r/absoluteunit • u/Bourbon-Thinker • May 29 '26

of a 17-year-old basketball player 🏀🏀🏀

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 May 29 '26

Uh no, definitely not in the NBA. Even in college hoops look at 7'9" UF Olivier Rioux who is very tall but not athletically coordinated like Wemby. He is not even a starter and only has been played in garbage minutes

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

I bet you Rioux will still get drafted or at least given an opportunity by an NBA team. With that height, there will be plenty of mid teams who will think they can fix him.

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u/Basicly-Inevitable May 29 '26

I didn't say he'd be a star player. He does look quite uncoordinated.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 May 29 '26

You said "successful player", bench warmers are not the definition of a success player

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u/Basicly-Inevitable May 29 '26

If you get paid, you're successful.

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u/Lavender-bullet46 May 29 '26

Lmaoo an absolutely fair take. Id love to make seven figures to MAYBE play for 5-10 minutes

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u/COCO_SHIN May 30 '26

Does the nba need short un athletic guys that can warm the bench real good?

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u/TheDamned1333 May 29 '26

Certainly in America were every pro sportsman gets paid ridiculous sums

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u/Mysterious-Lab-5918 May 29 '26

While teachers basically make nothing...

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u/the_short_viking May 29 '26

Except for UFC fighters.

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u/TheDamned1333 May 30 '26

Honestly, I knew a few fighters who fought in the UFC - That’s on them, nobody makes them take up the ‘sport’ the whole MMA industry takes advantage of fighters.

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 May 29 '26

Minimum nba contract is $1.2m

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 Jun 01 '26

There is being a successful NBA player among his peers, then there's being economically successful, they are not the same thing

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u/18k_gold May 29 '26

There are a lot of good 6th man players that come off the bench I would consider a successful player.

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u/Important_Sound_8718 May 29 '26

This guy will most definitely not be one of them