NBA PLAYERS REACT TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL MIXTAPES

NBA PLAYERS REACT TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL MIXTAPES

Oh my go let me get that thank you it’s a buggy too little watch out stop playing with me that kid got some game the NCAA estimates that out of the near 500,000 athletes that play high school basketball in the United States each year only 18,000 of them will go on

To compete at the college level that’s about 3.5% with only 1% of those making it to division one from there only 60 players are drafted into the NBA or 58 if teams don’t know how to behave during free agency y’all need to look into the books for Tamp all of these numbers

Don’t even account for those who are playing abroad but even if you did account for those figures you’ll arrive at the same point it’s incredibly difficult to make it into the NBA out of the many only few are chosen but how are they chosen that all comes down to

Scouting by the time a player steps onto an NBA court their game has already been analyzed scrutinized and dramatized by any number of Scouts and they’re used to it the way I play is just the way I want I truly want to play it’s often said that most of the important decisions in

Your career are made when you’re not in the room but what if you were in the room what would an NBA players say about their own game well we decided to find that out creating a personalized High school/ col mixtape for each player and handing it to them alongside a Scouting

Report to let them discuss what their play was like when they entered the league and how it’s evolved to where they are now oh man I’m de o that was going stupid I like Nick tape chill Scotty Barnes highlight tape I’m weak I got I got to

Pop your in oh yeah yo this is funny do you ever still watch your highlights at all uh sometimes no not in a while ladies and gentlemen I’d like to report a trade these you press the middle and they come out see I remember o nobody knows about I don’t think you think

Scotty would know how to use this yeah there we go or Grady are you trying to see if I know how to do it I know Grady don’t know I know how to do this come on now the boob tube know boob tube what’s it called watch this guy this guy good

Or what bro yo he’s the actual day this is fire I ain’t going to lie that’s kind of dope yep I know what I’m doing is that my JBC now who got game when it comes to this basketball facing other opponents that’s over 6 tall can you shoot a three-pointer can you do the finger roll can you cross over drop it down the Lan take it y this 15-year-old Gary train hey come here it’s freshman year going in a Grade

Uh turn around Kobe come here from the PO light oh that’s light oo energy I can see it energy kid got a little jumper athletic first dunk is a 10 out of 10 before this one huh right there okay yeah light bucket first of all energy fast athletic

Jumping ability can jump out the gym defense um great instance back to the high school days high school I was a point guard I was a six seven point guard fundamentals catch and shoot fundamentals it’s 15y old it’s a young GT ain’t really have his body yet still

Figuring out his game and one ra versatile little handles it boy got some handles ain’t it hey [Applause] hey twin cross twin hesy P oh my gosh that kid got some game that kid got some game what stands out most about Grady’s game let’s see Danger from Deep got run him off the

Line sneaky athleticism good head on his shoulders that’s what they all say that’s what they all say smart player Down to Earth all the stereotypes this is good memories though like give me that where you going yeah the the the the the PST up is always there look at that rebound yeah

Stop playing with me stop playing with me spin move I remember this dunk him yes sir it’s a buggy too little watch out that hey post up game hey one that’s a 10 ingame wind maill 10 I missed some of these are not oh that was that was one to work on

See did you hear a lot of trash talk in the crowd since the gyms were so much smaller yeah I heard a lot what they say they said overrated they said uh I don’t know they said I shouldn’t be going to Indiana they talked about yeah they said everything there were some

Adults but mainly kids it was mainly high school kids like the opposing student section they say whatever they’re rude quite rude only say it cuz I was torching their team it is one of my first little aou introduction to the ebl with Howard pulley you know what I’m saying that’s

At the buzzer half time see what I’m saying remember all these games kid has a bright future bro you know what I’m saying hey I had 40 that game that was the championship we in Iowa I remember every single game I’m watching this is against minona this was my sophomore year of

High school again I have 42 this game again which is all public information you can go look this up on the Internet he crazy this is in uh Nashville what’ you find the main difference was was when you went from high school to College college just you know there’s guys that are

Seniors and there’s like a whole different way they play so a lot of guys they do worse in college cuz they don’t like get played through like in high school the pack more the pain more like in in college I had a lot of post-ups and like maybe a little mid range shot

Sometimes there and there um but but yeah and then NBA is like more spacing stuff so it’s like I feel like it’s not easier because the athletes are better and like the players are better but um just in terms of spacing is a little different I would just say anything you

Go to the next levels the speed and physicality players a lot more skilled bigger stronger run faster jump higher that’s about it the fundamentals of the game is still a catch and shoot still a one dble pullup it’s just the speed that everything is going at obviously the

Competition level I think just the pace of the game is the biggest thing it kind of goes like high school you’re playing fast College it slows down a little bit it’s more like team defense and then NBA kind of ramps up the pace again guessing

It was a lot easier to get a basket in high school that was easier it was easy a little bit easier here off the backboard H hey stop playing let me get that thank you hey bye-bye thank you I take that like work hold that dime I remember that play too against Scotty

That’s Scotty right there yeah Scotty look at him huh that he tried to take a Char seeing them defense all right well there’s two questions on your scouting report for yourself there what stands out about Gary’s game his ability to shoot look like he had a bit of passing

In this game look like he finish a butter Rim a little bit um I’ll say the shooting ability you know Entertainer I can just first of all see the athleticism like the quickness um you can see that the foot footwork is impeccable I see him go off the right

Shoulder off the left shoulder uh jump stop jab steps energetic athletic versatile has handles for it size really good at passing great in transition defense is unbelievable I seen a little bit of defensive highlights not enough you feel me it seem like Gary has the allaround package continue to work on his game

He’ll be fine the NBA’s improved on everything yeah I was young um from watching the tape I can see that he didn’t really handle the ball a lot but now see him in the NBA he handles the ball a lot more um being able to get people involved passing the ball and

Then the shot has improved drastically too his jumper uh he definitely got a bigger bag now like bigger bag like uh-uh spin move like fader all those same moves are still there the same game the same jump shot the same handle the same pass it just got faster it got stronger every

Yeah like even the way I shot the way I like passed everything was just you can get away with it in high school if you see this guy back then you see me all energetic and talking a lot of trash you know if I did that now you know I’ll get

A text so quick so I had to calm it down a little bit and the most thing he proved on with his game not the actual physical part of his game but the mental and aspect of his game of knowing certain angles knowing where to do it

How to do it what timing to do it through repetition and experience so he has improved on a lot invest in this kid I think he was a great player in college I feel like he’s a great player now would you say to someone playing high school ball right now enjoy the process

It’s going to be fun don’t rush it the whole time I’m in high school and college I’m thinking of how to get to the NBA as fast as I can and I’m rushing to get there as fast as I can not really looking at each moment and goals that I

Com throughout of it because I’m just blowing it off and trying to get to the next accomplishment as fast as I can or try to stack up as many as I can so really just enjoy it all cuz it will go quick it will be gone no matter what the

Situation is everybody’s can change good bad or ugly again I went from high school was number one player number one shooting guard throughout my whole grade for 16 17 youth went to a university Duke University played with five other Pros as well as a freshman shot 40% from

Three average 15 plus points as a freshman with five other Pros on my team 16 points in the ACC no offc court issues stay worked hard and still win second round so none of that matters go out there play continue to work control what you control this is already

Ready man thanks man appreciate yes sir

What does it take to make it into the NBA? A positive scouting report certainly doesn’t hurt. Scottie Barnes, Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Gary Trent Jr., Precious Achiuwa and Gradey Dick take a look back at their High School/College highlights, evaluating the evolution on their game in the process.