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Remind me of Brian Scalabrine, who was never more than a role player, beating a high school player 11-0 _at the age of 43_.

If I recall correctly, he also once said something to the effect that he's closer to Kobe in talent than 99% of the world is to [Scalabrine].

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2021/03/24/brian-scalabrine...

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The real quote is I’m closer to LeBron than you are to me.

I will point out Scal was highly touted by other members of those Celtics teams as being an excellent 1:1 player, not to discount what you’re saying about him being head and shoulders above every amateur in the world, but more pointing out he’s far from the least skilled player to have reached the NBA

I came here to see if someone brought up Scalabrine. Yes, you can find videos of him playing pickup with supposed 'good' HS stars and he destroys them. The quote was "I'm way closer to LeBron than you are to me."

All NBA players are insanely good. And the best NBA players are so good it's hard to comprehend. There's another video of a retired MJ coming out and destroying a new Bulls player who was talking trash. MJ never even took off his sweats.

Or look at shooting...uncovered NBA players almost never miss. Look up Gilbert Arenas shooting half court shots for practice - almost never misses. Or Steph Curry from anywhere on the court.

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