I've played basketball with 2 NBA players. One was Chris Childs and the other was Jon Coker. I was young when I played against Childs and was near the height of my basketball abilities. I scored the first two baskets with him guarding me on no-look turnaround jumpers. Then I didn't touch the ball the rest of the afternoon. I didn't get a rebound, a pass, or a loose ball. It was like someone turned out the gym lights.

I was in my mid-theories when I played ball with Coker. He had been out of the league for two years because of cancer and was trying to get back in shape. I thought he was a stiff when I watched him play at Boise State. When I played him (remember he hadn't touched a ball while going through chemo and I was told by him that this was the first time he had tried working out) he was the fastest player in the gym, was the best passer, was the best defender, the best shooter, the best ball handler, the best anything. It wasn't even close. And he hardly ever got off the bench in Phoenix.

It's not like I was a bad athlete and I used to be a pretty good basketball player. But those guys are on a whole different level. I personally know that if an NBA guy didn't want me to score I am not going to. Who knows, but my guess is Rudy Gobert would completely shut down about 99 percent of the guys on this board.