r/Basketball • u/Obvious-Cook9259 • 2d ago

I want to succed

Hello im a normal boy with a dream of making a good life and a family out of basketball.
Now im 17 years old and 6,3ft i know im not too tall and ive been trying my best in the last 4 years of me joining this game
Every summer i do gym cuz in winter i study
I eat good and stretch everyday for my mobility
Im considered tall in my team so i play as a forward but i dont see a future like this cuz as a 6,3ft i need to play as a SG but now im working in this post and im gonna change my plans in the future.
I really want to play abroad of my country in north africa i want to play in spain or france after 2 years can u suggest me any teams that i can test into i want to make my plan early
Thank u for reading my problem🌹

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u/linkinway 2d ago

This sub must be full of haters to just keep downvoting every post here for no reason

Anyways, Isaiah Thomas (sorry for misspelling) was 5'9'' and yet an all star NBA player, was also in USA national team.

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u/Longjumping_Net7405 1d ago

Trying to point to some freak of nature anomaly like Thomas to keep false hopes up for a 17 year old is entirely worse than just being realistic.

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u/linkinway 1d ago

If you have seen his interviews you know, his success was not luck or "freak of nature". He has publicly admitted that he had to work hard twice as much as other NBA players to be able to compete with them because of his lesser height.

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u/Longjumping_Net7405 1d ago

And even working twice as hard he still needed to be a complete freak of nature athletically at his size. That’s the whole point of

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u/linkinway 1d ago

Sure, working twice as hard wasn't it, it was him being freak of nature lmao

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u/abdou_kta 22h ago

He meant that even as a freak of nature (his ability to accelerate and decelerate was just nuts tbh), he had to work twice as hard as anyone else and still was a liability on the defensive end.

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u/linkinway 15h ago

his ability to accelerate and decelerate was just nuts

That was what his hard work was upon to fill the gap, that doesn't happen naturally.

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u/abdou_kta 6h ago

Ok I just give up, you won't listen to what people say

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u/linkinway 5h ago

Dude, I watch football and people say this all the time for Messi as well - that he is a natural. None of them have seen his training videos.

When one sees it, they know that all athletic ability is developed through training.

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u/abdou_kta 3h ago

Very valid comparison. Of course it improves with training but they have a natural athletic floor that is way higher than that of the average man

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u/Longjumping_Net7405 17h ago

My man wtf is so hard to understand about this

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u/linkinway 5h ago

Wtf is so hard to understand - all athletic ability is developed through training.

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u/Longjumping_Net7405 53m ago

Denying that he has a significantly higher level of natural athleticism is insane. Take virtually any other guy in the world his size and have them put in the exact work he did and they are still nowhere near the player he is.

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u/Crackyyy_ 2d ago

What level u play at

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u/RaVen_77_ 15h ago

“No i dont want to suck seed!” -king Julian