OT: The average fan could score 20 points in an NBA game.

[Travelman6]

There have been some doozies on this forum, for sure. But I don't think anything comes close to rivaling the absolute nonsense coming from DiSorbo who I suppose is looking for his 15 minutes of fame by posting the most outrageous idiocy possible. I guess it worked, his tweet went "viral".

A Heat player shot down a viral debate over whether the average fan could score 20 points in an NBA game

Duncan Robinson said there is a wide gap in talent between the worst NBA players and the average fan.

www.yahoo.com

An average fan wouldn't even score 2 total points all season even if they played all 48 minutes for 82 games. Never mind 20 in one game. Ok, maybe MAYBE they might get some lucky bucket at the end of a blowout, but even that I doubt.

Discuss.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah, people are delusional about this. My only shot at scoring would be if I got some open looks from say just inside half court and was able to hit one. If they actually defended me all over the court I'd never score.

 

[polycom]

The average person wouldn't be able to make it up and down the court during a full speed NBA game more than 10 times. Most courts people play pickup on are YMCA/LA Fitness size. There is no way it up and down the court let alone score once. 20 points is silly.

 

[Husky Alien]

The average person wouldn't be able to make it up and down the court during a full speed NBA game more than 10 times. Most courts people play pickup on are YMCA/LA Fitness size. There is no way it up and down the court let alone score once. 20 points is silly.

10 minutes! Try 2 minutes, LOL!

 

[the Q]

There’s a video of scalabrine playing one on one against guys who played ball in college, he demolishes them

 

[awfuldan]

Enjoyed re-watching this video referenced in that article.

The original premise of this post is insanely dumb. Even in that ridiculous hypothetical scenario, it's not possible. Would be curious to see some video of that twitter user playing basketball.

 

[Icehawk]

They do stipulate no running the court\D... so maybe if I somehow managed to get fouled I could score on the FT line? LOL, I sincerely doubt even that. Definitely not under lights with a crowd.

Having competed in a few formats where there were (just) semi-pros involved and getting crushed, yeah the gap between pro and amateur in almost every venue is HUGE. Was a real eye opener at my first automotive racing event on a national level just how badly I got blown out, locally I was hot.

 

[MexicoHusky]

I used to play plenty. Not so much anymore. In my 20s maybe I get a fluke bucket once in a while. In my 40s my man would score 50 pts without breaking a sweat and I probably blow the few layups I manage to get throughout the season.

20 points? No way. I played in a fargo parks & rec league just before Covid. Obviously against non NBA players. On occasion I'd get a favorable matchup and score a few buckets. I think I scored 8 points one time. Most games I took 1 or 2 shots and ended up with 0 or 2 points. Far from 20.

 

[Kolumbo]

Depends what they consider "average fan." Fans who played basketball recreationally can score. I think even I could score a bucket if someone kicks it out to me once in a while. The basic skill of throwing a ball up into a hoop isn't all that difficult, which is why it's done 90 times per game. Throw in some luck and the ball goes in.

"Here’s the debate. If I were to play the entirety of each game for a team in the NBA, would I score 20 points in at least one game? (Assuming my team is feeding me and I don’t have to play defense) This seems like an easy success to me."

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

"Here’s the debate. If I were to play the entirety of each game for a team in the NBA, would I score 20 points in at least one game? (Assuming my team is feeding me and I don’t have to play defense) This seems like an easy success to me."

Insanity.

 

[awfuldan]

Depends what they consider "average fan." Fans who played basketball recreationally can score. I think even I could score a bucket if someone kicks it out to me once in a while. The basic skill of throwing a ball up into a hoop isn't all that difficult, which is why it's done 90 times per game. Throw in some luck and the ball goes in.

"Here’s the debate. If I were to play the entirety of each game for a team in the NBA, would I score 20 points in at least one game? (Assuming my team is feeding me and I don’t have to play defense) This seems like an easy success to me."

I do think there is a pretty big difference between being able to knock down an open shot off a kick-out pass and being able to knock down an open shot off a kick-out pass with the biggest and most athletic dude you've ever seen in your life closing out on you while 20k people watch.

In the gym I play pick-up in the distance of an NBA 3 is almost a half-court shot too, as someone else pointed out earlier in the thread.

 

[Kolumbo]

I do think there is a pretty big difference between being able to knock down an open shot off a kick-out pass and being able to knock down an open shot off a kick-out pass with the biggest and most athletic dude you've ever seen in your life closing out on you while 20k people watch.

In the gym I play pick-up in the distance of an NBA 3 is almost a half-court shot too, as someone else pointed out earlier in the thread.

NBA guards average 6'-6'5". And let's face it, they're not guarding the worst player, by far, on the floor too closely.

 

[Kolumbo]

Doable. Similarly, the average golfer can hit some fairways and sink some putts on a TPC too. Bowlers can bowl strikes. It's not like trying to hit a 95 mph fastball over the fence or return a 120 mph tennis serve for a point. Those are damn near impossible.

 

[BPT2Storrs]

Still amazes me people don’t understand just how good professional athletes are.

Nothing worse then the parents of kids who think there gods gift at a particular sport. sometimes they even have the kids thinking it. There’s a difference between a good athlete and a professional athlete. More times than not you’ll know from a very early age if you even have a shot at D1 basketball/football/baseball let alone the pros.

Unreal.

 

[Deepster]

Reminds me of the old stupid argument "Would you go in the ring with prime Mike Tyson for 1 round for a million dollars?" Anyone off the street would leave that ring in a bodybag. No question about it. 100% guaranteed.

 

[Icehawk]

Doable. Similarly, the average golfer can hit some fairways and sink some putts on a TPC too. Bowlers can bowl strikes. It's not like trying to hit a 95 mph fastball over the fence or return a 120 mph tennis serve for a point. Those are damn near impossible.

So you think you can shoot a contested shot vs a NBA player? I sincerely doubt it. Like I said MAYBE you get lucky and get fouled and make a FT or two but that's literally about the only way you're going to make a shot - 1v1 game or a "real" game I don't care.

I'm a whopping 5'7" maybe I can pull a Globetrotter play and scoot between their legs and then make a totally uncontested jam?

Reminds me of the old stupid argument "Would you go in the ring with prime Mike Tyson for 1 round for a million dollars?" Anyone off the street would leave that ring in a bodybag. No question about it. 100% guaranteed.

I watched his recent bout and no way I'm letting him hit me. Funk that.

 

[Get a Job]

This is the dumbest basketball argument since, "Can the UConn women beat the men's team?".

 

[UofCT]

Back in the day I would consider myself an average basketball player. Could hold my own playing pick up at UConn. I challenged one of the UConn walk ons to a game of 1 on 1 and I got destroyed. I believe it was 11-3 but it was really 11-0.

 

[the Q]

Reminds me of the old stupid argument "Would you go in the ring with prime Mike Tyson for 1 round for a million dollars?" Anyone off the street would leave that ring in a bodybag. No question about it. 100% guaranteed.

Yeah you’d basically be trying to duck dive dodge for 2 minutes

 

[awfuldan]

So you think you can shoot a contested shot vs a NBA player? I sincerely doubt it. Like I said MAYBE you get lucky and get fouled and make a FT or two but that's literally about the only way you're going to make a shot - 1v1 game or a "real" game I don't care.

I'm a whopping 5'7" maybe I can pull a Globetrotter play and scoot between their legs and then make a totally uncontested jam?

We are also talking about scoring 20 here, so it's not even just about making one lucky shot. 20 is a lot! That's seven three-pointers!! Even if one could somehow shoot approximately league average (35%) from 3 (and that is a MASSIVE "if") that means having to find a way to get up 20 three point attempts in a game. Good luck!

 

[polycom]

Doable. Similarly, the average golfer can hit some fairways and sink some putts on a TPC too. Bowlers can bowl strikes. It's not like trying to hit a 95 mph fastball over the fence or return a 120 mph tennis serve for a point. Those are damn near impossible.

I can assure you, you wouldn't score in a UConn men's practice let alone an nba game. The average golfer is a 16 handicap, I don't think they make gross par on a single hole in tournament conditions. Tourney bowling conditions not the same conditions as regular Bradley Bowl Friday night. You are making things up.

 

[polycom]

They do stipulate no running the court\D... so maybe if I somehow managed to get fouled I could score on the FT line? LOL, I sincerely doubt even that. Definitely not under lights with a crowd.

Having competed in a few formats where there were (just) semi-pros involved and getting crushed, yeah the gap between pro and amateur in almost every venue is HUGE. Was a real eye opener at my first automotive racing event on a national level just how badly I got blown out, locally I was hot.

Racing is one that is hard to understand. A pro driver, driving the same exact care is so much better at everything that an amateur that you'd think an amateur's car is broken.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

This is the dumbest basketball argument since, "Can the UConn women beat the men's team?".

This year, with all the injuries (and the transfers), I'm not so certain the women would win. The passing isn't as crisp, and outside shooting is inconsistent, but I get your point.

Now if Paige, Liv, and Carolyn all come back full strength, watch out...

 

[cohenzone]

In the dark ages when I was in hs I was a pretty good shooter at the intra mural level. Playing varsity forget it. We were a really good hoops school, all staters, deep tournament runs. In gym one day we were playing a pick up game and I was really hot. So a player on the other team who was about 6’3” and had me by about 4 inches and could jump out of the building, wound up as a varsity scrub, decided to guard me. I thought I was shooting over a 12 foot tall octopus. It would be such a fluke for the average fan to get a decent shot off in the NBA it isn’t realistic. And to be calm enough to make the shot is a whole other thing.

 

[MexicoHusky]

If you are teammates with Kevin Durant and he's constantly being double teamed, you may get some shots. You may even make a few. Scoring 20 still seems highly unlikely.

All that said, we are not really addressing defense. Your man is going to easily score double his average. Maybe 3 or 4 times. You'll never get in the game unless we ignore that reality.

So if we concoct this imaginary scenario where your teammate is Durant and your coach doesn't care that your man scores absolutely at will.... sure maybe you can score 20.

 

[uconnfan68]

Doable. Similarly, the average golfer can hit some fairways and sink some putts on a TPC too. Bowlers can bowl strikes. It's not like trying to hit a 95 mph fastball over the fence or return a 120 mph tennis serve for a point. Those are damn near impossible.

Even really good golfers, scratch handicap, will tell you they can’t compete with pros.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

oh, id score on an nba floor. 20? highly unlikely, and the only pay id get is if they would fork it over to get me outta there, but ....
collin g makes half his points from brainpower alone, and regulation full courts are filled with guys jackin from just inside the half court line these days. the pros are the best in the world, but not all are hoops savvy. most, but not all. that's the opportunity.

 

[awfuldan]

Having a hard time figuring out who in this thread is trolling and who is being serious. Probably a good time to stop posting lol.

 

[PNolanFan]

Reminds me of the old stupid argument "Would you go in the ring with prime Mike Tyson for 1 round for a million dollars?" Anyone off the street would leave that ring in a bodybag. No question about it. 100% guaranteed.

Out of curiosity, if I get knocked out do I get 1 million dollars (obvi going to get knocked out within seconds).... So I really think the question is 2 part, 1. Would you get knocked out for a million (I think so) 2. Would you die (I think no but I am not sure), I imagine if i completely cover my head he knocks me out still but I survive major injury

 

[Kolumbo]

So you think you can shoot a contested shot vs a NBA player? I sincerely doubt it. Like I said MAYBE you get lucky and get fouled and make a FT or two but that's literally about the only way you're going to make a shot - 1v1 game or a "real" game I don't care.

I'm a whopping 5'7" maybe I can pull a Globetrotter play and scoot between their legs and then make a totally uncontested jam?


I watched his recent bout and no way I'm letting him hit me. Funk that.

Hold on there professor. I didn't say I could score a contested shot. Any pro team would be foolish to spend any energy at all guarding me. If they were smart, they'd let me, the worst player in the history of the association, shoot wide open threes all day long and they'd win the game handily. All I'm saying is the average player could make a handful of shots. No question.