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Message: [QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 4206853, member: 271"] I’ve had a good cross section of experience on this. As a 20 year old, pretty good player, I was surprised at how good the UConn women were, though I could have scored 20 in one of their games. I played with the guys from CCSU quite a bit and their best defender at the time would totally lock me up. Shortly after, I had occasion to play against John Gwynn several times when we were the two best players on the court and I wasn’t impressed at all. His ability to get a shot off in Big East games baffled me a little. Having screens set for him really helped. Several years after that I had the chance to play with Vin Baker, Eric Murdoch and other name players in Boston. I could barely get a shot off. For me to score 20 points in an NBA game against those guys the coach would have had to tell them not to guard me at all. It was humbling to say the least. Basketball is a weird game. You can play in a summer league against “good” players and score 30 points. The next day you can play another team with a high D1 level defender and look like a clown. It is a really unforgiving game to fake it in, the athleticism is unlike any other sport. [/QUOTE]