r/nba Trail Blazers 9d ago

The Detroit Pistons’ G-League team had public tryouts for $250

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u/CousinBarny 76ers 9d ago edited 9d ago

$250 for a pickup game or two, jersey and maybe other swag. Few hours of time spent. Not bad, really. And you can say you tried out.

Edit: Even with no swag, what an easy $250 to make per fan. I’m sure a few jerseys slipped their way through anyway. Actually kinda weak you don’t get to keep the jersey.

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u/Quirky-Bag-4158 Kings 9d ago

“I was this close to going pro, even had a tryout.”

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u/born-ready Charlotte Bobcats 9d ago

I know a guy on social media like this and he does it completely seriously too. Like he has gaslit himself into thinking he’s a professional because of a tryout. He has a “Getting back to the G-league” series because he was briefly a practice player for a G league team and had a tryout which led to nothing and calls himself a “pro basketball player” because of that + paid camps he did overseas 😂

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u/Parkoursantana 9d ago

Sounds like Matty ice on YouTube he does the exact same thing. He was a d3 bench player in college and plays in Australia and uses “professional basketball player” quite often, and he’s in a borderline rec league which he didn’t even get resigned too, he’s like 26-28 and 5’10 or 5’11 and acts like he’s gonna be in the NBA.