It takes talent, hard work, top notch conditioning, luck, and skill, among other things, to make it in the NBA. That's the very reason why players appreciate their opportunities and count their blessings for being able to earn millions to play the game they love.

There are a little less than 500 roster spots available to the entire world that are filled with no vacancies year in and out due to stiff competition.

Some of the best basketball players that may come to mind whether they were street legends, college players, or local ballers, even on their best day are barely good enough to match the NBA level, and in most cases, they aren't as good as it may seem.

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown spoke on the subject of regular joes during a recent podcast with Taylor Rooks of SportsNet New York, and the ones who feel they could take NBA players one-on-one with no problem.

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Brown has been acclimated to the big league now, so he has already gotten a full understanding of what it takes to play on a professional level every night, and it is not easy.

The Celtics swingman stated that 80 percent of fans feel they can take on NBA players, but the reality of that situation is far from true.

In fact, former Celtics forward Brian Scalabrine issued a challenge to the best players in Boston years ago and hand-picked the top four players of the group.

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The result was total domination, spanking the pants off of them all by a total combined score of 44-6. Even the player who was considered a human victory cigar was too much, and that wasn't even the highest level of play they could face. Needless to say, their trash talk videos came back to bite them in the end, and thus the truth in what it takes to play against NBA competition.