What went wrong with Joe Chealey?

Watching Scoot, I started googling to see who the most recent physical comparable would be.

Chealey is 6’3 with an above average wingspan

Undrafted and only played 5 games in 2 seasons. Still just 27 years old but a clear bust.

Did this above average physical specimen just not have any interest in basketball? Any major injuries? Does seem so. What happened to him?

Imagine getting the genetic luck of being 6’3 with an above average wingspan and just decide youy’ll quiet quit your way through your NBA career.

  • EndlessPancakes@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I saw Joe Chealey at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

  • thenikj@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Had to look up who this is. You are asking us what went wrong with a 5th year senior out of the College of Charleston who went undrafted? He should be considering lucky he even played a few games in the league.