Random NBA Journeymen you saw shoot around or street ball and destroy guys

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Something tells me Julius Hodge is out here making dudes stop and watch

 

[keond]

I hooped with Reece Gaines about 5 years ago. That nikka was insatiable. If you would have told me he was Kobe, i would have believed that shyt

 

[Goatpoacher]

Lol using about me being in college, when I'm in law school as we speak.

Why? Why would you taint such an honorable profession with your presence?

 

[HalfwayHandsome]

I hooped with Reece Gaines about 5 years ago. That nikka was insatiable. If you would have told me he was Kobe, i would have believed that shyt

I SEEN HIM NOT TOO LONG AGO.... I REMEMBER HIM AND D WADE USED TO BATTLE IN COLLEGE

 

[HalfwayHandsome]

Quincy Douby.

I was at the old Big East shootout finals, and Rutgers was practicing/warming up for the Big East tourney at the old basketball city, right where we were having our knockout round. After we shot for the chance to shoot in the finals at MSG - we started playing some pickup. The game was basically filled with pickup gym rats from each respective big east school... intramural all american types.

Quincy had been watching us shoot around, and providing commentary... Like this gem: "Ay Coach, this N*gga shoot like Quincy Douby! "

And eventually, when his practice wrapped, and players were gathering their gear to head the to bus... he was like "TAG ME IN" and jumped in the pickup run.

Now, let me tell you, I had walked on at school, so I knew what it was like to play against some d1 players, these guys... I guess they maybe weren't...


Because... this dude ...

...Was not a joke at all. Jumpers from 30+ wet, three straight possessions. Had these shootout contestants like .

Then he put one guy in the mixer at like midcourt, left him reaching for air and stumbling... and - I shyt you not - right after he shook my man up, his coached yelled for him, so he just stopped the ball dead in the middle of the court and jogged off, tagged himself back out.

I was dying. These kids were not ready. I'll still hit a three in my Y league games and yell "QUINCY DOUBY " just to see if anybody else even recognizes the name.


I got a bunch more, including a few female players giving grown men work...

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[jaguar paw]

Earl Boykins is a backyard legend.

He used have nikkas lined around the block to play him one on one.

One of the fastest players I have ever seen.

He would've been a decorated NBA player if he was 6'3 or better.

 

[K-ZOE]

Josh Selby. Saw him play at a pro-am game in Bmore a couple years ago and he was giving Brandon Jennings that work. Josh was straight up looking like D Rose or Westbrook out there....

Gary Neal kills every time I see him playing summer/street ball...

Saw a guy named Cedric Henderson who played for the Cavs in the pre-Lebron era looking like a man among boys at the Rucker...

I went to an HBCU in the early 90's. Darrell Armstrong went to Fayetteville State. That nikka came to our school and was looking like Jordan....

 

[Primetime21]

I got a bunch more, including a few female players giving grown men work...

I've seen top high school female prospects administer that work to grown men so I definitely believe this

 

[Shogun]

Football, and only semi related, but...

Kyle and Ian McIntosh played for my high school. Dudes were beasts, noone could stop them

http://www.nhregister.com/general-n...otball-sets-state-record-for-consecutive-wins

Anyway, they had their little stint in the NFL but didn't do much. Ian ended up coaching back it the same high school, standing on the sidlines next to townies who also coached.

That pro sports life is ruthless brehs

 

[MsBigHead]

didnt a guy on here say he saw shannon brown at a park and ended up taking his girl and winning a pick up game ... I think it was that tranny-loving dude

 

[*Hulks Up*]

Oh yea Ira newbie could have been a Southfield high legend

I don't really get out to the Yspilanti/Canton are much but I was at Basketball City off of Haggerty and Ira and some other guy who was a UMD Titan I guess (I didn't recognize him but damn near everyone else knew who he was) and these two were absolutely killing it!

 

[KingJudah]

Dajuan Wagner at the Camden YMCA near Rutgers campus.

nikka was shytting on everyone something serious.

 

[I.V.]

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I've seen top high school female prospects administer that work to grown men so I definitely believe this

I was at a Y in NYC a few years back when Teresa Weatherspoon and a few of her younger teammates/friends showed up. It was her and two Amazonians (no 'cism) both in the 6-4ish range, and long, with their nails done-up looking like Jackson Pollock just got done with them. They were like bedazzled Wolverines, .

Now I've got a WNBA player in the family, and I've played with a couple of high-end D1 women's players. So I'm aware of the talent level. It pretty much breaks down like this:

All-Star Types:
Guards are VERY VERY quick, have nice handle, and can shoot the lights out. They're obviously not very physical, but they can hound the ball on some pabhoe prigioni, shyt.
Bigs: Usually Pretty Agile, with decent touch. Obviously athleticism/physiology bars most from catching a bang on you... but they'll hit you with that butt, and throw a baby hook up over you, lookin like

General Pros/Good D1 players that end up overseas.
Guards: Still very quick, still can shoot, still pesky defenders, but less likely to be able to finish around the basket against men, probably doing more pull-up jumpers and moving the ball around. Plus running the break, they're in shape.
Bigs: Usually clumsier, can shoot out to 15-18 feet, and will (unless they're the husky white girl types) run the floor all day. Plus they're smart enough to catch you sleeping off the ball, and cut back door for layups. They're pros afterall.


Anyway, so I've set the scene. Weatherspoon shows up with two lanky forward types - pros but not stars - and calls next-next. It's an average pickup day at the Y, not chock full of stars, but guys that play a few times a week, and are all in the 23-34 range. Anyway, once a team of chicks show up, the energy ramps up. People recognize Weatherspoon (not the other two ) and they're excited to try to boogie on a WNBA legend. I walked in about the same time she did, so I end up on the squad and figure - well at least I know they can run, pass and shoot.

Not everyone was giving that same kind of respect. Guys are laughing and chuckling immediately, talking that, "Quick game, who's got next after this? Warm up quick ."

This one average former-small-school-varsity-Legend types matches up with Weatherspoon, and first possession, drops his shoulder, bullies her, and finishes a layup. Runs back on defense yelling "Shutout" Weatherspoon comes down, pulls from 4-5 feet behind the line. Dude wasn't even in his defense stance yet. Buries it. From there... she starts going IN. He comes down, tries a crossover, she picks it quickly, goes down, another 3. "I get paid to do this, you had to pay to do this." Next possession, he tries to press up on her, and she's talking to him as he's reaching for steals, and trying to get physical... "Don't watch the ball, don't watch the ball..." She's fending him off with a hip, and a forearm, and basically baits him into reaching, when he does, she spins off, as he doubles back to recover, she stops on a dime like she's pulling up, he lunges, and she lets out a loud "HAAAAAAAAA YEAH RIGHT! " Leaves him in the dust again... points at him, shoots an 18 foot fall away, barely even looks at the hoop as she's doing it. He's furious, comes back down, tries to lower the shoulder into her, and she pulls the chair... dude eats it, and "hurts his shoulder" and calls for a sub.

Then 'Spoon hits him with... " bytches ain't shyt."

Sweet mother of Diplomats. He got blammed with that Blammer.

I was . Gym was . 'Spoon was.

His team was basically demoralized by it, the Glamazon's blocked shots on the next two possessions, filled the lanes, and finished by clapping the backboard.

18-2 Worse than a Shutout.

Now I'm a realist, I know that if there had some D1 men, or some D3 men, even... or anybody that's talented and over 6-4ish. It would have been a different story. But the thing you have to remember, is - for the most part - the average male basketball player, who's decent, maybe even a good enough athlete to catch a few dunks... still can't play defense. Until you've been coached at the college level, you have no idea of how to position yourself, the kind of footwork you need, anything... and she was just PREYING on that. She attacked his front-foot every time, waited for him to shift his bodyweight, and just left him in the other direction... she was a pro. I'm proud enough to feel like I would have held up much better against her - but I know that I don't have next level quickness... never did. And she wasn't Tyson Wheeler or anything [ed. note if you got that reference] but she was quicker than most.

That dude came back to the Y like twice... but caught so many 's from us... he ended up quitting his membership and joining a different gym.

 

[Primetime21]

This one average former-small-school-varsity-Legend types matches up with Weatherspoon, and first possession, drops his shoulder, bullies her, and finishes a layup. Runs back on defense yelling "Shutout" Weatherspoon comes down, pulls from 4-5 feet behind the line. Dude wasn't even in his defense stance yet. Buries it. From there... she starts going IN. He comes down, tries a crossover, she picks it quickly, goes down, another 3. "I get paid to do this, you had to pay to do this." Next possession, he tries to press up on her, and she's talking to him as he's reaching for steals, and trying to get physical... "Don't watch the ball, don't watch the ball..." She's fending him off with a hip, and a forearm, and basically baits him into reaching, when he does, she spins off, as he doubles back to recover, she stops on a dime like she's pulling up, he lunges, and she lets out a loud

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[h2o_proof]

ya'll talking about journeymen, what about old nikkas. How about I still see Calvin Murphy, who is 65 damn years old still give dudes that work! I ain't talking about just shooting either, although he can hit consecutive free throws for about an hour straight. I'm talking about stop and pop, old man crossovers (the kind where you don't dribble between your legs,lol) and layups. He don't get tired either. I honestly believe he could give any NBA team a good 3-5min a night, 4-6 points.

Matter of fact, you go up and down the Rockets organization of retirees you could put together a nice squad. Hakeem at 50 would still be a top 10 center in the league today, he's beastly the few times I saw him at the gym. It's almost unfair for him to hoop with regular dudes, I think working out NBA bigs in the summer time keeps him sharp. Moses Malone too! My god! This old man here. On the journey man side, Matt Bullard would give most regular cats the blues with his jumper. And although his lanky ass never posted up a day in his life in the NBA, don't think he won't put that Shaqnosis on the average big guy at the local gym.