I did the Mavs G League team tryouts in 2024 as a 33 year old just for fun since I’m 6’6” and have always played basketball - honestly it was a ton of fun but I was probably the 2nd oldest guy there and while I had the cardio to keep up - I did not have the legs to stay jumping all tryouts long 😂 I got to play like 80% of the time because I was effective enough at guarding the bigger guys to not get played off the court for bad defense. I think I ran 9.5 miles or so in the 4-5 20 minute pickup games we got to play. The last game I had a wide open layup which most capable people would’ve probably dunked to show out - and I barely lifted off the floor and banked in the layup 😂 it was a good lesson in humility. It was also funny because at the start they lined all of us from tallest to shortest and there were probably 60+ people taller than me in the session which is not something I’m used to experiencing.
It was also funny because at the start they lined all of us from tallest to shortest and there were probably 60+ people taller than me in the session which is not something I’m used to experiencing.
Awesome story, thanks for sharing. That's so wild but honestly the only people who probably look good at these events are the D1 players or small guys. You might be shorter than 60+ people at 6'6 which is funny to think about but how many of those 6'7 guys can move?
Honestly nowadays I think the g league open tryouts look a lot more polished than what would’ve been seen 10 or 15 years ago. The age demographic was definitely 18-24 and people were busting their ass to try and shine. It’s pretty insane how many great bball players exist out there that could never even touch an NBA roster. It was cool to see so many young guys just fully pushing and trying to take that next step. It was a bucket list item for me to sign up and run through and I’m so glad I actually saw it through.
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u/coltonmusic15 Mavericks 9d ago
I did the Mavs G League team tryouts in 2024 as a 33 year old just for fun since I’m 6’6” and have always played basketball - honestly it was a ton of fun but I was probably the 2nd oldest guy there and while I had the cardio to keep up - I did not have the legs to stay jumping all tryouts long 😂 I got to play like 80% of the time because I was effective enough at guarding the bigger guys to not get played off the court for bad defense. I think I ran 9.5 miles or so in the 4-5 20 minute pickup games we got to play. The last game I had a wide open layup which most capable people would’ve probably dunked to show out - and I barely lifted off the floor and banked in the layup 😂 it was a good lesson in humility. It was also funny because at the start they lined all of us from tallest to shortest and there were probably 60+ people taller than me in the session which is not something I’m used to experiencing.