I Spent 1 Week Trying Out for an NBA Team...

I've been recruited to a weekl long try

out with the most exclusive NBA g-

league team ignite I will be doing

everything that the players are doing

from practicing to weightlifting to

suiting up on game day so they can

evaluate my skills and see if I have

what it takes to make the actual

team practice is about to start so let's

go making this team would be my absolute

best path to making it to the NBA this

team is literally meant for young

players to get to the NBA so I need to

make this team to make my dreams come

true for those of you who don't know

ignite is the NBA's new DA team it's an

alternate path for top players coming

out of high school to get a chance to

play against real pros and make up to

500k a year instead of going to college

in their first three years they had 10

draft picks more than any program or

college in that time frame including

Jaylen green at the number two pick and

Scoot Henderson at the number three pick

also I have to make the Warriors regret

cutting me from the team never forget I

tried out for the Warriors and they cut

me I think you were really close

but I got to say I don't quite think

we'll get there but you know I will make

them regret it I pulled up 2 hours early

my weightlifting time is at 11:00 but

you know I always have exclusive access

so I'm going to show you guys what an

NBA weight room is like when they're

working out let's go for my

weightlifting session they're going to

be evaluating my strength and comparing

it to the other players on the team to

see where I stack up and all I'm going

to say y'all will be surprised just

wait

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yes

yes three

more five

more I had to push these guys they could

be my future teammates it be hype in

there everyone's

screaming I'm ready to get in there the

players are going over their plays and

stuff so I'm in the rate room with my

guy Ernie director of performance so

it's my first day what do you do on the

first day man first day we're going to

get you uh just to do a little warmup

you're going to get an intro into how

the training is going to be I'm going to

get you to do some assessments so we're

going to do some testing to get a

baseline measure you ready I'm ready so

I can compare my staff to the other

players exactly exactly in the

background working out is modest buellis

who is a projected top five pick in the

2024 NBA draft there was some serious

Talent on this ignite team and I have to

impress them keep going keep

going perfect bring that knee up bring

that knee up good I love leg day love

leg day I'm like sh extend that leg back

yeah which

one go how' that feel good good feelm

warm boys something huge is about to

happen the general manager of ignite

walked into the wait room M what up at

the end of the day he is the person who

decides who is on the team so oh my God

I need to make a good impression this is

my first time meeting him I'm here with

the GM of ignite so when you're

recruiting what are you looking for

talent okay got that physical

athleticism right got to be able to jump

run cut all that stuff you got to want

to be here so what does that mean right

that means like I want to play with

other great players I want NBA

competition I want to be coached I want

to be Max prepared to come into League I

want to be a pro before I can be a pro

anywhere else I think I got all of

those does he does he I genuinely have

all of those things like I'm not even

trying to be funny or anything I have

that you invited me to this Tri out you

must have seen something you're right

yes sir the GM seems to think I'm joking

but I do have what it takes to join this

team and the first step to proving that

is nailing these evaluations time to get

my stats track to compare the first

thing they did was track my height and

weight which is 62 1/2 205 lb I've got a

Luca build but 5 in shorter but I'm

still Steph Curry's height we're going

to test your Solus strength I never

heard that word before goal is to beat

mattis's score oh that's tough you hear

him M impossible impossible bro my CS

are bigger than yours I don't

need modest just cuz you're top five

projected doesn't mean you have better

Cales than me that's one of my

superpowers so go ahead and get in your

position sit down so it's on you now

ready ready and go up up up up up up ah

oh he's going dude watching this back is

actually painful I have a death

scream that is the most annoying scream

ever like it it doesn't sound tough at

all sounds like I'm dying this thing

hurts like where am I at yeah so 3200

Peak Force maximum force in Newton wait

what am I at you're at 3100 I think

you're damn if if modest was top three

and I beat modest that means I'm

probably number one might have the

strongest Cavs on the team

hey okay oh he's oh he went and got it

yeah is that higher that's the highest

I've seen oh 3700 let's go that's

impressive you know it's good when the

weight liting coach is saying that's

impressive my Cals are no joke bro

number three on the team out of 15 don't

sleep on me like bro KN better sign me

right away or the Cavaliers are going to

be looking at me with the way my Cals

are

keep going keep going keep going yep now

come back come up come

up oh my God now come up fast you can

fast you can y stand talk top keep your

core tight keep your core tight

hey bro that thing pulls you down uhhuh

go and get it yeah let's go let's go

come on hey yes sir oh yeah let's go my

goal is two plates eventually it will

happen eventually just pull up as hard

as you can ready go up up up up up up up

up up up

up that's it not as strong as my Cavs I

was going to say I was going to say

that's a this is a little bit different

number three on the team for Cavs last

place for upper body it's not good at

all that I'm last place for upper body

strength but hopefully my calvs can make

up for it the last stat that the

coaching staff needs is my vertical jump

so we're going to test that down fast up

high and let's go get hey yep now big

jump big jump let's get it big jump hey

I think that might have been it

12.5 we're going to keep working on that

one you dude I got to say jumping with

my hands on my hips not used to that

12.5 though I got to work on that don't

tell coach about that one I won't tell

coach about that I won't tell about tell

my CS I'll tell him about I'm going tell

them about the peak force on that one

all right yeah let them know the

evaluations are definitely important but

it's nowhere near as important as how

well I play on game day so as long as I

can perform on our game day I'm in I'm

making the team after the weightlifting

it was time for practice when I walked

into the gym I noticed an NBA Scout so I

had to introduce myself hello hello just

want to introduce myself Jesse I know

that I'm not on the roster but if you

want to write down my name jesser I am

trying out for the team and I am trying

to make it to the draft so I just wanted

to keep that in mind you're Scouting For

the um P for the Portland Trailblazers

they could really use someone like me

I'm a knockdown shooter I'm a great

teammate

all got it nice to meet you good luck to

you thank you

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awesome getting loose I'm ready oh no no

I'm not warmed

yet y'all s step like crazy you really

like me moving mine is so

light yes sir now the boys are working

on defensive schemes different plays

like that so I'm not in this drill right

here just get an inside look of what

this looks

like it is

intense

crazy they're just all practicing and

they don't even know I got the third

strongest calf on the team that's crazy

to me like they don't even know listen

to this this so I they got all my stats

for the weightlifting I got the third

strongest Cavs on the team he's

going why why would that not be a good

thing W wa he's saying our team weak or

am I just really strong who's number one

you know number one you're looking at

him you have one I me I got one that's a

good point bro I literally had to let

everybody know about my Cals damn now

it's time to hop into practice I had to

make a good first impression if I was

going to make the team oh got make

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three okay during the shooting drill a

huge opportunity came up the head coach

of ignite Jason Hart he's an X NBA

player he came up and started rebounding

this is the perfect opportunity to show

him I have an amazing jump shot because

if I make this team I'm going to be a

spot up shooter yes

sir okay let's

go

hey ti no I'm not tired yeah yeah

bring it up bring it up bring it up I

got to the top making two in a row and I

got stck go man go yes sir right in

front of Coach too you know what I'm

saying the energy is good it's all about

competition and competing and practice

so we can get better if you do your

thing that's not good for our thing and

it's only about our thing that'll make

your thing look good they always end

practice with someone reading out a

motivational quote to everybody and they

picked me bro the most a award person I

was not ready for this yes sir to the

middle what am I doing

theid what is the quote at the top of

the page Oh Hey listen up fellas no

matter the

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circumstances this P to watch oh God hey

I got a quote of the day for

y'all of the Day quote of the day

no matter the circumstances that you may

be going through just push through it

Ray

Lewis together three 1 2 3 together

let's go watching this video made me

realize I have a nervous tick that tick

is saying yes sir and nodding my head

yes sir that's how you know I'm nervous

much appreciated y thanks so I did all

my weightlifting did all my baselines

just wanted to tell you that I have the

third strongest Cals on the team just

want to put that out there I beat modest

you working hard I'm working hard keep

working he's working hard we keep

working sir I feel like I'm making a

great impression with head coach this is

going really well after that I wanted to

get some advice from one of the players

dink who's actually the youngest

professional basketball player in all of

America he should be a senior in high

school right now but instead he's

playing for a night what do I need to do

to make the team uh I say show up here

every day put the work in just like how

you did today you let coach get your

rebound so he can see you boom all day

long yes sir now let's head back to the

apartment so a really cool perk about

being on the ignite team is you actually

get your own apartment so all of the

players are staying in this building and

they actually gave me one of the

apartments to stay at during this so let

me show you guys around welcome it's

actually so nice you walk into the

kitchen has a beautiful Island right

here with the granite you can do some

cooking you know they got team meals

want a little home style very nice

balcony all the way in the distance you

can see Las Vegas the strip across the

way you actually have access to Lifetime

Athletic which is a massive gym they got

saunas in there we got to check it out

definitely going to go over there at one

point but for real this is such a nice

apartment like just being on the team

there's so many perks after today's

workout your boy needs a nap so I'll see

you in a bit it is day two now today is

a off day the players have absolutely

nothing but I'm not taking an off day

I'm not a player on the team I'm trying

out so I need to keep working hard get

better better I need to be the hardest

working person there so I reserved time

at their practice facility I'm going to

get in workout and I'm going to give you

guys a tour of the practice facility cuz

I think it's super interesting just

showing you guys what it's really like

to be a professional athlete on a team

like this the things they have access to

so I'm excited to get that workout in

maybe I'll do some recovery after that

but today's going to be a quick day just

preparing for game day tomorrow they got

my jersey ready in case coach calls my

name bro that's where I could really

prove

myself so we have made it to their

practice facility the basketball court

is massive see the little welcome GLE

night at the top okay it's super

interesting it's actually the local

community center but they've taken over

the basketball court they have a private

locker room here they also have access

to their private weight room but also

they have like rock climbing here they

have people doing yogas I'm super sore

from yesterday's workout so no more

weightlifting but I'm going to go get

some shots

up

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tomorrow is going to be a big day it is

the pre-season game the moment I've been

waiting for I've got to try to get in

the game so I can prove my value to the

team I'm nice bro put me in the corner

I'm hitting a three I'm also excited I'm

building my team chemistry tomorrow I

once saw LeBron James surprise the

entire te Team USA with Beats headphones

they were all wearing it on the plane I

was like I need to do something like

that so this is what I did I spent

$110,000 on the nicest headphones I

could possibly find made gift bags threw

some bucket Squad shorts the best

basketball shorts in the world in there

and I was going to give it to all the

players to build chemistry I feel like a

2K in my career like I do this act I get

like plus 10 chemistry there's also a

ref Clinic didn't know this was a thing

but the refs talk to all the players

about rule changes going into the year

what they're looking for so I'm going to

document that like as a regular fan I

had no idea that was a thing so I'm

super curious to see what that is and I

get to see my jersey for the very first

time oh my God I'm so excited it's going

to be a big day I'll see you in the

morning all right we' made it to the

locker room that side is the legit

locker room but I'm still trying out so

I'm over here oh my God it is beautiful

the jesser Jersey what something I never

thought I'd see in my life NBA G League

17 jesser ignite got the full fit and

this is their new city uniforms which is

so dope let's go bro I really feel like

a part of the team right now dude that

is literally a dream come true you know

maybe if I can't do well on the court I

can do well in the locker room you know

I might be the 15th man just there to

give motivational

speeches I'm doing everything I can do

to make the team pretty much is what I'm

saying what's up you man good to see you

you too man big alert people head coach

Jason Hart just walked into the locker

room you ready to play yes sir hey I'm

ready there you go what are you looking

for today I need you to hustle I need

you to hustle I need you to be a good

team guy if you open shoot it 100% if

you open shoot it if you're not open

pass it play defense all right have fun

more importantly let's go say less hey

I'm ready I'm fired up here brother got

your uniform yes sir you ready big

number 17 and I have house yes sir well

have fun man Havey you can hang with us

today yes sir appreciate the opportunity

man come on did he just say if I'm open

shoot it like I'm about to get in the

game are you serious right now like I'm

not I'm not tripping he said that right

he said

that hey BBE I will get in the game dude

head coach just came in and really said

that to me what dude I'm I'm so hyped up

at this point I'm stupidly locked in you

got the earphones them is sweet man they

going they going to really appreciate

that

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this is the best team met I've ever had

you hear that

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crazy I'll see you all on Wednesday bro

I'll be there practice team chemistry

plus

five all of the sudden I realized I was

late to the ref clinic so I had to

Sprint over there pretty much what the

ref clinic is at the start of each

season the ref go over any rule changes

or things they're looking for just

having a clear communication between the

refs and players I didn't even know this

was a thing so it's so cool having this

access and seeing all these little

things like regular people like me don't

know about we got to get the handles

warm boys the MBA ball is so different

to like your regular high school ball

whatever you use they like genuine

leather and they're much more slippery

than a regular ball competition today is

the Iowa wolves the gie team of the

Minnesota timber wolves hey coach can I

hop in huh can I hop in yep right right

just get W bet bet bet I'm ready I'm

ready I got to know my place for some

reason coach didn't want me to get my

jumper warm maybe he knows I don't need

it so I decided to rebound be helpful in

any way I can I got to put my jersey on

I'll see you in a bit for real yeah I'm

here I don't know if I'll get any

minutes but I'll be on the bench let's

go I'm a team player now the shoot

around was done it was time to suit up

boys it's time for game time give me a b

drop man here it is people fully kitted

up boom look at me in my uniform they

literally gave me the most massive

Jersey I swear it was like a 3XL it was

honestly way too big for me it made me

look small which is not good D I feel

great bro I'm ready to get out there you

yeah real play

bro got his on it

too 17 my favorite number I've just

always been 17 since I was young y'all

had 17 open I was in my locker room area

for a while talking to modest and Eric

who were injured for the game and I

didn't realize everyone had left the

locker room and was out on the floor

this is bad I'm still in the locker room

so I had to sprint out there you're late

bro I'm late how am I I keep getting

late and I barely made it to the

Huddle on 1

2 yes sir you ready oh I messed up bro

they were distracting me Eric and matis

dude I'm so mad so because of that

didn't make it to the starting lineup

which I didn't expect I'm trying out

they're not going to throw me in there

yes

sir good cut hey let's go Ron well Ron's

a bucket if you don't know about Ron Ron

Holland is an absolute monster he's also

a projected top five pick in next year's

NBA draft there's some real hoopers man

dude I love the bench energy everyone's

getting hype I'm not used to a hype

bench bro usually the bench is

quiet all

right swing it ellot good shot good

shot

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yeah let's go damn my main objective on

the bench was just to bring as much

energy as possible

good shot hey let's

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go let's go yes sir they subing in did

Coach call me or am I tripping I'm

tripping hey I got yall some exclusive

footage this is what it's like in a

Timeout for an NBA

team hey on the post of ler he's a good

player you kind a three quarter we don't

want no get nobody just an easy post

people work work on their game okay

don't come don't come too far I said

about right here Ron you going to come

over the top and Tyler you going to

clean them up going to be wi open for a

shot you going to make the pass so you

got you got Ron wide open or you going

to have Tyler heading it for John

go keep talking on defense keep talking

helping each other out on Def guys look

how stupidly locked in I am I'm so ready

to go whatever the team needs I'm

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there

good

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move I got a question for you how do you

say yes in

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Spanish at the end of the first quarter

it was a very close game I still haven't

gotten in yet but that doesn't matter

look how locked in I am man just played

let's get up and down and the ball got

to be hot all right the ball got to be

hot that's it man we getting good shots

got to make the ball hot don't hold it

put me in the game I feel that

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bro

it let's

go

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inside

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damn why was he yelling like

that no for real though can we get a

replay of

that that's got to be a flop hey Leonard

that that elbow feeling

weird I definitely got into Leonard's

head with that one you already know he's

thinking about his elbow it's going to

mess up his jump shot I'm helping the

team without even being in the

game oh good

block hey let's

go oh yeah another one another

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one easy easy get is that he wants the

jumper instead the layup ni

little

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oh

damn not not oh good shot good

shot yes

sir yes sir back to back they need a

time out bro b to B threes we just went

crazy there only down by four

let's

go and it was now halftime and the team

goes back to the locker room but coach

told me to stay warm and stay on the

bench little confused I didn't go back

there but I listened to coach okay you

got to respect what he

says you open Sho hey maybe I will get

in the game so as long as I can perform

on our game day I'm in I'm making the

team but no it's actually so sick bro

just being on the bench is like such a

dope experience I love it I'm having so

much fun it's halftime right now we are

down by 11 points it's intense bro these

games are no joke hey got hey you got to

hustle you're not hustling man you got

you got to get back on defense man I'm

you put me in

you got to get back I've giv so many

high fives but in practice you ain't

been hustling man you got to give me a

hustle man I'm sorry in practice he

ain't hustling that's why he ain't game

right now let me my first I know but see

you looking a little nervous I don't

know so practice you never practice all

right I'm going keep giving out high

five room for the team appreciate it man

I've tring trash to them I'm getting the

other team I'm going to throw you in

there now okay I'm ready he really said

I'm going throw you in there coach

wouldn't just say something like that

this second half I need to prove myself

I just need an opportunity what's up man

what up make it to what bro I'm trying

bro I'm trying my best so you going to

like well I mean coach isn't putting me

in the game but you know I'm like I'm

trying I got to get that luck the moment

it's about the luck it's about the

position you're put in you never you got

to be always ready yeah you always got

make it just keep grinding and wait for

the shot and it's going to come what was

your name

again pleas to meet you take care bro he

was lowkey scouting me hey matus the

other team wants me bro he he told me

that if I don't make it

lying I'm not lying I'm not lying he's

scouting me you think coach needs water

hell no

don't I'm ready F hey fast I'm fast you

can do a better job at handing out some

water though I could do better you

haven't even seen me in the game yet

though hand two hand the cross you don't

understand I'm Elite bro NBA Celebrity

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