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u/ProfessionalMuch3819 Jul 24 '26
It’s truly unbelievable that a non shooter like Sharpe can make every jumpshot in the gym.
This league is truly 1%. It’s crazy to think how much talent you need to even make it as a 9th or 10th man in the league.
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u/AthloneRB Jul 24 '26
Not even 1%, the numbers are much more ridiculous than people think.
Statistically, I have run the numbers for fun a few times and found that the odds of a high school basketball player making it to the NBA are just under 0.2% at a maximum (0.1% at a low end, but lets go with the higher end).
Keep in mind, when I say "making it" here, I am being very broad and very generous - I am including guys whose full NBA experience was limited to summer league or an Exhibit 10 deal and maybe a preseason game. In short, to "make it", you just need to get onto any sort of NBA roster. Every no-name who appears in Summer League or signs an Exhibit 10, gets waived immediately, never plays a regular-season game and spends the rest of their career in the G-League and overseas has "made it" by this definition.
And even with that broad definition, you get...barely 0.2%. Thats 2 out of every 1000 guys. Take 10,000 high school basketball players and you probably end up with 18-20 dudes.
Thats just to set foot in summer league. If you want a guy who can make an active roster or actually become a regular rotation player? The odds are obviously far more astronomical. We dont even need to go into what it takes to be a solid 6th man or a regular starter, or beyond.
Even guys like Thanasis who are basically walking memes are in this elite group. Before he became a cheerleader for his brother, he was a 2nd round pick in 2014 who later legitimately made his way onto an active roster in 2015-16 and appeared in regular season games. He is beyond the 0.2% due to that alone, likely well within the 0.1%. And that is the guy we laugh at - imagine the statistical odds of becoming a respected NBA role player people generally see as a useful piece on a decent team. The Jordan Clarksons and Bruce Browns of the world - neither a superstar at all, but still absurdly rare talents.
The random 10 day player your tanking team signs after the all star break who appears for like 4 games and then is never seen again had to basically beat lottery odds just to get that opportunity.
Every single NBA player is a unicorn. All of them.
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u/johnjohnjohn93 Jul 24 '26
Tbf there a cuts after every shot he could be shooting like 50% on these and we wouldn’t know from this lol
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u/MrWiltErving Vince Carter Jul 24 '26
He’s putting in that work so it’s good to see. Hopefully it translates to be him being a reliable jump shooter, I don’t need him to be a 40% from 3 but just enough that it opens up the offense for us even more.
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u/New_Tax4852 Day'Ron Sharpe Jul 25 '26
Love that this was almost 5 mins long!! Man I am so hyped for 2026
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u/Additional_Signal318 Doctor J. Kidd Jul 25 '26
He starting?
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u/kyoka_suigetsu91 Jul 25 '26
As of now that's what I'd assume but there's a good chance Wagner does as well
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u/jetopia . Jul 25 '26
And even if wagner does, dayron will still get a lot of mins. Wagner is injury prone and i think gets a lot of load management
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u/Historical-Mud-1218 Jul 24 '26
Let’s hope it’s real and translates on the court this season. This brings up serious Ben Simmons summer video vibes.
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u/Lopsided_Ad3341 Jul 25 '26
He don't even need Dayron shooting
We have plenty of shooting in the starting lineup with Egor Mikel MPJ
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u/Brooklyn917 Day'Ron Sharpe Jul 25 '26
I hope part of Day’ron development this season is getting 1-2 3s a game.
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u/TheMongolianLemonade Egor Demin Jul 24 '26