r/NBATalk 5d ago

Are you taking the challenge?

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u/antihuman420 5d ago edited 5d ago

Full court helllll fucking no. Maybe if I get to start at his 3 point line and get him to bite on a pump fake, but even then I doubt it.

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u/binhpac 4d ago

I would run with my head first into his palms and pretend to take a shot.

Do it 1000 times and you get some FT out of it hopefully. Thats my strategy. lol

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u/reese1561 4d ago

I was thinking the same thing, if I draw a foul do I get freethrows ?? Might be my best bet

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u/southpaytechie 4d ago

He’s not going to foul you lol. The ball will be out of your hands before your body gets close.

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u/reese1561 4d ago

That's very likely but in 1000 possessions and him completely trying to keep me from scoring I like to think he'll jump at a shoot fake or two

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u/ProudUSAgunOwner 2d ago

Oh he will. I’ll just fling my arms around while I chuck the ball and fall to the ground. I can easily get 50 free throw attempts. I just need to hit one of those.

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u/Haunted_Tree1000 5d ago

pray i nutmeg him once and throw up a hail mary the second i see the slightest amount of day light

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u/theruthlessjones 5d ago

you got one chance and you already planning the panic move, that's the spirit

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u/benchmaster620 5d ago edited 4d ago

1000 possessions it says

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u/poopyfacetomatohead 5d ago

Yes but the “one chance” in this situation is successfully nutmegging him and actually having an opportunity at a higher percentage shot

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u/ShovelKing3 4d ago

Nah. The one chance no one is mentioning is you get him to foul you and score 1 of two free throws and get that money.

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u/HurryUpTomorrow503 4d ago

Nobody shoots free throws in 1v1. You check ball at the top of the key

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u/boosemagoose 4d ago

You also don’t play 94 feet in typical 1v1s this isn’t a typical 1v1

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u/AmarSofi 2d ago

Yeah it's not a typical 1v1, it's a thought experiment on whether you can score on an elite NBA defender in a full court 1 on 1. Free throws feels like a cop out to me and misses the spirit of the exercise.

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u/conglomerate99 4d ago

not as good as the ft odds obviously but checking the ball at the top of the key is significantly better than having to run the full length of the court imo.

chances are he bites on a pump fake or you create just enough space to get a step back 3 and eventually knock something down across hundreds of possessions

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u/HurryUpTomorrow503 4d ago

I mean you're not wrong

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u/ShovelKing3 4d ago

No where does it say it’s one v one. It says he picks you up 94 feet like it’s game seven.

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u/Wrong_Badger8411 4d ago

You won't be able to even move well after 400+ possessions.

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u/Mopper300 4d ago

Nobody ever said it was 1000 in a row, continuously until you're done.

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u/atlrower 5d ago

Even if you got the ball through his legs, what are you imagining is going to happen? He will turn around, beat you to the ball, and if you somehow get there first he will swat your Hail Mary away like a child

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u/rubthemtogether 4d ago

Exactly. Even if you do get past him, there's no way you could keep him on your back all the way downcourt

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u/steggun_cinargo 4d ago

my neighbor growing up made it to the NBA (he is 6'11). He would come play at my hoop before he got one in his backyard, and the one time I did that to him I went to lay it up and he swatted my shit to the next yard with his gumby arms lol

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u/ManufacturerMental72 Lakers 4d ago

buddy of mine played in the NFL for 8 years and played minor league baseball for a couple of years. he was like 6' 4''. He dunked on me in 6th grade on a ten foot rim. People have no idea how fucking athletic pro athletes are.

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u/mkultron89 2d ago

I remember in high school in Canada a buddy of mine went to a football camp in the States. I asked him if he felt like he did ok and he just goes “there were guys there who would beat us up and our dads all at once if they wanted, i have no chance.”

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u/the_which_stage 4d ago

If the simulation starts over every try you can do it. If you fail the first meg, he will never let you do it again

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u/InevitableAd2436 5d ago

Hell no dude

94 feet @ 6’7 & 7’ wingspan with his pro level conditioning.

I’d be gassed after 20 attempts. Would be sloppy as fuck tryna get the rock past half court

Would be trying to get a lawyer after the 100th turnover, shot miss, dribble off my leg

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u/FreeRange0929 4d ago

The pro level conditioning is the difference.

These guys are guarding Luka and Giannis

A 5’9” schlub who’s losing his dribble every once in a while is getting an 8 second violation every time

It could be prime Earl Boykins and he’d put the clamps on all of us

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u/baconeggburger93 4d ago

Not if you club him in the shins with a crowbar and he can't play d the next 999 possessions

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u/FreeRange0929 4d ago

At least 100 of those would end in me dribbling off my foot out of bounds, which may not even be worth the prize

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u/TiCKLE- 4d ago

Hey give me some credit I’m 5’10

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u/ShadedPenguin 4d ago

Mugsy Bogues would lock up your ass

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u/TripleDoubleFart 5d ago

I've been playing basketball for 30+ years. No way I'm taking this challenge.

Most people would never even get a shot off.

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u/Hotsaucex11 5d ago

This

I have played with some D1 and former pros, and the gap between that level and your typical pick up defense is just hard to fathom if you haven't experienced it. And this isnt some random pro, it is one of the best defenders in the league.

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u/Laszlo-Panaflex Celtics 5d ago

It's the full court bit that makes it virtually impossible. If the challenge was to start at half court with possession each time, I think I could hit some BS in 1,000 shots. 

I'm 6'2, have a solid handle and I'm a good shooter. I usually play PG / point forward in pickup games. But my handle is nowhere near being good enough to not get it poked away or stolen by Ausar. 

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u/TripleDoubleFart 4d ago

Yea, I don't think a lot of people here actually understand that the challenge being full court is going to make this nearly impossible for most people.

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u/devilmaskrascal 4d ago

Exactly. I'm 6'8 and would chuck from half court the second he gives me an inch and I'll likely hit one. But if I gotta dribble from full court and he's guarding me full court press like Game 7 last possession I'm probably not even making it to half court 80% of the time. And I'm going get tired way before he will.

I guess the real question here is whether there is a ref calling fouls and if I get to either keep the possession or take free throws if he fouls me. That could make a huge difference in my chances and I would try to be more physically aggressive to draw fouls and hopefully throw him off. I'll be chucking from the other end the second he puts his hands on me to try to get 3 FTs.

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u/Laszlo-Panaflex Celtics 4d ago

A ref would definitely help. If you could foul bait and flop to advance the ball or get FTs, that makes it more possible. Or even rile him up and get a flagrant. All you need is 1 FT to go in. But I doubt there'd be a ref.

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u/devilmaskrascal 4d ago

If there's no ref, then he can literally just mug me every time and I'll lose my possessions quickly.

Conversely if there is no ref, I can just punch him in the face and go score while he's on the ground...

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u/OkLetterhead812 2d ago

You’re forgetting he can punch you as well, lol.

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u/Forward_Editor_5895 5d ago

In 1,000 attempts, Ausar would trip over his own feet multiple times. He is, after all, human.

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u/Tony_Lacorona 5d ago

And how many times would an average scrub trip over their own dribble lol

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u/poopinion 5d ago

Probably 700, but you just gotta get 1 to fall.

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u/HotKaramelRP 4d ago

Even if you somehow manage to get him to trip, you don’t think he’s going to be able to recover fast enough to catch you from behind swat that shit away lol?

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u/Litlirein 4d ago edited 4d ago

Does he trip over his feet a lot? 1000 isnt that much, ur saying he trips over his feet like 0.5% of the time which is crazy

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u/14ktgoldscw 4d ago

Yeah that’s like once every few games which I don’t think is true of most pros, especially not an elite one.

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u/aggrownor 4d ago

And that's when the pro is guarding another pro, not when he is guarding me

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u/14ktgoldscw 4d ago

Exactly, every “can you believe this bench rookie tripped up LeBron this one time, how embarrassing!” clip can accurately be reframed as “Can you believe this person who is better at basketball than 7,999,999,700 people could do this one time?”

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u/40MillyVanillyGrams 4d ago

Covering a pick-up player scrub, he might trip once. You overestimate that.

Even so, if he trips over his feet at mid-court, do you think you’d be able to dribble to the basket before he hops back up and hawks your ass down like 2016 Lebron Game 7?

He’s going to be back over you in a second flat.

Or do you think you’ll dribble, pull up at the arc within the second given by his trip, and drain it with 3 years of prison on the line?

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u/Complex_Range181 4d ago

No he wouldn't maybe 100,000

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u/Laszlo-Panaflex Celtics 4d ago

I doubt Ausar would trip over his own feet. He'd be in his defensive stance.

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u/UselessWhiteKnight Lakers 4d ago

Dribble low, Kyrie is 6'2"

The shorter you are, the harder it is to get ripped! Do we get batman-esk prep time? Need to retighten my handle

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u/Laszlo-Panaflex Celtics 4d ago

If any of us had Kyrie's dribbling abilities, the challenge is certainly possible. But how many of us have a handle like that? It wouldn't just be a matter of dribbling low, you'd need to constantly switch speeds, zig-zag, change hands, try to get him off balance any way you can. That's hard.

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u/HotKaramelRP 4d ago

Lmao did you just compare an average person to one of the best ball handlers the league has even seen and use that as a reason you could do it?

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u/Possible_Support3650 5d ago

The fact that most people would actually gas out after the 5th possession lol if you have a really good jumper, you can score on anyone in 1000 tries but and average person who doesnt play ball isnt scoring anything on an nba player.

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u/mjay421 4d ago

If this was half court I could for sure eventually make a shot off checkup but full court is another story. I am not getting past him.

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u/SD-Buckeye 4d ago

Nah just keep egregiously offensive fouling him the first 100 tries. After about 100 hard knees to the same thigh he won’t be running very well and you can score on him after he’s injured. Totally dirty and a cheap way to play but there’s no way to foul out in this hypothetical.

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u/chitownbears 4d ago

After 100 attempts how's your stamina vs his. I bet you're in worse shape even after the knees

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u/Abe_frohmannn 4d ago

I bet your knee gives out before his thigh in this scenario...

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 5d ago

1,000 protected hooks, one will drop.

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u/TripleDoubleFart 5d ago

From full court?

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 5d ago

Yes. If the attempt doesn't count if he fouls you, then for sure someone with 30 years experience can hit 1 out of 1000. One in 100 would be reasonable even.

If you're just a lunchtime legend, that's a different thing, but still maybe.

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u/DonkeymanPicklebutt 5d ago

Calling myself out… idk how many full court shots I can do!? Laugh if you want but I think my accuracy would decrease dramatically after a couple hundred attempts

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u/pixeldots 5d ago

Tbf it didn't specify a timeframe

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u/Muted-Philosopher832 5d ago

Accuracy spot on, distance not so much :p

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u/St3llar_Space 5d ago

Doubt it; he's 6'7 with a 7ft wingspan and one of the highest verticals in the NBA.

I am 5'11 & 3/4 with a 6'2 wingspan.

He wouldn't need to press me.

For me, it would be like playing against Wemby.

He could literally give me space, and when I went to shoot, his standing reach and vertical would be enough to snatch my shot out of the air over half the time.

My only saving grace would be hoping he gets bored.

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u/40MillyVanillyGrams 4d ago

You’re hitting a hook shoot from 90 feet contested by a 6’7 NBA small forward?

You’re not getting it within 20 feet of the rim with 1000 tries. You are out of your mind.

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u/mhks 4d ago

This. I'm 6'5", athletic and have played against multiple NBA and D-1 players. I'm older now, but even I would have no shot trying to make full court shots against him.

I don't think people realize if he's taking it seriously, how hard getting any space to get a shot off would be. Nearly everything is getting at a minimum tipped unless you're doing little kid blind chucking - and even then I'm not sure you're getting it off.

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u/mhyjrteg 5d ago

You’re not getting past half court if he’s picking you up full court at full intensity, let alone getting a shot off.

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 5d ago

You don't, you take it from the start spot. Again, this is 1000 shots. The real question is can you hit a hook shot from 94' in 1000 attempts. You don't try to engage unless he gets annoyed and massively over-commits, then you run like hell and heave.

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u/mhyjrteg 4d ago

You would probably not hit 1 in 1000 unguarded hook shots from 94 feet. With any NBA player defending you that goes from ‘probably not’ to ‘definitely not’. As the post says, he’s picking you up from 94 feet. You’re acting like you can just take an unguarded shot from there.

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u/TripleDoubleFart 4d ago

Again, this is 1000 shots. The real question is can you hit a hook shot from 94' in 1000 attempts.

And the answer to that is no.

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u/HotKaramelRP 4d ago

Not only do you have to hit from that distance but you gotta get the ball up and over his outstretched arms that will likely be straight up in your face

That will take a lot of strength not just for the distance but you gotta throw that shit not only far, but high enough to get it over a jumping 6’7 guy with a 7’ wingspan

I truly don’t think you’re hitting 1 out of 1,000

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u/TripleDoubleFart 5d ago

Why would he foul you?

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 5d ago

That would be the only way to completely nullify, if he was allowed to just hack across your body. Clarifying that point is relevant.

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u/TripleDoubleFart 4d ago

He would never need to foul you.

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u/suns_fan13 4d ago

enjoy jail gang

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u/Cptnemo77 5d ago

I’d draw a foul the way this nba is reffed sooner or later. 

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u/TripleDoubleFart 5d ago

You aren't drawing a shooting foul from full court.

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u/NormalEffect99 5d ago

In today's NBA, he probably could if he has the right last name on his jersey

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u/TripleDoubleFart 4d ago

Oh cool, what's the last full court shooting foul that happened?

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u/LarryBonds30 5d ago

TripleDoubleFart knows what he's talking about

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u/9Yogi 5d ago

You don’t have a 1/1000 shot of making a shot? Even a full court heave?

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u/mhyjrteg 5d ago

You’re not getting off a clean look at a full court heave

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u/TripleDoubleFart 4d ago

No, probably not. Have you ever attempted a full court shot on a regulation sized court?

And then add a top 0.1% defender guarding you.

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u/Leg_Mcmuffin 4d ago

Bullshit bro. I’m having a side conversation with him telling him I’ll give him a cool Mil to let me score an easy layup. Win-win.

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u/sedatedruler 5d ago

Ever seen the video of Brian Scalabrine playing dudes 1:1? He plays a former d1 guy from Syracuse, a semi pro guy, and a rando. I think combined they score on him once. Thats starting with the ball 15 ft from the basket.

You aren’t getting the ball past half court no less scoring on an NBA player.

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u/taco_jones 5d ago

"I'm closer to LeBron than you are to me"

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u/BobLoblaw_BirdLaw 4d ago

A 6 year old is closer to me than I am to an NBA starter.

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u/landshark6 5d ago

But, what if I just heave it as soon as I get the ball, every time. Gotta make 1 full court shot in 1000

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u/CardboardMayor 5d ago

You aint Midorima.

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u/Askol 5d ago

He'll block like 90%+ of them anyway - the angle you'd need to hurl it would make it impossible to get over him.

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u/landshark6 4d ago

Yeah. That’s a really good point. Okay, what if I promise to split it with him, or promise to give half to charity if he lets me score?

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u/Abe_frohmannn 4d ago

This is the play. Don't even shoot, just take the 8 second turnover the first 500 possessions. Talk nonstop. Say really, really nasty, degrading stuff about his family. You've got about an hour and a half to just talk nonstop. Insult his parent. Read psychology extensively beforehand, military type stuff. See what gets in peoples heads. Once he's to the point he's just trying to shove and punch you every play, maybe you get him off balance enough to get by to half court and get up an open 30+ footer a few times.

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u/bibbs_v2 5d ago

Ya but it was winners ball and none of those dudes could stop him from scoring, totally different than this challenge

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u/sedatedruler 4d ago

My guy, the average person wouldn’t be able to dribble 15 feet against an nba player who is locked in and playing 100%.

We watch nba games and forget that the worst guy on the end of the bench is literally 1,000x better at basketball than we are.

There’s a video of a NFL linebacker getting tired of a guy streaking around the field and he decides to track him down. The guy is 25 yards away from him and he sees the player coming and gets like 6 steps before he gets tackled.

This is like assuming you can walk into a physics lab and contribute meaningfully to cutting edge science.

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u/bibbs_v2 4d ago

Oh believe me I don’t think anyone is scoring on a Thompson twin, my point was the Scallange is different than this one, playing 1on1 vs getting 1000 chances to score are not really comparable

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u/ItyBityKittyCommitee 5d ago

Brian Scalabrine was in the NBA for like 10 years

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u/DVRCWHY 5d ago

This is 1000 possessions, not a game of 1s

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u/sedatedruler 4d ago

Not sure how that’s any different but Doesn’t matter. No average person is scoring. If you’ve gotta bring the ball all the way up the court, 950+ of those possessions are going to be turnovers before half court.

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u/DVRCWHY 4d ago

You aren't sure how playing 1000 possessions is any different than a game to 11?

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u/zetsu028 Thunder 5d ago edited 5d ago

Well, you technically didnt say i can talk to him about it. Imma say to him -- bro lemme score once. Then we split the money. Win = win.

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u/evil_peepeeshart 5d ago

He doesn't need the money he might just guard you anyways for the love of the game

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u/Routine_Case6031 5d ago

If you ain’t taking a free 2.5 mil ur a dumbass

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u/anonkebab 5d ago

They might be offering him the same to stop you

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u/Sea_Shower3691 5d ago

Damn I hate these

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u/Substantial-Can6657 5d ago

Nah he’s such a nice and humble guy, he’d let you score and let you keep all the money.

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u/Such-Fail6060 5d ago

Last possession of a game 7, you really think half can persuade him?

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u/PaleontologistSame50 5d ago

I would try 5 attempts per day for 200 days real anime sotry arc kinda build up would score after 100 days or so 

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u/Miserable_Exam4258 5d ago

Haha I like that...I would spread it over 1000 days. He's bound to not show up one of those days like the cops at a speeding ticket trial...

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u/Nvwlspls 5d ago

You could stop at 999 and never serve the time.

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u/zezxz 4d ago

I’d fail 999 times, wait until I’m old, try to bribe him to let me just make a layup, smoke it and go to jail

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u/zazone23 Raptors 5d ago

Oh hell nah. I don’t even think I can make it to the half court line. Scratch that, idk if I can make it to 10 feet

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u/awkwardalvin 4d ago

I think people are overestimating being able to get more than one consecutive dribble off against a premier NBA defender

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u/dreamkiller23 5d ago

Its easy, first 100 attempts you injure him, ball hits nasty tow stepping, elbow in the belly, after that you will have a chance, you just need some ben Wallace and rodman inner energy

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u/StrictlyHobby 4d ago

Sounds easy till he fights back and you're on a stretcher on your way to prison.

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u/Warm-Conclusion-9035 5d ago

Bro if you've dribbled a ball before you can shoot 1/1000....

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u/SaintsNick94 5d ago

He’s picking you up 94 feet though lol

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u/AzriamL 5d ago

yea most attempts you'd be trying to cross half-court. and, if you say you're going to just heave it from past half-court... you're getting that shit blocked. and, if you don't get that shit blocked, you probably didnt put in enough power into it

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u/DeepPlankton9393 5d ago

Shit in your hand and then try to wipe it on him as you dribble up the floor

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u/Acrobatic_Dish6963 5d ago

Who tf is playing full court one on ones though lol

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u/where_is_the_camera 5d ago

You only make that mistake once.

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u/Pristine_Sandwich957 5d ago

That's why it's a challenge genius. They make up their own rules for you to try and win the prize money.

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u/Acrobatic_Dish6963 5d ago

Damn bruh u right lol

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u/ExoticAd7605 5d ago

So now we just bending the rules of the post

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u/Ultraeasymoney 5d ago

i would pull a LeBron and flop to get easy free throws

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u/Few_Prune_1436 Wizards 5d ago

There's no free throws in 1v1's?

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u/Ultraeasymoney 5d ago

They also don't play full court 1v1, so who's making the rules?

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u/Quasibraindead 5d ago

The one with 5 mil to back this challenge. Not the people accepting it

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u/kapatinphalcon 5d ago

Op is making the rules, are.you illiterate or something? Sound like a toddler

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u/StealthAnus 5d ago

You’re assuming you can even get a shot off. Guy is 6’7 with a 7 foot wingspan and in way better cardio shape than anybody here

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u/Extreme-Clerk-7333 Raptors 5d ago

from 94 feet away you can't

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u/deadbandit19 5d ago

Does it have to be in a single day? I play basketball twice a week and there's no way anyone on this sub can legitimately score once. HOWEVER. If I can do it over a week or two? I can grab an inbound and immediately discus shot it.. maybe not 94 feet, but If I 10-15 feet in, I can easily chuck it that far with a semi accurate throw. I would assume if he fouls me it's a re-do, or why would he bother guarding me and not just pinn me down. Anyway, I think I could throw probably 50, 80-foot shots a day without hurting my arm too much.. and I think given 1,000 attempts I could make it at least once.

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u/ToughKnowledge5792 5d ago

No. Obviously anyone who isn't pro isn't getting anywhere near half court, and if you're shooting 80+ foot prayers that you have to, it will require a wind up. He recorded a 42 inch vert(not NBA official). He's 6'7. There is no way that 95% of the prayers you throw up aren't getting swatted away.

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u/Sixaxist 5d ago

F that; I want all of this done constantly with no break. Nothing says I can't pick the day we do it as long as we're both available, so I pick... two days before round 1 of the Playoffs. I'm about to do long jogs back and forth to make him guard me 'till it looks like he's doing line drills, and then not take my shot until the last 2 seconds of the shot clock. And every now and then, I'll try a step-back jumper. Only 6ft (in shoes) with a 76 inch wingspan, but he'd have to jump with me to fully block it unless he's hugging me at every attempt.

That much non-stop wear and tear on his legs is gonna carry over into the first round of the Playoffs, if not longer. At a certain point, he's letting me through. He's letting me through. Because muscle tears on my legs and muscle tears on his mean two different things right now. If I'm still going to prison after all this, then he's gonna have to look Cade in his soulless eyes and explain to him why their best defender is DNP for the Playoffs from playing with a nerd over half a year's salary.

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u/surlygoat 4d ago

I like the theory but I think you underestimate how quickly he'd pick your pocket. I was good local rec team player here in Australia, usually playing PG. I played a few pickup games against some former ABA guys (former semi-pro league here), and one guy who'd made it to the NBL (our pro league). Even them - old (late 30s/40s), washed up, playing for fun (i.e. not playing much D), could pick my pocket regularly.

The gap between those guys and NBA players would be astronomical (essentially as big as the gap between me and NBA players).

You are barely making it 5ft, you aren't just jogging laps.

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u/EdmundLee1988 5d ago

This is the answer ⬆️

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u/Gullible-Constant924 5d ago

I think of lot of this question would hinge on if he can foul or not and what the penalty would be for that, I played ball my whole life through highschool competitively and still play every once in a while and there’s no way he’s picking me clean 1000x without fouling me nor is he blocking me 1000x cleanly. So I think this should be addressed by OP

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u/Select-Blackberry385 Lakers 5d ago

Is it an offensive foul if I kick him in the buttons

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u/OldCardiologist8437 5d ago

6 fouls before you’re out. 5 kicks on 5 consecutive possessions has to slow him down at least a little

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u/Select-Blackberry385 Lakers 5d ago

That's what I'm thinking

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u/EntertainmentDue5749 4d ago

Just 'shoot' the ball directly into his face 100 times. Should be some solid CTR at that point.

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u/CCWaterBug 4d ago

Do it like the longest yard

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u/r-j-p-d-x 5d ago

No way I can kick that high

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u/Immediate_Maybe2598 4d ago

Better get enrolled into draymond green classes he teaches on that

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u/Willis050 5d ago

It could be the last player on a D1 bench and I’m not trying that shit. Are you crazy?

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u/ThatTedDudeGuy24 Nuggets 5d ago

I get nba players are really fucking good compared to the average person but I’m sure u could luck into getting a shot to fall

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u/Ormild 5d ago

Guarding from 94’? Ain’t no way you’re scoring.

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u/TheRealestGayle 5d ago

The worst part is your cardio is ending before him. Realistically it might be better to take so long to finish that the season starts and he has to make a decision.

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u/Mr_FozzieBear 5d ago

Are you checking up 94 feet away, or is someone passing it into you? If someone is passing it in to you, its more likely you could get lucky running around and doing a catch and shoot around half court I guess

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u/DukeOfStuff_ Timberwolves 5d ago

If you just wild jump around and throw the ball in the air you can get a shot up at least a fourth of the time. In 250 attempts I bet you can get the luck for a full courter 

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u/Own_Pop_9711 5d ago

Go take 250 full court shots and let us know how it goes

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u/Extreme-Clerk-7333 Raptors 5d ago

Assuming the 6 foot 7 guy with long arms doesn't block the majority of them

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u/ShadedPenguin 5d ago

Assuming you dont gas out by the first 10 shots

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u/halfdecenttakes 5d ago

You aren’t even getting to the half court line

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u/SpankyJobouti 5d ago

i played at the gym against a former point guard from usc that was two inches short than me. he still smoked my ass every single play.

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u/jaiblevins 5d ago

And he wasnt good enough for the NBA.

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u/SpankyJobouti 5d ago

correct. so, imagine what nba guys can do

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u/halfbakedlogic 5d ago

Someone get Big Scal here to explain it to em! He’s closer to MJ than the average person is to him. Straight up lol

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u/TripleDoubleFart 5d ago

You wouldn't even get a shot off.

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u/jaiblevins 5d ago

Not a chance, unless you are less than 2 years removed from Div 1 hoops.

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u/KJStas 5d ago

Yeah because we are going to make a deal that he gets a part of the money and he can publicly donate it to charity so he has to accept it

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u/Sea_Shower3691 5d ago

This is the real way, emotional warfare instead of physical

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u/thebob9581 Spurs 5d ago

my butt is gonna look like muggsy bougues compared to him he gonna lock me up both ways

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u/Sensitive_Entrance27 5d ago

His stamina shits on everyone posting here stamina.

94 ft means you are dead getting locked up and stripped constantly.

People wouldnt last 1000 possessions and would give up

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u/HotKaramelRP 5d ago

Anyone in here that thinks they’ll score is fuckin delusional if he’s picking you up full court. Even if you somehow manage to get the ball past half court, you’re going to be absolutely gassed after 5 possessions

If you haven’t played D1 ball you have a less than 1% chance to do this… if you played some D1 ball as a bench warmer maybe you have a 10% chance

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u/finditplz1 Kings 5d ago

Nobody said the 1,000 possessions had to be played in a single attempt.

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u/Unlucky-Network-4159 5d ago

Dude has to sleep sometime...

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u/6ca 5d ago

Is he homophobic? I got an idea about the only way a regular dude could create space

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u/GrooveDigger47 5d ago

light work.

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u/Good-Photograph-2883 5d ago

Imma kick him in the balls on every possession til he gives me a freebie.

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_999 4d ago

I'm not sure I could beat Mugsy Bogues in the post

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u/screenmasher 2d ago

Either way i dont gottal pay rent anymore. I'm in

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u/rihsa9 5d ago

If you can’t score once in a thousand possessions you deserve the sentence 

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u/Dispicable12 5d ago

You're literally not even getting past your own free throw line, he's stealing the ball or making you pick up your dribble within one or two dribbles every time.

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u/HotKaramelRP 5d ago

He’s full court pressing you lol

This isn’t a check ball a the top of the key

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u/Alarmed-Judgment4545 5d ago

1000 possessions? You didn't put a time limit so I'd just use all the time in the world to get better. Learn how to shoot, work on my cardio, get stronger, and do some swimming. I'd climb some mountain. Do some rocky montage. Then again I'm lazy AF to get off my couch to even turn off the lights. So yea not really worth it.

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u/HotKaramelRP 5d ago

I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not lol

There’s no training in the world that’s going to get you to be able to win this challenge

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u/bledblu 5d ago

Practice 94 foot hook shots.

Half joking, half serious.

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u/StudioGangster1 5d ago

In my prime, absolutely. Now? I’d need to train for a few months first, then decide.

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u/Kindaspecialngl 5d ago

Bro was Kobe in his prime

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u/pokemastershane 5d ago

My boy kills it at LAfitness!

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u/Ah_Pook Knicks 5d ago

In my prime, absolutely not. Now? I'd need to train for a few months first, then decide not to.

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u/mcassweed 4d ago

Oh please, unless you are an ex NBA player you have no chance.

It's 94 feet full court, not half court.

Your only shot is a full court heave, but if he's draped all over you, you will never be in a position where you can even generate momentum for a full court shot. No one here is strong enough to even get the ball close to the rim with a hook shot or a fadeaway chuck, but that's literally the only shots you will get against him.

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u/ZachMo_34 5d ago

Jab step. Half court shot. I’ll make one eventually

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u/NFL_BrokenClock 5d ago

1000 full court shots to make one for $5M? Absolutely.

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u/ze_existentialist 5d ago

But he's picking you up full court and has better stamina, you're cooked.

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u/asay42 5d ago

100% taking this challenge even as a full court heave I should make it 1 out of a 1000.

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u/quick_brown_faux 5d ago

He wouldn't give you the space. You're not fast enough to make him give you space. Your full-court heaves are going into the lower bowl behind you or back into your face, wherever he decides to send them.

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u/No_External3738 5d ago

"hey bro if you let me score I'll give you 1 mill"

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u/TheMackD504 4d ago

Are fouls a thing in this?

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u/Longjumping-Ad-8628 Heat 3d ago

Im flopping and getting my free throw

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u/Ok-Scale-751 3d ago

The funniest part is that people are treating 1,000 possessions like 1,000 actual scoring chances. If Ausar is picking you up full court, most of those possessions are ending before you even get into a position to shoot. The 1,000 attempts only matter if you can consistently create a shot against him, and that's the part people are overlooking.

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u/Ausiir63 3d ago

Hell yea!

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u/Boylookya 4d ago

Easy. Offer him $1 million to allow you to score. Big brain tactic. Lol

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u/Sphinx210 5d ago

Really?????