@timothwc2 ehh he’s better than 99.999% to at very best 99.9999% of basketball players but def not 99.999999999% of players, technically Jordan isn’t even that lol.
The dude went to multiple finals and won a championship, made $10s of millions of dollars, got a cool nickname and got a cult following. I'd say he did good for himself.
I think his legacy will always be that he owned being the face of a "bad NBA player" and educated all of us on how high of a level the NBA is, that even garbage-time players in the NBA are still so incomprehensibly good at basketball that they would destroy any of us. And hey, he'll be remembered. "I don't suck at basketball. I suck compared to Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook. Those guys are pretty fuckin good. But no. . .YOU SUCK COMPARED TO ME." --Brian Scalabrine.
He's got the size, footwork, and soft touch around the rim to make him basically impossible to defend unless you're like, a similar sized NBA level player yourself.
@@binkyboy8I just rewatched Jon Bois's video on Steve Jeltz's 2 HR game where he puts Jeltz (the last useless utility infielder in MLB history) in the 99.9% of all baseball players. He sucked compared to Barry Bonds, but he's still light years better than anyone else who couldn't make The Show.
If you play 10 years in the nba, you're a hell of a good player: fact. Scal was a reliable sub, smart guy, and extremely good teammate. You can't hate the white mamba
That’s the one thing. Some GM who knows more than us all here together saw his 1st few years and decided to sign him for some more years. And then another one did it again after that. They would all be happy to cut a bust of payroll and out of the roster.
Agreed. He was damn good defender. He had a roll and it wasn't to score. He was there to help the scorers score and defend. Why is this so hard to understand? He would drop 30 on any rec league without trying.
Scal proved that a willingness to embrace his role 110% is all it takes to build a lasting career in the NBA (as well as become a fan-favorite). He knew he wasn't a superstar, so he worked to become the best benchwarming teammate on any team he played for.
i met him at a bulls celtics game last year. legendary guy, went to the fans section and got a ton of pictures with fans, i even got one. probably the most famous dude i’ll ever meet LMAO
He wasn’t anywhere as bad as people like to say he was. He was a decent role player & a great teammate, there’s a reason everyone he played with loved him.
As bad as people say wtf r u on about? The whole thing was fans joking how great he was. Idk if I ever seen a single person call him bad. Maybe people thought it. But it was jokes about him being the best ever
I’m a die hard Celtics fan and I remember in 2010 doc put Scal in the game only for 1 possession, in the finals against the Lakers, on an extremely important defensive possession and he did good. He did the assignment… And then Doc immediately took him out😂 But nah I got love for my boy Scal💪🏻
I love that this guy knew his weaknesses and embraced his role - but that he still has enough pride and skill to ball up the various trash talking scrubs he comes across.
I saw a video with him, where he said that he loves when people talk smack to him in pick up games. He looks at them, and says, "I'm closer to Lebron in skill than you are to me." And ya know what? He's right.
He played on an NBA team, even it was for a few minutes a game. He was chosen to play for really good teams at the time which also says a lot about well he fit in with people around him. He did what 99% of people will never get to do, and can only dream of doing. He is no scrub.
By virtue of making the NBA and playing in at least one game I think it's pretty clear that he's in the top 4700 players to have ever played the game. That he had a ten year career I think puts him even higher than that.
You could argue that since the average nba career is 4,5 years, we was much, much higher. Probably far above the average since he remained so long in the league, so maybe even top 2000. People always forget basketball is a team game. That means hiding your weaknesses, and taking advantage of theirs. Scal could defend well enough, but was not enough of a threat. However, his edge was not being a liability, and helping the team. In drills he could probably hang in there, which means he could beat some, or some sometimes.
Great story. It's incredibly difficult to get paid playing ball anywhere, in any sport. Anyone just picked up by an NBA team deserves real respect. Someone who played long years, for millions of dollars... Yeah, who among us common folk can legitimately sneer at that? Common folk = anyone who never got paid by a pro club.
Love his quote where he told some of those guys he was facing in the 1on1s: “I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me.” And it’s sooo true. The worst pro in a sport such an unbelievably elite player and I don’t know why that’s a difficult concept for some people
It's funny I'd never even heard of this guy while growing up in the south Puget Sound region myself back the in the mid-late 90's when he played at Enumclaw and Highline. It's probably because he kind of crept up slowly out of nowhere and was not exactly McDonalds All-American material as a high schooler or even D1 scholarship material at first. To go from barely getting any respect as a 10 or 11th grader on his high school's basketball team to a legit NBA role player is actually pretty amazing.
I think that high school basketball players that are good enough to play even in the Mid-major level of Division 1 basketball don't really get much hype because there's 4 or 5 more talented players in their region or state that will get all the hype, especially nationally.
I remember watching Scalabrine back when he was playing for USC. He was definitely a standout. Anyway, the fans LOVED the guy and he had a long career for a guy that didn't play a lot. To me, thats validation.
Scal is right, he is closer to LeBron than any of us to him. Say what you will, but he played 11 seasons in the league. I highly doubt many people can say that.
People seem to forget or just never realized in the first place that not only did he have an 11 years in the NBA he played 14 MPG in 520 games. You don't do that unless you are very very good at basketball.
Even though Brian Scalabrine wasn't that talented of an NBA player, he definitely had the harder job of staying in the NBA long term as a 11-15th roster spot player compared to a 7th or 8th man that plays 10-15 minutes a game for 70+ games a year. I would also love to play against him to see how much better he is than me in person.
Scal came to my elementry school in "10 i still have no idea why he came😂😂 but he was really nice and i thought he was the biggest human in the world in the third grade
Such a frustrating player to use in NBA Live/2K. So slow no handles no rebounding and not enough in shooting. Still fun in a meme sort of way. But hell of a career making it 10 in the league.
White Mamba was pretty good actually. At his peak, borderline rotation player for a bad team; but he was playing on top teams as a deep bench player instead.
“I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me” I’ll never forget this quote. He said “I suck compare to D rose D Wade.. you suck compared to me” and that’s 100
Good for Scal tho. He put the work in because he wanted to make pro and he accomplished that. That’s amazing. Most can’t say that. He also has been teammates with some absolute legendary ballers and he’s played for some big teams. He also played for a long time, and look at it how you may, he’s a fucking champ. He literally accomplished his goals. I also had the Scallenge lol
Yeah i have tons of respect for any nba player because it takes alot to get into the nba. Even a backup that never sees the court is 1000x better than the average man. I'd say they have been definitely successful in their life. 💯💯
At our local basketball tournaments the tallest players are usually around 6'4" to 6'6". One time there was a dude who was 6'9" that mostly relied on his size to score around the basket. I couldn't imagine trying to guard him if he had a jumper lol
He was a very good college player who got drafted in the second round in the NBA draft and lasted in the league for a dozen years About as good as the Collins twins now that I think about it
I remember Skal checking into a game and the announcers making fun of him. Like "oh here comes Skal's lockdown defense". First play he steals the ball from Kobe and takes it in for a layup! Announcers are silent.
Didn’t he play in the NBA for like 10 years? To me, that pretty much makes him better than 100% of us in the comments. If you get to play professionally, you’re less than 1% of athletes. It’s all relative. When you play professionally, you’re also playing against professionals and some of them the best to ever do it. It can skew our perspectives on someone being good or bad. Still, The worst NBA player is far better than all of us.
I remember Brian Scal from way back in 1996. He was part of an All-Star team made of players from WA state that played an All-Star team from Oregon. If you can make top 12 in WA state or any state, you have to be pretty good.
He's *FAR* from the worst NBA player of his era, let alone of all time. The average NBA career is 4.5 years. Scal did more than double that. Yeah, most bench players do not get playoff minutes, this isn't Little League. There aren't that many 6'9" guys who with a career eFG of .450.
He wasn't a bad player. His game against the Pistons in 2004 Eastern Conference semifinals Game 5 proves it wrong. He was great in his own right, just willing to be the 10th-12th man on the bench, wherever he went - and become a fan favorite.
I think the thing people respect the most about the White Mamba is that he doesn't pretend to be something he's not. He has a very realistic idea of his skills, which was that he was bottom of the pyramid in the NBA, but still had a long respectable career, and is probably better than 99% of players. He took the jokes about him not being very good as an NBA player pretty well. Gilbert Arenas is a better player, but he's always acting like he's hot shit and would kick Wilt Chamberlain's ass if he played in our era.
He made more playing a kid's game than most of us will ever make working a 9-5, brother. People like to clown on him and say he was an end of the bench scrub...joke's on you, suckers.
Subscribe or Scal will put you on a poster.
he's still better than 99.999999999% of basketball players
@timothwc2 ehh he’s better than 99.999% to at very best 99.9999% of basketball players but def not 99.999999999% of players, technically Jordan isn’t even that lol.
He's closer to LeBron than you are to him 😂
“I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me”~ White Mamba
Came to find this. Brian, played multiple years in the NBA. A lot of first round draft picks cannot say that.
Being 4th pick of the second round and making it 10 is crazy
Absolute GOAT quote
Real…
@@dochudson9393it’s a great quote! I wonder if he came up with that or maybe he’d heard something similar at in the past.
The dude went to multiple finals and won a championship, made $10s of millions of dollars, got a cool nickname and got a cult following. I'd say he did good for himself.
Unfortunately thanks to taxes he probably only made about 10 million dollars. Let's hope he made good investments.
@jlvp23. Taxation is theft. But un-ironically.
@@jlvp23 He is a boston sports analyst. He is good.
@@BHG4LKalilDaeShon Glad to hear it. Don't he work for the Big 3 after playing in it?
Nah he’s garbage
I think his legacy will always be that he owned being the face of a "bad NBA player" and educated all of us on how high of a level the NBA is, that even garbage-time players in the NBA are still so incomprehensibly good at basketball that they would destroy any of us. And hey, he'll be remembered. "I don't suck at basketball. I suck compared to Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook. Those guys are pretty fuckin good. But no. . .YOU SUCK COMPARED TO ME." --Brian Scalabrine.
Yup that’s the truth 💯
💯💯💯💯💯
He's got the size, footwork, and soft touch around the rim to make him basically impossible to defend unless you're like, a similar sized NBA level player yourself.
"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me."
-Big B
@@binkyboy8I just rewatched Jon Bois's video on Steve Jeltz's 2 HR game where he puts Jeltz (the last useless utility infielder in MLB history) in the 99.9% of all baseball players. He sucked compared to Barry Bonds, but he's still light years better than anyone else who couldn't make The Show.
He played more minutes in the NBA Finales, than Carmelo Anthony.
That shit hit hard. I almost wanted to be hurt by it for Melo.
Ooooooooooh!
Watching him cook young college players after he was already old and retired demonstrates the levels.
If you play 10 years in the nba, you're a hell of a good player: fact.
Scal was a reliable sub, smart guy, and extremely good teammate. You can't hate the white mamba
That’s the one thing. Some GM who knows more than us all here together saw his 1st few years and decided to sign him for some more years. And then another one did it again after that.
They would all be happy to cut a bust of payroll and out of the roster.
Facts 💯
Agreed. He was damn good defender. He had a roll and it wasn't to score. He was there to help the scorers score and defend. Why is this so hard to understand? He would drop 30 on any rec league without trying.
@@larsmenken2679not just one GM, multiple GMs thought he was worth a roster spot. He played for 3 different NBA teams.
@mattpytlak And people forget it's more than just NBA games, but probably Hella teammate outside the game
Scal proved that a willingness to embrace his role 110% is all it takes to build a lasting career in the NBA (as well as become a fan-favorite). He knew he wasn't a superstar, so he worked to become the best benchwarming teammate on any team he played for.
Being 6’9” athletic , with a soft touch helps too
i met him at a bulls celtics game last year. legendary guy, went to the fans section and got a ton of pictures with fans, i even got one. probably the most famous dude i’ll ever meet LMAO
What if u become more famous than him, never know !
Lol you should come to La, there’s like 10 nba players that go to my local gym XD
You are closer to Brian than we are to you
The GOAT
Scal so good the NBA wouldn't let him play
NBA favors LeBron too much. They need to keep Scal out so LeBron has a chance
He wasn’t anywhere as bad as people like to say he was. He was a decent role player & a great teammate, there’s a reason everyone he played with loved him.
Don’t defend him he’s ass and probably the worst player ever
As bad as people say wtf r u on about? The whole thing was fans joking how great he was. Idk if I ever seen a single person call him bad. Maybe people thought it. But it was jokes about him being the best ever
His unathletic white guy appearance is really what people were making fun of
Yeah, he provided a very positive locker room presence. That counts for a lot.
Anyone who actually got playing time in the nba should never get a “how bad were they” video
Played 10+ years in the NBA. Enough said. Respect.
He could’ve been the greatest of all time but didn’t want the spotlight. Humble GOAT
Absolutely not true he’s just bad and can’t even be a starter your so stupid
W
Just like Enes Kanter Freedom.
"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me"-the White Mamba
He played 11 seasons. That is a success imo.
I’m a die hard Celtics fan and I remember in 2010 doc put Scal in the game only for 1 possession, in the finals against the Lakers, on an extremely important defensive possession and he did good. He did the assignment…
And then Doc immediately took him out😂
But nah I got love for my boy Scal💪🏻
Scalabrine was the first player to score scillion points in a single season just insane🤯
I love that this guy knew his weaknesses and embraced his role - but that he still has enough pride and skill to ball up the various trash talking scrubs he comes across.
Man lived his dream!💪👏
He did and I like dude.
The scallenge is one of the greatest things I've seen basketball related
I saw a video with him, where he said that he loves when people talk smack to him in pick up games. He looks at them, and says, "I'm closer to Lebron in skill than you are to me." And ya know what? He's right.
He played on an NBA team, even it was for a few minutes a game. He was chosen to play for really good teams at the time which also says a lot about well he fit in with people around him. He did what 99% of people will never get to do, and can only dream of doing. He is no scrub.
Say whatever you want about this fella, but at the end of the day, dude put in the work and got rewarded.
Hats off to that.
Bro how do you not have that many subscribers?!?! Your content is seriously amazing!
he was on less than 5k subs for a long ass time, swish is a true grinder like the white mamba!
Preciate you boys
Agreed. He's good. I go to Swish and Arnett for my NBA fill.
Bro is more iconic than most other players 100% more talented than him. Scal is a legend lmao
The Boston legend, he really was our mascot on the Celtics
Hmph. He was a Nets legend first.
@@jonahfalcon1970and he’s on the Celtics pre game and post game shows as well as announcing for the Celtics. “Hmph”.
@@jonahfalcon1970Did he win a chip with the Nets? Oh wait.... nobody has. Not even the White Mamba.
@@cranekraken24 *plonk* and you vanish, just like that.
My lecturer went to Highline with Brian and said that he is a very hardworking with positive attitude
By virtue of making the NBA and playing in at least one game I think it's pretty clear that he's in the top 4700 players to have ever played the game. That he had a ten year career I think puts him even higher than that.
You could argue that since the average nba career is 4,5 years, we was much, much higher. Probably far above the average since he remained so long in the league, so maybe even top 2000. People always forget basketball is a team game. That means hiding your weaknesses, and taking advantage of theirs. Scal could defend well enough, but was not enough of a threat. However, his edge was not being a liability, and helping the team. In drills he could probably hang in there, which means he could beat some, or some sometimes.
He'd wipe the floor with the dude that wipes your local floor. There are levels.
He has made the point that he might not be better than a lot of NBA players but he is better than the haters are!
Great story. It's incredibly difficult to get paid playing ball anywhere, in any sport. Anyone just picked up by an NBA team deserves real respect. Someone who played long years, for millions of dollars... Yeah, who among us common folk can legitimately sneer at that? Common folk = anyone who never got paid by a pro club.
Love his quote where he told some of those guys he was facing in the 1on1s: “I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me.” And it’s sooo true. The worst pro in a sport such an unbelievably elite player and I don’t know why that’s a difficult concept for some people
It's funny I'd never even heard of this guy while growing up in the south Puget Sound region myself back the in the mid-late 90's when he played at Enumclaw and Highline. It's probably because he kind of crept up slowly out of nowhere and was not exactly McDonalds All-American material as a high schooler or even D1 scholarship material at first. To go from barely getting any respect as a 10 or 11th grader on his high school's basketball team to a legit NBA role player is actually pretty amazing.
I think that high school basketball players that are good enough to play even in the Mid-major level of Division 1 basketball don't really get much hype because there's 4 or 5 more talented players in their region or state that will get all the hype, especially nationally.
I remember watching Scalabrine back when he was playing for USC. He was definitely a standout. Anyway, the fans LOVED the guy and he had a long career for a guy that didn't play a lot. To me, thats validation.
yall gotta remember, hes closer to lebron than you are to him
This^
Cap
Damn that's humbling af
What a quote!
@@jer8279 no it ain’t
The white mamba!
He was a poor man's Larry Bird
He was not a poor man's Larry Bird- he was a STARVING man's Larry Bird 😂
He had multiple finals “trillion” stat lines. Legendary. Ginger Mamba!
Scal is right, he is closer to LeBron than any of us to him. Say what you will, but he played 11 seasons in the league. I highly doubt many people can say that.
People seem to forget or just never realized in the first place that not only did he have an 11 years in the NBA he played 14 MPG in 520 games. You don't do that unless you are very very good at basketball.
The only man to do a 3pt fadeaway dunk
I remember the first half when f his career. He was solid and reliable and legitimately closer to LeBron than his haters will ever be to him.
Even though Brian Scalabrine wasn't that talented of an NBA player, he definitely had the harder job of staying in the NBA long term as a 11-15th roster spot player compared to a 7th or 8th man that plays 10-15 minutes a game for 70+ games a year. I would also love to play against him to see how much better he is than me in person.
You can’t hate Scal. Dudes a certified baller
He was a bench specialist who played for over a decade. He was doing something right😂.
Scal came to my elementry school in "10 i still have no idea why he came😂😂 but he was really nice and i thought he was the biggest human in the world in the third grade
love your stuff, keep cranking these out.
Such a frustrating player to use in NBA Live/2K. So slow no handles no rebounding and not enough in shooting. Still fun in a meme sort of way.
But hell of a career making it 10 in the league.
Use as a myplayer and you'll see😁💪
He would done very well in this modern era. Even back then I did not consider him to be a bad player.
He was a bad NBA player. But he WAS an NBA player.
Scal knew his role and he played it well
White Mamba was pretty good actually. At his peak, borderline rotation player for a bad team; but he was playing on top teams as a deep bench player instead.
He's actually a really great one on one player. Even KG said he's the one guy he least wanted to play one on one against during practices.
Hard work and humility can take you a long way
Scal is one of the greatest free agent signings in Celtics history
“I’m closer to Lebron than you are to me” I’ll never forget this quote. He said “I suck compare to D rose D Wade.. you suck compared to me” and that’s 100
Number one reason NBA teams wanted him: He was among the 300-400 best players in the world.
he's the only player who gets paid on free throws
dude played 11 seasons in the NBA, he has to be good that 11 years worth of people couldn't replace him
Good for Scal tho. He put the work in because he wanted to make pro and he accomplished that. That’s amazing. Most can’t say that. He also has been teammates with some absolute legendary ballers and he’s played for some big teams. He also played for a long time, and look at it how you may, he’s a fucking champ. He literally accomplished his goals. I also had the Scallenge lol
Yeah i have tons of respect for any nba player because it takes alot to get into the nba. Even a backup that never sees the court is 1000x better than the average man. I'd say they have been definitely successful in their life. 💯💯
If he'd played baseball in the 1920's he would be considered the best athlete in history
White Mamba was so good he made people think he was awful. That was the genius of the White Mamba.
Low Key GOAT. 😂
Honestly, I bet he was a great practice squad player. Probably brought intensity against the starters, which helps them stay sharp
The White Manba "Compared to Lebron I'm shit . U compared to me im Lebron" 💯💯💯
At our local basketball tournaments the tallest players are usually around 6'4" to 6'6". One time there was a dude who was 6'9" that mostly relied on his size to score around the basket. I couldn't imagine trying to guard him if he had a jumper lol
Dude could still play in most professional leagues now at 46 with some conditioning and smoke guys half his age. Dude, he's fucking NBA level.
Lmaoo this is when trolling became a thing , mainly when he was on the Celtics
scal, many listen to you on the radio and we love your take on the NBA.
He maxed it out. I respect it.
And if your not willing to fight, you can't play!
Hilarious how people who maliciously make fun of him aren’t even on his radar. They aren’t even NPCs in the White Mamba’s life.
He was a very good college player who got drafted in the second round in the NBA draft and lasted in the league for a dozen years
About as good as the Collins twins now that I think about it
"The passion was there, the talent was not"
White Mamba , legendary
You can't shit on the goat, he's had more success than probably everybody here.
I remember Skal checking into a game and the announcers making fun of him. Like "oh here comes Skal's lockdown defense".
First play he steals the ball from Kobe and takes it in for a layup!
Announcers are silent.
The fact he was in the nba for 10 years proves he would beat 95% the planet one on one
Scal had some sick games as a Net, and then on the Celtics and as a spot-starter for KG whenever KG got hurt
Didn’t he play in the NBA for like 10 years? To me, that pretty much makes him better than 100% of us in the comments. If you get to play professionally, you’re less than 1% of athletes.
It’s all relative. When you play professionally, you’re also playing against professionals and some of them the best to ever do it. It can skew our perspectives on someone being good or bad. Still, The worst NBA player is far better than all of us.
If I learned one thing from the movie Glory Road it's that "bad means good".
He leveraged what talent he did have and became a multi-millionaire.
Bingo!
The last player who sits on an NBA bench right now, would destroy 99.9% of humanity in 1v1 and maybe that 0.1% left is also too much.
I remember Brian Scal from way back in 1996. He was part of an All-Star team made of players from WA state that played an All-Star team from Oregon. If you can make top 12 in WA state or any state, you have to be pretty good.
He's *FAR* from the worst NBA player of his era, let alone of all time. The average NBA career is 4.5 years. Scal did more than double that. Yeah, most bench players do not get playoff minutes, this isn't Little League. There aren't that many 6'9" guys who with a career eFG of .450.
People dont realize that the majority of NBA players dont last more than three years in the league. This dude lasted 10.
I listen to the guy on NBA radio every morning, the dude is a really smart basketball mind.
Baddest man to ever lace it up 😂
Brother, put some RESPECT on the White Mamba's name!
How dare you question the 🐐
and to think that thanasis is trying to take this mans legacy away, the audacity of that man.
He made the NBA so he’s better than most 🤷
Where’s the Tony snell video 😭😭
White Mamba and Black Mamba are somewhat different but both Deadly.😅
He is a great team player. 😊
He wasn't a bad player. His game against the Pistons in 2004 Eastern Conference semifinals Game 5 proves it wrong. He was great in his own right, just willing to be the 10th-12th man on the bench, wherever he went - and become a fan favorite.
There are no professional basketball players that are bad basketball players.
Blood all over the court!:The farther you go back the more dangerous the game was!
I think the thing people respect the most about the White Mamba is that he doesn't pretend to be something he's not. He has a very realistic idea of his skills, which was that he was bottom of the pyramid in the NBA, but still had a long respectable career, and is probably better than 99% of players. He took the jokes about him not being very good as an NBA player pretty well. Gilbert Arenas is a better player, but he's always acting like he's hot shit and would kick Wilt Chamberlain's ass if he played in our era.
I wish he had gotten more opportunity during his career. He’d probably be a serviceable rotation 3-and-D big in today.
He made more playing a kid's game than most of us will ever make working a 9-5, brother. People like to clown on him and say he was an end of the bench scrub...joke's on you, suckers.