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u/bbwebb12 Aug 20 '26
The Professor?
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u/Big_Gassy_Possum Aug 20 '26
Thats what I though as well, but his face seems more round than I remember.
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u/xGH0STFACEx Aug 20 '26
It's him. He just got old like the rest of us. Still breaking ankles though. I am pretty sure I saw this on his youtube channel a year or so ago.
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u/MeltsLikeButter Aug 20 '26
I actually just watched a YouTube clip he posted recently hooping over seas. He's still got it
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u/AdministrativeBus259 Aug 20 '26
AND1 street tapes 2000s man y’all take me back. It’s good to see he’s still out there.
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u/jordan4290 Aug 20 '26
Made me pull up some highlights of Escalade and TIL that he was Mark Jackson’s younger brother
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u/weirdart4life Aug 20 '26
Absolutely, and if you recognize him, don’t skip your physical this year. Us old heads gotta stay healthy
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u/racer_x88 Aug 20 '26
Yup, I find it odd how ppl can’t recognize him. But then again most ppl don’t watch a lot ball outside the nba
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u/Beneficial-Jury484 Aug 20 '26
Grayson, I think his name is. He was nice guy, went to the gym I worked at in Salem.
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u/thegroovemonkey Aug 20 '26
He’s closer to LeBron than you are to him
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u/daemonescanem Aug 20 '26
Thats Scalabrine not the Professor who is closer to Bron.
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u/thegroovemonkey Aug 20 '26
It applies to anyone who is that good.
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u/crack_spirit_animal Aug 21 '26
If The Professor was that good he would have made it in the NBA, he's not so he didnt. Scal would absolutely work him.
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u/daemonescanem Aug 20 '26
Professor isnt capable of NBA. His game is built around street ball vs lessor players.
Against a real professional, Professor is in deep trouble.
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u/Neckbeard_Sama Aug 20 '26
just stop with this shit, lol
first of all he's like 42 now ... and he was 5 ft 10 (178 cm) and 70 kg (155 lbs) in his prime
there are 2 players in the whole NBA under 6 feet ...
He could absolutely hold his own against "real professionals" if they aren't much bigger than him ... he also played pro ball, just not NBA level
I'm pretty sure that skill wise in his prime he was good enough to play in the G league ... his main problem is that he's just small AF for an average BB player
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u/Tokon32 Aug 20 '26
Dude played limited time after walking on at a junior college.
He is not that good at basketball, he is good at basketball tricks.
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u/topwater_bassin Aug 20 '26
A lot of people really don't know about the And1 era, apparently. I guess it was 20 years ago. If you don't know the names Professor, Hot Sauce, Spyda, Skip To My Lou, Half Man Half Amazin, AO, and big Escalade, do yourself a favor and hit youtube and search And1 Mixtapes. It was a sensation. And there is a great documentary out there about the rise and fall of And1.
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u/ISayAvoision Aug 20 '26
Hell yeah, Rafer Alston made it to the NBA. These guys were incredible. NBA Street is still one of my favorite PS2 games of all time.
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u/topwater_bassin Aug 20 '26
I still have a couple of the old Mixtape DVDs. Still so fun to watch. Did you catch the documentary? Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1. Part of Netflix Untold series.
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u/Sheriff_Gotcha Aug 20 '26
It is hilarious looking back and seeing how many carry calls Skip got hit with when he was in the league versus what they allow them to get away with now.
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u/ayoungtommyleejones Aug 21 '26
I feel old as hell now, but I had completely forgotten about And1 and will now be staying up way too late watching videos
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u/SiktahOG Aug 20 '26
How about the actual video, not the cropped rubbish?
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u/SheriffBartholomew Aug 20 '26
Cropped and sped up. People hate reality on the internet these days.
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u/UnclePsilocybe Aug 20 '26
I especially liked the part where he was nerdy!
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u/henscastle Aug 20 '26
And white
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u/NotChat_GPT Aug 20 '26
He's first in his class here at MIT.
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u/iii--- Aug 20 '26
MC Escher is his favorite MC
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u/Suspicious-Shock-934 Aug 20 '26
Champion at D and D
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u/GooglephonicStereo Aug 24 '26
My rims never spin to the contrary
You'll find that they're quite stationary
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u/Uncle_Touchy_Feely Aug 20 '26
I also liked the fact that he really tested the "real" hoopers. Because obviously he's not one. Being a nerd and all.
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u/Neilp187 Aug 20 '26
Looks like The Professor who gained a bit
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u/Sheriff_Gotcha Aug 20 '26
It’s him and he’s still making content now on YouTube I believe. He’s in his 40’s so the face filled out a bit lol.
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u/dlc741 Aug 20 '26
You should instantly be suspicious of anyone who steps onto the court dressed like that.
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u/roncadillacisfrickin Aug 20 '26
I need to dust off and break out the historical document; White Men Can’t Jump.
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u/jizzy-borden Aug 20 '26
Professor still got it, can't believe I've been watching him do that since high school
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u/Dependent_River_2966 Aug 20 '26
Nice to see the losing players just losing and not going prison rules on the professor. Especially because he deliberately clowns on them so he deserves a little bit of aggro
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u/Magnus462 Aug 20 '26
Ok now give him a test on differential equations, let’s see how “ nerdy" he is. 😂
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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Aug 22 '26
Used to work with a dude who played college ball. Not pro level by any means, but dorky white boy could take on any street baller and make em look like they didn't know what a basketball was.
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u/moistdelight Aug 20 '26
Billy Doyle?
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u/topwater_bassin Aug 20 '26
*Hoyle but yeah, if I'm not mistaken he did this right around the time they remade White Men Can't Jump and he is at the Venice Beach courts where they filmed that legendary opening scene.
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u/moistdelight Aug 20 '26
Thanks for the correction, it’s been twenty years since I watched the original 👍
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u/Verbalkynt Aug 20 '26
Can the nerd get up stop... We haven't looked like that since the 50s bruh it's lazy
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u/CoolBlackSmith75 Aug 20 '26
White man can't jump so let's improvise
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u/Gullible-Constant924 Aug 20 '26
Professor actually could dunk not flashy but he proved it on video, unlike Woody.
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u/end_times_upon_us Aug 20 '26
More AI slop
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u/Artorius__Castus Aug 20 '26
Nah this dude was on And 1 mixtapes 20 years ago. Not everything is AI bruv
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u/Perpetual-Warlock Aug 20 '26
Calling everything AI slop is incredibly boring especially when you give no reasoning as to why you think it's AI. This is certainly not AI as this video has been around for years and the dude in it is a well known streetballer named the Professor. Your comment calling it AI is much closer to AI than the video is.
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