Who is the best basketball player you've played against?

[millwad]

Yeah, as the topic says, who is the best basketball player you've played against (with and practiced with is cool too)?

I can start, the best two best players I've played against are Jonas Jerebko, some of you may know him, the swede who plays for Pistons. And then Jeff Taylor, half swede and half american who plays for Vanderbilt.

Who's the best you've faced?

[Gunnin4HoLeS]

Random Black Person .He was good.

[WadeRekeforlife]

Random Black Person .He was good.
This

[Timmy D for MVP]

Chuck Hayes.

[LeFraud James]

Random Black Person .He was good.

I expect this to be the majority response. :oldlol:

[Scholar]

Random Black Person .He was good.
Agreed.

[dunksby]

Soft whiteboy.

[Wow15Characters]

I expect this to be the majority response. :oldlol:

I think you got the website wrong.
Pretty sure almost everyone on ISH must have played against a current NBA start some time ago.

[irondarts]

J-Kidd at the Jason Kidd camp when he played for the Suns.

[MK2V1GP]

Marcus Thornton when he we were both at Kilgore College.

When I transferred to UNT, I got to play a few pick-up games against some of the UNT players, including Josh White and Quincy Williams (Sheldon's little brother).


But I'd say Marcus Thornton is the best player I've played against.

But they were all in pick-up games. Not real organized games or anything.

[PullupJay]

Jordan Farmar. He was at my brothers day camp on visiting day 3 years ago

[Kblaze8855]

Kevin Garnett and Shammond williams. Kg wasnt being serious though.

[clipps]

LeBron James... I dunked on him and he got butt hurt and tried to destroy the footage.

[Lucifer]

Ron Artest`s teammate from St Johns. he was my teammate so i didn`t play against him. we played 2 on 2, and this guy destroyed my friends and would push me to play better D. tall, strong, and fundamentally sound.

[andgar923]

Corey Benjamin
Kenny Brunner

The most amazing player I've ever seen, was a short 5'5 dude that had unlimited range, phenomenal quickness, and the craziest hops I've ever seen in my life. I was a defensive specialist and could usually do the best job at guarding people, but this dude was unstoppable. Gave him an inch and he'd drain it from anywhere, get to close and he'd blow by you. And you wasn't gonna block his shot cause he'd just jump over you. Dude looked exactly like Howard Stern's Beetlejuice (no lie), but he could ball like no other.

[Myth]

Salim Stoudamire.

[chazzy]

Jrue

[Da Heroic One]

Kobe, I won by an edge, I heard he got so mad he tried to take it out on this one girl at a hotel. I don't really remember, this was in 2004.

[bballer]

Andre Dawkins (Duke):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpy3f-Xtfs
Steven Pledger (Oklahoma): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw78xuf4lY8
Mike Gbinijie (Duke): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfrj-skCMGk

And I played WITH:

James McAdoo (UNC): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_RLY9VzqIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAGdsrZ8jo

[L.Kizzle]

This one dude named Andre ... **** nigha was cold as hell.

This dude was smaller than everyone, but also stronger than everyone. His little ass would be in the block posting everyone up even the big nighas. Than, he was the fastest, quickest, had the best jumper and Defense oh and could outjump everyone.

[ballerz]

A guy called daryl corletto who plays in the nbl in australia. decent baller

[kNIOKAS]

i've played against valanciunas when he was a kid and sucked. :banghead:

[mattevans11]

Boozer, we were both juniors in high school in alaska.... he was truly a man amoungst boys

[BrentISballin]

John Wall , besides him it would be random over seas pros.

[c3z4r]

Joel anthony

[Im so nba'd out]

bill russel

[EnoughSaid]

This one dude. He was white. Came in, dressed like a regular dude, and he killed it. Was dunking, making contact lay ups, deep 3's. He was a great passer too, which made it even better.

[L.Kizzle]

This one dude. He was white. Came in, dressed like a regular dude, and he killed it. Was dunking, making contact lay ups, deep 3's. He was a great passer too, which made it even better.
You played ol boy from White Man Can't Jump.

[verylegit]

You played ol boy from White Man Can't Jump.
:oldlol:

[DaHeezy]

Random pick-up ball with Michael Dickerson. It was at a spot called "the cage" in Surrey BC.
This was post retirement but still had game and was contemplating an NBA comeback. He never did though. Doing rehab with his doctor in Vancouver.

[Samurai Swoosh]

- Wilson Chandler
- Will Bynum
- Deron Williams
- Bracey Wright

[DCL]

eddie house. game was up to 32 points. i think he scored like 26 of those on my ass. actually, i remember we had double and triple on him, but he just ran everywhere and anywhere he wanted to.

[Lebron23]

My Cousin from Chicago.

[clipps]

It goes to show you how good the average NBA player is, especially guards 6'3" and up. The average joe 6'3" and up is usually slow, uncoordinated, clumsy and can't dribble that well. I remember playing 5 on 5 at Venice Beach and there was this 5'9" guy that played professionally overseas and told us there is no chance he would make it in the NBA. Granted it's Venice Beach so everyone that was playing was good and me being 6'1", that guy and some other guy were the only 2 people that were shorter than me. I was able to get by because I can shoot out to 30 feet. That guy in traffic would grab the rebound and go coast to coast out running everyone for a wide open dunk. We needed people to cherry pick on defense but he would still either go around them, dunk on them or just pull up and hit a 20 footer EVERY TIME. On defense, the guy would pick the ball off no matter how good the ball handlers were. I remember I thought I had a wide open 3 pointer and despite me having a fairly quick release and had height on him, the mfer would still run up and block my shot despite being over 5 feet away from me. When you get destroyed by an undersized guard who apparently has mediocre to average athleticism that can't make an NBA roster, it goes to show how good an average NBA player is. Imagine a 6'10" Kevin Durant who has range, can dribble like a guard and can elevate. It would be impossible to get one point off him in a game of 1 on 1 to 50. It goes to show how incridibly skilled Earl Boykins or JJ Barea are.

[Go Getter]

In HS I played against a couple of guys that went on to play in the Big 10.


I played against Scoonie Penn and some of his teammates as well as Germaine Tate and some U of Cincy guys.

[HylianNightmare]

Nick calathas
joey rodriguez
chandler parsons
majic dorsey

and the best
Theron Smith

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Someone you most likely don't know.

[HylianNightmare]

. It goes to show how incridibly skilled Earl Boykins or JJ Barea are.


this, i used to think i was quick with handles and shit but after seeing Dleague players just completely dominate people and then tell me they never could've made it to the NBA is just frighting

[JMT]

Best...and none will believe this, but I couldn't care less...Pistol Pete Maravich.

Worked as a counselor at the Press & Pete Maravich All Star Basketball Camp (his Dad and college coach) in Pennsylvania. Counselors got to play with pro/college guys each evening. The most incredible experience in my sports life.

Biggest and scariest? Daryl Dawkins in a pickup game at Camden County Community College in NJ. His brother Mitchell went there. I half-blocked his shot (he was toying with us college players), which prompted him to dunk me half way through the rim the next time down.

Yes, I am really old. But I was really good.

[shole]

- Bracey Wright

I played against Bracey Wright couple years back, he is cold. He had like 25 on us, I only guarded him for 2 or 3 posessions, gotta say dude is a beast.

I played against Peja Stojakovic a little bit in practice when I got invited to fill in a spot in practice for a national team, he was around his peak and he was so much better then everybody. I remember he played 1 on 1 with Vujanic who was Euroleague MVP and killed him 21-2, it was stupid. We had some shooting workouts together, he would just go and miss like every 20th or 30th shot he put up, stupid. That dude when he was younger was working his ass off to shoot like that, he was on court all day making shots and shots.

A lot of really good players I played agains, but I gotta say, the toughest man to guard for me was Tyrone Nesby, some of you may remember him from Clippers, he was averaging 13ppg one year, I was still young when he was on my team for three months, I was 20, there was nothing I could do against him. He was 6'7'', 240, jumping out of the gym, and knocking down every retarded MJ-like fadeaway. It was a good experience though.


Oh, and I kinda played against Kobe.

Haha, but seriously, when I was 15, in 1999., I was in Berlin working out with Alba junior team, and Kobe was there shooting an Adidas commercial,
they had a shooting on the same court right after our practice, we were all mesmerized but me and one other dude asked them to let us stay and watch, it was unreal to see him live then, he was still young and he was all about flash and creativity, he was just messing around with the ball all the time, making circus shots, dunkin 360s from the spot with ease and just havin fun. When they had a break we went there for autographs and my dude took an autograph and I asked him to play me and he laughed so we did a little 1 on 1 back to the basket for like a minut and a half and he let me score once, missed a couple lefty fadeaways and dunked the shit out of that ball and left. I didnt even get him to sign my shirt.

So yeah I kinda played against Kobe.

[verylegit]

I played against Bracey Wright couple years back, he is cold. He had like 25 on us, I only guarded him for 2 or 3 posessions, gotta say dude is a beast.

I played against Peja Stojakovic a little bit in practice when I got invited to fill in a spot in practice for a national team, he was around his peak and he was so much better then everybody. I remember he played 1 on 1 with Vujanic who was Euroleague MVP and killed him 21-2, it was stupid. We had some shooting workouts together, he would just go and miss like every 20th or 30th shot he put up, stupid. That dude when he was younger was working his ass off to shoot like that, he was on court all day making shots and shots.

A lot of really good players I played agains, but I gotta say, the toughest man to guard for me was Tyrone Nesby, some of you may remember him from Clippers, he was averaging 13ppg one year, I was still young when he was on my team for three months, I was 20, there was nothing I could do against him. He was 6'7'', 240, jumping out of the gym, and knocking down every retarded MJ-like fadeaway. It was a good experience though.


Oh, and I kinda played against Kobe.

Haha, but seriously, when I was 15, in 1999., I was in Berlin working out with Alba junior team, and Kobe was there shooting an Adidas commercial,
they had a shooting on the same court right after our practice, we were all mesmerized but me and one other dude asked them to let us stay and watch, it was unreal to see him live then, he was still young and he was all about flash and creativity, he was just messing around with the ball all the time, making circus shots, dunkin 360s from the spot with ease and just havin fun. When they had a break we went there for autographs and my dude took an autograph and I asked him to play me and he laughed so we did a little 1 on 1 back to the basket for like a minut and a half and he let me score once, missed a couple lefty fadeaways and dunked the shit out of that ball and left. I didnt even get him to sign my shirt.

So yeah I kinda played against Kobe.
:applause:

[pete's montreux]

Pat Bradley. Set numerous Arkansas and NCAA three point shooting records. Averaged 46 ppg in high school. Guy was overweight and out of shape calling his shots from 30 feet out. Think of a chubby Jimmer.

[KingBeasley08]

Michael Beasley
(u mad OIAD :D )

[Aussie Outcast]

Best would probably be George Hill when he came over here last year. Only in scrimmages though, still dude was just smooth as hell and a wicked defender.

Best in game would be Patty Mills. Under 18 nationals and coach tells me I've got him, I'm a little scared but I go out confident that I can hold me own against him... Was the most embarrassing game of my life. Think he scored 37 or something on me to go with 6 or 7 assists? Couldn't stay in front of him if my life depended on it. Would have had way more but his team mates kept missing open shots. I remember the first transition play I probably had a good 5-6 foot head start on him after a long rebound and he still ran straight by me (this is straight line speed not lateral) and scored an open lay up... knew I was in for a rough game after that. I think he got a call up for the boomers not even a year later against the kiwi's.

Played against alot of NBL players and a few boomers in practice / games / casual muck around stuff

[code green]

Joe Mazzulla. He went to my high school, now he plays at WVU.

[Dasher]

I have played against Ronald Steele, Walter Sharpe, and Karlos Dansby. I also apparently played young versions of Stanley Robinson and Eric Bledsoe. The best player I played was a street baller who "they" called Batwing. He was about 6'4", and had the hops of a young Charles Barkley. He was immensely talented, but suffered from a learning disability that prevented him from being able to play in high school.

[$LakerGold]

lol Dirk and Peja

long story.

[IlliniFan]

I've played against/with a bunch of the players that are currently on George Mason's basketball team. One of them transferred to Louisville recently.

[waseem780]

Perry Petty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HyUjJVAU3E
, an overseas pro played in Italy, Romania , D-league and when he was in AAU he played with/against Lebron.

This was yesterday I see him in the gym and he asked me to play him one-on-one so I did. He made almost every shot he took and he was shooting with his off-hand and had a killer crossover but it was clear he wasn't even trying plus he told me he was drunk. I scored on him a few times and he was quite impressed with me when he found out I haven't touched a basketball for 7 years since 2 weeks ago yet I was pretty good I did force him to airball once.

[Horde of Temujin]

Rosell Ellis, mvp of the PBA. A great player and a really cool dude. Great teammate. Played pick up ball with him from time to time, and when i played on his team he was incredibly pacient and helpful (im nowhere near his level) Not the type of guy who when playing with clearly lesser competition acts disrespectfully.

[oarabbus]

Random Black Person .He was good.


this :lol

[CelticBaller]

bald black guy #105

[sick_brah07]

dominque sutton was good

[BigBoss]

My neighbor back in the day. He used to beat me and my friend 2 on 1. I'm talking lock down defense, fundamentally sound, inside/outside game. I never beat him. He was a skinny 13 year old asian kid :lol

[NBAplayoffs2001]

My neighbor back in the day. He used to beat me and my friend 2 on 1. I'm talking lock down defense, fundamentally sound, inside/outside game. I never beat him. He was a skinny 13 year old asian kid :lol

I think you just aren't that good.

For me a former D1 starter in his early 30s. I can't even be his teammate. He gets mad if you slow down or let up on defense.

[BigBoss]

I think you just aren't that good.

For me a former D1 starter in his early 30s. I can't even be his teammate. He gets mad if you slow down or let up on defense.

He made the varsity team freshman year. He was fukin GOOD man trust me :lol. I used to play ball after school at this park by my house and he was always there doing drills by himself. Hes a LEGEND

[KNOW1EDGE]

Kevin Love.

[oarabbus]

I think you just aren't that good.

For me a former D1 starter in his early 30s. I can't even be his teammate. He gets mad if you slow down or let up on defense.

Just cuz the kid is Asian? What if it was Jeremy Lin? He'd torch you.

[CeltsGarlic]

L Kleiza, like 12 years ago or more and I remember I was crying at the end :lol

[kNIOKAS]

I played against J-Val when we're teens (and he was a child, basically). Never would have thought he'd succeed.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

One dude I know played Tyreke Evans in high school. Kid is athletic af and said Evans burned him like crazy.

[step_back]

Matthew Bryan Amaning.

Back when I used to ball I used to enter into Nike midnight madness which is a basketball competition run in the summer in England. Fortunately I never guarded him but it's amazing when you come across a player who routinely does what they want on the court. Legit 6'8/9 and super athletic. Made me realize that any NBA player must be pretty much unguardable when playing against everyday people.

[L.Kizzle]

Chamberlain Oguchi
Martellus Bennett (he plays for the Chi Bears now, but he started of as a hooper. I think he entered the NBA Draft also.)

[chazzy]

Nick Young (not the poster)

[code green]

I went to high school with Joe Mazulla and played with him a few times. He played D1 at West Virginia in the mid 2000s and was a couple of assists short of getting a triple double in the tournament, if i recall correctly.


Looked him up online, I guess he's coaching now.

[Demitri98]

When I was a sophmore in high school a guy by the name of Sebastian Freemont was in his senior year, and one day after the varsity squad was done practicing a few of us played a casual pick up game. He torched everyone :lol . Led our varsity team to the state championship game (lost) and was recruited by several big name schools. He ended up redshirting at Creighton and playing all 4 years afterward. He declared for the draft but no one showed interest in him. Now he's playing for Maccabi Pandor Rishon LeZion in Israel, coming off the bench. He's a 6'7 SG with pretty good handles and deep range, as well as the athleticism to match. Has almost a 7 foot wingspan and could palm the ball with ease.

[code green]

Also played with Will Blackmon in the same school. He's not a basketball player anymore, but he plays pro football as a DB/return man. He had a couple of return TDs with the Packers, and won a ring with the Giants, IIRC. Currently a Jag.


Forgot about Jimmy Baron, too. Hands down the best shooter I've actually played with/watched. I think he plays in Spain now for the ACB.

[Wally450]

Also played with Will Blackmon in the same school. He's not a basketball player anymore, but he plays pro football as a DB/return man. He had a couple of return TDs with the Packers, and won a ring with the Giants, IIRC. Currently a Jag.


Forgot about Jimmy Baron, too. Hands down the best shooter I've actually played with/watched. I think he plays in Spain now for the ACB.

How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I have a friend I used to play semi-pro football with who ran track against Will Blackmon at some state track meet. I think he's about 29-30.

[MP.Trey]

I played against Aquille Carr and a couple of his teammates in a pickup game a few months back. He plays for the Saint John Mill Rats in the NBL (Canada). Lightning quick, athletic as hell and mad handles but his short stature really hurt his chances in the league. Surprised the league never gave him a shot but he's only 21 and could still make it.

[Cocaine80s]

Zach Lavine