over your comp then you're unstoppable.
@@VENGEFULHEXXthe thing is most humans think they’re closer to the top than they really are. They have no idea how far their skills are.. there needs to be a reality check
@tomevers6670 Facts, I've never player against nba players, but I played high school ball with 2 D1 guys one plays for the Oregon Ducks and I learned how big the gap was real quick. When they transfered to my high school I went from starting and averaging 18-8-5 to the bench and getting destroyed every practice lol. Couldnt guard them fr, just a different level. Teams would come watch us play just to show their players what pro prospects looked like and the level they were at
@@tomevers6670 mainly because they're good or decent for people that don't do it for a living nor have a possibility of doing it professionally at an elite level.
6 foot 7 with a guard like handle, shot, and passing attribute but still gets almost no minutes. Shows how crazy the nba is.
Gets no minutes because he missed those two jumpers. nba is brutal these days if you can’t make EVERY shot. He has a great work ethic, I’m sure he will keep improving his shot and start getting more and more minutes over the next couple years.
eh, my guy is optimistic and too kind.
not really, there are NBA players who went overseas and failed miserably because they were bad
His Handle still needs some working though
this. and it shows even in this pickup game.
Played in a men's league pickup hockey game one Friday night. Retired NHLer came through, was a legit SCRUB on an avg pro team. Absolutely WAXED us, effortlessly scored at will. Pro athletes aren't human.
You were just lazy as a kid, son. THIS is the power of compounding over long periods of time. It ain't magic, son.
@@samsun01 Nobody said it was magic BRO. It's luck at some point as a youth, typically resulting in big jump in skill & surpassing your peers, followed by said abilities compounding at a sufficient rate until you're skilled enough to be a pro. Alternatively, you could also simply be born genetically superior like Joel Embiid who didn't start basketball until 15 but was a 1st round draft pick within 5 years.
Magic, no. Worth spending time pursuing if you lack the requisite natural physical gifts & especially if you possess intellectual gifts? Absolutely not.
@@JNJ1014OK fair points bro. Steph changed the game of basketball, so clowns like Joel Embiid won't matter much in due time in the era of "touch fouls" (anyone can get inside the paint easy).
It's all about mastering the fundamentals first, talent or no talent. In the NBA, everyone has talent, so guys like Steph are utilizing concepts that Mamba figured out eons ago, which is put in the 'investment' in your training (there are tiers of quality to training but that's another topic), you will compound it at a much faster rate which no one, talent or not, can catch up.
Black Mamba proved it. He wasn't much of a 'talent' in NBA standards, not TMac or Vince.
@@DonVito_ What'd you play, USHL or NAHL? Either way, you're in the 1% of 1% of all people who play hockey if you play Junior A, and the super elite of those 1% play pro. But I agree, I know kids in the USHL who'd wax any men's league.
Must feel good to be like Giannis for a change
😂😂😂😂😂
He's gonna force his pickup team to pick his brother?
He’s closer to Giannis than they are to him
I imagine someone like Giannis, LeBron or Zion on a drive could put one of these guys in hospital, no joke.
It's crazy how big the difference is between NBA stars and lower professional or college level players. Let alone NBA stars vs good normal hoopers.
@@MattValin-l7l the thing is Thanasis was drafted in 2015 while Giannis on 2013, Giannis was only 2 years in the NBA and clearly not a star yet. Meaning Thanasis was drafted because of his skill. Just being drafted by an NBA team means you are better than a million basketball players out there.. now those pick up game players on the gym are part of the millions..
There’s a huge difference when you do something for a profession than just a hobby.
they did that thing as a hobby first.... they were just so extremely good at it that they could turn it into a paying job, beating out hundreds of millions people to be the top 0.001% skill level at that hobby :).
@@pheesh9141yea, he needed to be most skillful 6'7 guy around. How many 6'7 people you know?😂
@@ogposer More than a couple, and they play bball but nothing approaching that ability. Anyway, you seem to be hinting that it's natural gifts that determines it, while the person I was responding to seemed to be hinting that it's because they take it seriously vs a casual hobby. Truth is in the middle, you of course need both to make it :)
lol if it was that easy….so you saying if you played hoops as a profession you’d be playing in the nba now?
This made me realise how important thinking about where my feet are is. He looks so effortless because he’s catching those little moments where the defender just follows him without thinking which often leaves they’re feet off balance. Most of his crossovers happens while the defender is either in the air or only one foot on the ground.
Just also wanted to note how on a lot of his impressive plays the defense looks like they just gave up. Like the mentality of seeing someone so much better than you you don’t even try your best. Not Tryna hate on this guy at all. Just taking notes on how I could improve my own game
i like this@@ethanwalker7320
Length really does a lot for you: his crossovers and his fakes aren't really fakes, they're actual moves that he pulls out of because his reach is just that long. Hard to defend when he's controlling your direction just by swinging his arms side to side
Like a boxer counter punching. He allows you to commit, then reacts off of that.
Marcus Smart spoke about this. Whenever the defender's feet get off the ground, they attack.
Marjon was not holding nothing back ☠️☠️☠️
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what? he was basically walking down the court... did he even run once>?
Was at a 3 on 3 tourney and watch a former NBA guard play against normal Joe's. It was the unwaisted movement that stood out. Not the height. Beautiful to watch.
This is a reminder that even the WORST NBA player is one of the best bball players in the world.
just a reminder, any decent No NBA hooper would destroy these hoopers.
Buddy he’s definitely not the worst NBA player check your words bud
@@JenniferMoll-w5j Buddy, focus on reading comprehension before telling me to watch my words. NO WHERE did I say that this guy is the worst player in the league. The actual WORDS MATTER. But this guy who is far from a top tier NBA player yet dominates these guys. The worst player in the league would do the same. Before you get triggered next time, try some critical reading.
@@Syrin23 yea it's kinda been said a million times already, stfu
@@Syrin23 You need to work on your grammar. Your use of syntax is more important than his ability to comprehend what you're saying. You left it wide open to interpretation. If you didn't want people to infer that you were speaking on that player specifically. You should have stated that directly. You didn't, you made a direct statement on a video that is specifically centered around one player. That's the frame, and you are operating inside of it. Sit down, stupido.
to give marjon credit dude was a first round pick and worked his ass off. these regulars are light work lol
It's light work when he taller than everyone on the court, gets professional coaching and care
@@ogposer he sauced so many guys his size, and there was some funky looking whites guys there who were like 6'10 and taller than him
this is a bench player (end of the bench) player in the NBA destroying regular hoopers, now imagine facing off against a NBA starter or an All star
how would he be in the league if he couldn’t hang against those type of players, that’s just not his role on the team he’s on
him vs an average person (6’7” vs 5’8”) is the equivalent of an average person vs a 3rd grader (5’8” vs 4’9”), on an 8 foot basket.
no skill required to dumpster the average. we need a pinoy league, see some actual sauce. only people making plays in the big leagues now days are pgs.
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@@_nikain't no one trying to see 5'5" hoopers who don't set screens, can't dunk, and throw slow ass passes.
There’s not that much of a difference. Mindset and the smallest tweaks make the difference at that level
Crazy that a lot of the other players there are also good college or overseas players too. Just shows the level of separation between NBA players and other hoopers.
"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me" - Brian Scalabrine
The difference in the quality of movement is almost beautiful to watch. Awesome contrast video!
If it was easy we d all be doin it . The size is what people think separates em but no- they’re a lot more skilled than even elite ballers we all know
POV: u realize everyone that’s says “yea I could’ve gone pro” could indeed NOT have gone pro 😂😂. But can one of these randoms at least play defense?? Like cmon, try and show out against someone that good 😭
they are trying hes just that good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
footwork, pacing, bumping, and different ways to seal off defenders while scoring. he makes it look easy because of his elite fundamentals. while also going at half speed and being one of the tallest guys on the court. he’s in a different league.
theyre all trying to play defense. there's ppl way worse than him thatll make u look like ur not trying on defense
@@sprinklolz literally 👏🤣
theres even a video on this channel of michael porter jr. ,from the nuggests, making the nba player in this vid look like his defenders… Crazy to see the different levels of skill in the league.
the difference between NBA Players and normal hoopers are NBA Players have taller build, more muscular, higher jump ability, better accuracy, better ballhandling, better positioning and court view, and far huge income.
That's literally everything
What you really mean to say is- bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled. When you have all 4 against your opponent, your opponent becomes a traffic cone
Crazy thing is he really doesn’t look like he’s trying either.
This guys pretty good he should try for the NBA or something
This just proves that you have to be physically gifted first lol
Still have to be out 10,000 other 6’7 guys
@@JoshuaYeshuaCSULB true! What a tough game to go through …
@@JoshuaYeshuaCSULB10,000 guys is easier to beat than millions
@@collin833 still hard though
I had a chance to play pickup with a guy who played in Europe professionally. May not have been the NBA but he was still waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than anyone else. Not even close.
Same here - used to hoop weekly in S. Korea with guys, like myself, who may have played division 2 or 3 college ball. When the KBA pros showed up, which happened occasionally, they were soo, soo good.
He’s always at the right spot at the right time too
Legend has it that the whole gym glazed him that day
Guarded this dude back when he was in Yakima Washington in summer ball dude was a bucket then
The NBA is god-tier!
Can't believe they sent bro to G league but now imagine the fact that there is a level above him (consistent bench/role players then you have the consistent starters then another level above that (all stars etc) then a level above that (MVP contenders)
Wild
he work on that jumper he gonna be in the league for a while!
He so offensively gifted
That’s Marion beauchamp baby!
He literally is a bench rider , I love him. He honestly needs more burn in game his defense is his best attribute.
Most g league players would be able to dominate like this. NBA is the best of the best
Anyone who is a professional in anything competitive is basically better than what the typical person can imagine.
& he don't get no burn for the Bucks.... But he's givin' ya'll Buck-ets!!!!
Bro is higher and has insane athleticism compared to the others
God damn Marjon still remember seeeing him for the first time back in Wa I was in middle school him and my cousin knew each other and balled up I remember him telling me he going to the nba happy for bro 🔥
I love Marjon, needs justice for his playing time though.
1:24 is this not a travel?
He be killing when he get a chance honestly in the league
I’ve got to play against Rex Walters in a J-League (Japanese League). The most he averaged in his NBA career was 7 points. J-league had some ballers and Walters made us all look like kids on a playground. He could have averaged 40 points a game if he wanted.
A walk on in D1 would destroy any park players anywhere
Nahhhh. I played with d1 guys. I’m a scrub, but I could hang.. remember, even at the D1 level, there’s levels.. a UConn d1 isn’t the same as a cal Berkeley, which isn’t the same as siue… all d1 schools, but its levels. Just like high school, you might be a varsity player, but you’re at the weakest school in the state. It’s not the same.
The point being, there are some real hoopers at the park. A walk on from a lesser college could get washed.
It’s all about height in basketball really. In order to be in the top 0.01% in basketball you gotta be in the 0.01% of height/length. There are plenty of other sports and activities people can do that actually suit shorter people. I would say if you ain’t atleast 6 foot it makes no since playing basketball even for fun.
1:25 egregious travel not sure why you included that “highlight” 💀
This guy had an inspiring story
wtf would all these players do if carrier were still a thing in basketball??
They would addapt
I'm a Bucks fan but I see why he struggles driving in the NBA, even here you can see his handles are awkward, but against non NBA talent they cant do anything with him, but his handles and his dribble game is the reason he can't see consistent minutes. He's a solid spot up shooter, with above average athleticism
He needs to play in those open runs at UCLA with the real NBA players because he's not getting better playing against these scrubs. He needs to challenge himself and play against the elites. "If it doesn't challenge you, you won't change!!!"
He probably does bro stop making assumptions
A dunk contest
Lowering his shoulder into the defence would be a charging call 90% of the time
Greater wealth of knowledge and experience of the game. Simplicity in his movements. Timing and spacing down to a tee. It’s just that at his level he’s not the top of the pack due to the others being better.
The thing with playing against someone like this, semi professional or pro, or just a really good basketball player is even if you actually stay level with him, stay close, play good defense, he usually just swishes the shot like you weren't even there, like it's him alone in the gym! That's when you get it, OK, I'm no factor in here 😂
I didn't know he was from Yakima lol I guess I'm a Beauchamp fan now
Do an NBA player vs a RUclips commenter. They know more than the pros.
🤣🤣
I remember playing against a D1 and got cooked like that while dude was on a phone call with earphones in
Chuck: dribble dribble dribble
I played against Jamaal Charles the cheifs running back when he was rehabbing from an injury. The pure athleticism was impressive and the dude didn't even play basketball for a living.
Thing is hes probably only going 60 percent at most
0:23 starts the first highlight with a carry.
0:27 travel, picked up pivot foot
1:19 travel (or if they are playing NBA rules, no travel [the first step would be a gather step])
1:25 carry
1:26 travel - (4 steps with the gather)
1:32 carry
2:26 travel - possession was established when he underhanded the ball (and stopped his dribble)..then afterward left foot, right, left, therefore travel.
2:53 interference or technical foul (not sure which) for grabbing the rim with the non-dunking hand
3:07 travel prior to release of the ball
3:24 😂technical foul for handing on the rim
There were likely a lot more carries, but because of the camera angle, I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
There were potentially a few more travels, but because he sort of was jumping off of two feet , I gave him the benefit of the doubt. They were sort of step jumps, where both feet weren't on the ground at the same time.
His game fits in perfectly with the NBA, where they they don't call travels and carries, even though they are violations according to their own rules.
its a pickup game not an official game💀
@@joemama-nq9ve it's a pickup game of adults, not 2nd graders. If you're not going to play by the rules, why not take 8 steps?
Checked the first 5 of your "observations". Mostly sh*t calls. Stopped there. Get another life homie, you aren't good at being an online referee
Your friends gave up including you in pickup basketball years ago, didn't they
@@Set_Your_Handlle No, we actually play every week and I literally just got done sending a group text about a scheduling issue a minute ago.
Basketball has rules. That's why people don't take eight steps and are required to dribble the ball. I'd assume an NBA player doesn't need to break the rules in most of his plays in order to beat "normal hoopers". I'd hope you could agree to that rather than normalizing sloppy play that even middle schoolers shouldn't be doing and that good second graders don't do.
2:50 dunk is illegal right? Or do I just not know basketball 😅
it's legal lol
@@Assistint look at in again and see his hand grip the rim first
Some of those guys don’t need their shirts off 😂
Nobody could get up there with him.Someone thought they had a steal,he took it right back!
How good would he be if he was reduced in height by 6 or more inches?????
Still elite but not nba
Still in the league cause he’s got good handle, he’s a good shooter, and he’s athletic
Ask Muggsy Bogues, or Michael Adams, or Isaiah Thomas, or Jose Barea, or Damon Stoudamire, or Calvin Murphy, or Spud Webb, or Nate Robinson, or Monte Towe, and Earl Boykins. BALLERS all of them and still more not listed.
Wouldn’t look like that against me
He has his head down the whole time. Overdribbles. Doesn't use screens or pass to the open man. He would have problems against an organized defense. I played with one pro player in the 60's. I was just a kid. He didn't look that amazing but he made the pass, set the screen, took the offensive charge and went to the open spot on the court. Put the two of them together and you have a star.
travels all over the place and the handles aren't the best...just sayin
The glazing is crazy
This is like playing kickball against toddlers.
This feels like when the gated community kids pop out in the malnourished this is all we got for joy courts for content😭😭😭
😂😂😂
Really levels to this sheesh
To be able to play in the nba you have to be a monster, and in there are monsters between Monsters
To be fair, your local gym's hooper is not 6'7" lol
he is here in LA. Or rather he claims 6'7 but is more like 6'5 on a good day. Hoopers inflate by 1.5/2 inches
"What an NBA hooper looks like against normal people" ... about a foot taller.
No way you were close to my hometown!
Bro is an NBA player but still don't know about passing that was utilized since Naismith created this game
The “oh my god!” Is ammature.. just play your hardest.. giving up because he’s better than you or beats you on a couple possessions is exactly the only reason he became better than you.
Does anyone know what shoes he’s hooping in?
Basketball shoes I think
The man was 3 feet taller than everybody else and he traveled and carried at least 4 times. But point taken we all know nba players are better than your average joe
I’m not remotely surpassing that he dominated. What I found interesting was how fundamental and controlled he played. Not to mention how easy he makes dunking look.
That man was out there serving potato salad
He is probably going at 50% effort because an injury could mean his career is done seeing as he is an NBA bench player getting limited minutes lol
Sometimes people need to see the difference.
I do pretty much the same…except miss the shots
they look so defeated every time he scores
Idk about the term hoopers being used with them. That's YMCA rec league caliber out there. Im 21ing them in less than 5 minutes. Straight warmup talent
He was playing at 1% and still by far better than anyone else out there
It's crazy people are surprised that practicing something 2+ hours a day for 10 straight years makes you really really good at the thing you practiced
Fr, this isn’t surprising at all
If that was the case it should be easy to go pro right? But clearly thats not the case you still need to be the cream of the crop
that's a dumb logic
bro thinks anyone practicing 2 hours a day will go pro
@@YHWHsam I'll pay $1,000 right now if you tell me where in any of my previous comments I said anything about going pro.
Ppl forget these dudes 6’4 to 6’10 doing these moves they copy from
Personally, I just saw
1. a bunch of terrible ball handling.
2. A reluctance to go right off the dribble
With sprinkles of physicality & a big body using its size well
he looks uncoordinated but hes so athletic and knows how to use his body. An uncoordinated I mean by like college standards.
Now imagine playing against a prime Allen Iverson or T-Mac.
Who is he???
And we live in a world where regular dudes on cable talk about Lebron not that good everyday.
Must feel good to be king of the gym.
He travels like an NBA player too.
It’s all clean steps bud
@@ry_an. - Count again, my friend. : ]
I think it was Brian Scalibrene who said it best after he destroyed a self proclaimed “great” street baller… “You’re just as far from me as I am from LeBron.”
Actually what he said was "I'm closer to Lebron than you are to me"...Legendary!
Man forget about the nba, trying going up against a d1 bench player
Let me guard him
I feel like he traveled on some of these?