The Professor wants to play in the NBA.

[DC4]

As rapper Biggie Smalls would say, The Professor has gone from ashy to classy. When the 23-year-old tried out for the And1 team four years ago in Portland, he was a struggling, scrawny college student working at a grocery store.

Today he's still the same scrawny kid with the absurd crossover, but he's known from Australia to Japan, one of the most popular And1 ballers, and a main attraction on the ESPN reality series "Streetball," which chronicles the craziness of the And1 tour.

The Professor's new life consists of balancing hoop dreams and acting dreams.
In a recent interview with Grayson Boucher, they asked The Professor "Do you still aspire to be in the NBA or have things changed?"

When I started doing movies, my goals were starting to change. I recently got an opportunity to play for the CBA team in Atlanta called the Atlanta Krunk. I think I'm going to give it another run with regular basketball and see what happens out of that. I'm only 23, so I figure I still got time. It's still a goal, but if I didn't make it I wouldn't be mad because I got so many opportunities from streetball.

It would be cool to see the guy play in the NBA IMO.
Do you think it will happen?

 

[.GR]

Oh hell yeah thatd be sweet!

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Never gonna happen... He's not even close to being one of the best players on the AND 1 team (well, maybe he is now that all the good players left).

 

[dez]

I have to agree with BKS.

He's not good enough, too frail. Kenny Brunner aka Bad Santa has a better shot IMO.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Jerry Dupree (The Assassin) has also at least played in the D-League and been invited to training camp a couple times.

 

[The Young One]

Everybody knows AO was the rawest one and he couldnt even make the league. So professor really doesnt have a shot

 

[Mexi]

short
white
scrawny
no way he gets into the NBA. maybe a d-league invite, but he wont make it

 

[CameronCrazy06]

AO had a pretty good chance, IDK if any of you watch(ed) And-1, but Mike James came on the show a few years ago and AO absolutely fried him.

The Professor is a very good player. He's obviously a great handler, and he has a very good jumper.

With that said, I believe the kid is 5'6, and is not a very bulky kid. I wouldn't rule it out because he's a very good player, but it's improbable.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Main Event was easily the best all-around player on AND 1.

 

[VC3]

my dick plays better than the professor.

 

[dez]

Main Event was easily the best all-around player on AND 1.

Main was nice without a doubt, but AO was the best hands down IMO

Baby Shack is nice too, the way he's developed over the years has been crazy, he's damn near unstoppable now.

 

[.s31t]

Anyone ever see AO in the DL?

11.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists

Not too shabby.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Anyone ever see AO in the DL?

11.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists

Not too shabby.

Guys that average 20 and 10 in the D-League have trouble sticking to an NBA squad, so this proves that a guy who put up 11 and 4 has no shot and neither does anybody else from AND 1.

 

[dez]

People said the same about Skip, and look how he's doing.

I think there are a couple of guys in AND1 who could crack a team, not saying they would be superstars but they could be solid bench players or role players.

Other then Skip nobody has gotten a real chance to prove what they can do. Right now their 1 for 1. I dont know why the NBA shuns these guys.

 

[The Young One]

Yea on some real <Censored>. I think Baby shack could play in the league too. Homicide could also.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Yea on some real <Censored>. I think Baby shack could play in the league too. Homicide could also.

Didn't Homicide play for the Raptors?

 

[The Young One]

Didn't Homicide play for the Raptors?

Yea i think so. He got cut for alvin williams though

 

[.s31t]

Homicide is in the NBDL I believe for Washington.

 

[.s31t]

Helicopter is sick.
Guy tears up Europe, ABA, and Japan everytime he plays.
Could probably be in the DLeague.

 

[The Young One]

Another player that i think could compete is Silk aka Andre poole. Dude is ill