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It cannot be overstated how toast 99.999% of people would be trying to defend an NBA guard on the perimeter.
Toast? I’d blow out both knees and pop a hip trying to move like that.
Mitchell would’ve already been at the rim by the time Average Joe set his feet.
Mike Trudell (the Lakers' beat reporter) told a story last week on the Laker Film Room podcast about how when he was covering the Wolves, he challenged a mid-40s Teresa Weatherspoon (former WNBA star) to a game of one on one, and how he was absolutely blown away by all the technique and tricks she had in her bag. He referred to how she knew how to position her elbows and hips to move him as a defender completely out of the way so he couldn't contest her shots.
His point was just that the reps that pros get in playing against other pro competition is not something the average person can really comprehend. Then when a normal player goes up against them they get absolutely demolished just because they don't have the ingrained knowledge and muscle memory to really understand how to play against that.
Just looking at that, both my ankles would've snapped twice.
Look at the strees on those knees, a normal guy couldn't even get his shot off without pulling something the other day