"I Can Still Play In The NBA" Sean May's Stunted Growth Story: What Happened?
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- Sean May. May was down the line of a long list of below the rim centers that although lacked the athleticism you’d want from your 5 position, he had elite feel for the game, basketball iq, and finesse rarely seen that was able to propel him to being one of the top recruits in his class. He was a star for his Indiana high school, but became an even bigger one in college at North Carolina. Over his 3 years in Chapel Hill, May couldn’t have had things turn out any better. Leaving school a champion and MVP of the tournament, May placed himself in the middle of the mix of potential lottery picks that could again, become one of the faces of a new generation. The Charlotte Bobcats in 2005 were certain they had their guy late in the lottery as they chose him with their second pick of the top 14, teaming him with his college point guard Raymond Felton. Things couldn’t have worked out better for May. A great ending to his college career, taken in the lottery, to a team with open opportunity at the 4,5 position, and playing with his point man for the last 3 years and one he won a championship with just months earlier. But these fortunate occurrences couldn’t overshadow the fact his body was just not meant for high level basketball like the NBA, and maybe his talent level and eating habits weren’t either. He never played much more than a college season in the NBA and some consider him one of the biggest bust of all time. Here’s why. "I Can Still Play In The NBA" Sean May's Stunted Growth Story: What Happened?
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It’s crazy….you could do a stunted growth on that whole starting 5
He already covered 3/5 of it, if I’m correct! Morrison and Felton both had episodes in this show!
@@onlyone23km I was talking about that NC team. But yeah I think he already covered Felton
@@courtneysmith1352 and Morrison for DAMNED sure.
Facts
@1-800-Wavy but he was Sean’s teammate on the Bobcats. And that’s what I was referring to.
Take notes Zion. Learn from others mistakes. 🙏🏾🤷🏾♂️
Better diet, and hitting the weight room would have helped… he actually thought he’d be a center in the NBA… so he trained and ate like how a center would… should have been training for a small/power forward combo… a lean athletic body would have helped…
Legacy player, who actually had the same exact career as his pops..... great college players, pro careers started good, then became injury prone.✌🏾
NBA showed his flaws. cheeseburgers and cheesecakes can only get you so far...
Dee Brown. Deron Williams. Luther Head. Roger Powell!!! Let's Get it!!!
Illinois was stacked!
I'm going to be honest I didn't think much of Sean May from day one
For real
Facts
Exactly he felton and the rest and it proved
Facts
Naw not here in NC he took us to the NCAA chip on his own back, playing injured, and was name most outstanding player in the tourney. Also he one of few who actually graduated from college with a degree. It says something about a person who can do great things with no checks.
What hurt Sean May was that he was undersized, injury-prone, lacked athleticism, and had insanely high expectations because he was a lottery pick coming into the league.
You forgot two big ones.... He was lazy and he was out of shape. When he came back from the knee injury, he'd gained
17 lbs, and weight gain just kept increasing after that
@@dickflair4538 thanks, I'm glad that you brought those up.
Over drafted
Nah..... The fact is is he couldn't control his weight
@@floridagator1765 at 13th overall? Stop
Dude could’ve been the next Bison Dele, BUT cheesecake is a hell of a drug.
I agree. Although cheesecake is fucking delicious
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Nice name drop, blast from the past
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Bison Dele… because he light skinned… Brian was 6’10” and athletic. Sean was overweight and played like it. If he dropped 25 pounds and worked on a consistent 18’ jumper he could’ve lasted a decade plus.
I was a fan of Sean May because I too was a chubby lightskin big man who couldn't jump lol. I even bought a Sean May Bobcats jersey. Even though I was a fan of his, I was still kinda mad UNC beat Illinois in 05.
It's cool he inspired,would have been nice if he turned out to be at least a poor man's Barkley!!
Hard to believe that Sean May was drafted ahead of Nate Robinson,
Gerald Green, Jarret Jack,
Danny Grainger, Monta Ellis,
Louis Williams and David Lee 🤦
He won a ncaa chip when it meant something I remember 4 of the starting 5 and a backup got drafted first round
@@amancalledhawk5575 hell ye. I'm from NC and the Tarheels are my team. That's why I was so disappointed at how bad his nba career went because May balled in the championship game. Reyshawn Terry, McCants , Felton, Jawad Williams, Sean May started with Marvin Williams,
David Noel, Manuel & Melivin Scott coming off the bench. But they'd start Manuel if the other team had a great 3 or 4 because he was our Glue Man
@@dickflair4538 I'm from SC the heels are my bball squad but football its clemson lol its crazy he got picked before them guys because dude looked fat well chubby in college if you are a shorter player you need to either be explosive athletically or have a high basketball iq prime example of both is nate Robinson and mugsy bogues
@@amancalledhawk5575 avg 20 & 10 during that tournament run too, he was a beast every game!! #tarheelnation
Not back then
Just a decent player in college. The UNC team was extremely solid. Was always slow of foot and no athleticism. It was clear that he would no be more than a journeyman in the NBA. Good to be a journeyman. Made millions. Not a sad story at all.
I used to see Sean May all the time at brunch around Charlotte. Always with his family, he's a good dude. He also knows how to eat.
He was just 10-15 years too late. He would've been a contributor in the 80s or 90s. He was a tweener and add in being semi unathletic 🤷. Tough go nowadays.
Great point and observation
Lol he was drafted in 2005 he was in the right era. No excuses.
Didn't that championship team have like 5 guys drafted in the top 15 and none of them lived up to the hype? Felton lasted the longest in the league but he wasn't the pg in the pros like when he was at UNC
they were stacked in college,Felton lasted a long time in the NBA,just not a superstar
He should’ve modeled his game after Tim Duncan, Brad Daugherty.
He could have been a poor man's Barkley
@@terrytitus6945 a poor man’s Clarence Wetherspoon
some guys are only made for college level ball. May was one of those guys.
In the NBA Sean May played PF, Emeka Okafor was the Center in Charlotte
He had a Fucked up Elbow and knees in college....I was mad we drafted him because I knew he was banged up already
Bobcats wanted to sell tickets with him and Felton
I'm surprise there isn't any stories about MJ getting Sean or Raymond Felton in shape. They both went to NC like MJ did and MJ was minor owner of the Bobcats back in 2006.
Felton was decent but May lacked hustle for the NBA,very underwhelming,Okafor I liked,Gerald Wallace was great!!!
@@terrytitus6945 okafor delivered each night
Sean May and Lonnie Baxter always reminded me of each other and both played in the ACC at the highest levels
Baxter made more of his talent,he hustled just didn't have much NBA talent
Man your channel is so 🔥 bruh
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I grew up in NC and we use to go to Bobcats games on field trips for free and Sean May definitely had potential
May was not only overweight...he was only 6'7." When reading about him after watching this video, I noticed that on his year's official Draft Combine stats.
May reminds me of previous wide body power forwards who lacked height but could score in the paint. Barkley was the prototype for May, Larry Johnson, Clarence Weatherspoon, Corliss Williamson, Rodney Rogers, Danny Fortson, Gary Trent etc
As a diehard Carolina fan from birth, I never seen him as an NBA player. Undersized and not athletic enough for the pro game. He was a beast in college because he used his weight to his advantage.
I dont know, feel like most think he had the career he was supposed to have. Guys like him, Big Baby Davis, Jared Sullinger, Jahlil Okafor all end up with similar arcs. Maybe that body type makes it through 4-5 years...that Oliver Miller prototype dont last long in the modern era.
Bobcats logo nostalgia lmao
I'm good on reliving those
12 win 70 loss seasons 😂
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Ugliest jerseys
finally been waiting for this one
Did you do one on Corey Brewer yet?
Man, as an Illinois fan I used to hate this guy LOL but dude could ball. Sad that it didn't work out for him.
If his weight issues had been addressed before and be in shape more often, he could've been a serviceable big man for years since he can shoot.
More like David West-style of a player IMHO.
This Crazy thanks for the story
Thought he was gonna be like Elton brand or boozer but never happened
I will never forgive Sean may for beating the fighting Illini!! This man legit made me cry as a kid when they lost. And I knew he was a bum back in college that’s why it hurt 🤣🤣🤣
What does it say about your team being beaten by a "BUM"?
For real. I was pissed!
@@drone1028 he wasn’t a good nba player but he was a great college player.
Yeah UNC could get a team full of "bums" and beat up any every other team in the tourney especially Illinois. We play chess not checkers over here. Most y'all need a generational talent to even make it close to a chip.
good in college just not the NBA,NC was very good,far from a bum team!!!
I still can t believe my Hornets drafted Sean May when Danny Grainger,
Monta Ellis, Louis Williams amd David Lee were still on the board 🤦
You know why they did that, it was the North Carolina connection. They wanted to sell tickets in North Carolina.
Monta was a 2nd round pick. David Lee wasn’t seen as a lotto pick by anyone. Lou Williams wasn’t picked anywhere near the lottery either. The only player you mentioned that even had a first round grade was Danny Granger and he ended up being stunted
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It was the Bobcats and they picked Felton over Paul,their draft picks never materialized,only Gerald Wallace really performed!
@@rooseveltdarbey9493 that is true because people didn't want the team,also trying to get Jordan involved
Sean May was an absolute baller at UNC and was the key player in propelling them to the 2005 title. However, I don't ever remember him being touted as a great pro prospect. He was seen as an overachiever prone to injuries.
I used to watch all his college games .
Another great video. 👍 Michael Olowokandi next.
This was a good episode! I wondered what happened to him!🤔
I couldn’t stand him in college. And they beat my Illini 🤧😂
NC was loaded,used to get alot of the big ones!
I thought that was O’Shea Jackson jr on the thumbnail, like they made a movie about May? Lmao
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Do a vid on Patrick O'Bryant, had a good run with Bradley in the NCAA and disappeared suddenly
man we need marcus liberty, robert pack, and laphonso ellis on here
Laptops Ellis was an All-Star talent that couldn't stay healthy,him,Mutumbo could have been a great duo for years,then you add in McDyess,another who got hurt too much!!
He had that microfracture surgery that destroyed a lot of guys like mashburn , cwebb ,tmac
He is like Sheldon Williams..Wayne simiem..even emeka okafor was better being undersized
Emeka could be a beast at times,triple-double including blocks
I was a fan of his game. Rashad McCants was my favorite player at that time so I watched all their games. I was also a big Sheldon Williams fan. He was my guy. He and JJ Redick had a nice one two punch their junior and senior years. Williams only gets credit nowadays for being married to Candace Parker lol
He had great hands and a nose for rebounds. He could have been a Zach Randolph type, but the injuries were an issue
he had great taste in food also.
he didn't have no where near the hustle of Z-Bo
as a Carolina fan I will always be thankful
You have to do a stunted growth episode on Ty Lawson
I dont think alot of people think May is one of the biggest bust of all time. There are ALOT of players I can think of before May...
He wasn't a lottery pick,there are ones who did less than May
@Kings Will Soon Rise no way!!!
@Kings Will Soon Rise no,only top9
@Kings Will Soon Rise how heralded was he,not exactly the biggest bust,nowhere near Adam Morrison the next year.
Always thought he was a Power Forward more than a center. I mean he was only 6'8"
Eric Montross…did well his rookie season but fell off the later years in his career…
alot of players have
@@terrytitus6945 truth and 💯….
Man i think sean may is down here in durham working as a manager at one of the car dealerships
Tarheel fan since elementary school and I didn’t even think this dude was all that
Next Charlie Villanueva or Raymond Felton please.
He probably could play on an NBA level but his game ain’t where the NBA is today. Melo a legend and is struggling to adjust oh boy has no shot
Melo’s 37 and doing fine.
@@freddycalipari4242 if you call being a bench player fine... sure
@@johndoe-gh2or at 37? It is, he’s one of the few from his draft class still around.
I played against him in high school
Sean May one of the select few players in NBA history to be undersized AND oversized at the same time
Been waiting on this one 🔥🔥🔥
He was too slow for the NBA game also the Injuries
not enough hustle in the NBA,didn't go with what the team was doing,hustling for losses but were fun to watch!!
I’d love to see an episode on Bryant Big Country Reeves
When I worked at Unc I would see him often at Krispy Kreme on Franklin St.
He could've gotten in better shape, but injuries hindered that, he and Karl Malone was the same size entering the league with similar skill set, but Malone got in shape and was pretty much injury free until his last season
Same size but different body types.. plus malone was just naturally more athletic
That man would have made a great defense or offensive lineman... just saying...
You ever think of doing a video on emeka okafor?
I agree life long tarheel fan but good team
A true march madness legend.
charlotte bobcats need to fire their draft selection picker LOL
I don't think he was considered one of the biggest bust of all time like you said at the beginning of the video. Darko, Anthony Bennett, and Thabet come to mind as big bust.
I love you stunted growth
still waiting for that emeka okafor video
It’s funny because he was always a college type player. Ego is the worst
Can you do Jalil Okafor plz
Very well but!! He got away with being bigger than everyone in high school. He was never going to be a star in the pros even if he never got injured.
The Bobcats had injuries with May,then Adam Morrison,Felton and Okafor weren't next level players,Gerald Wallace was easily the best of the bunch and they took a chance on Primoz Brezec,nothing materialized!
If May was smart, he could had carved his career like Udonis Haslem. Haslem was May at one point, got to 300 lbs, but then loss 50 lbs. May could had lost the weight, add a jumper, could had sticked with league as a role player.
Stunted growth do one on Oliver Miller
May was a pretty good player I don't know what happened well now I know but he should have been pretty good in NBA
He almost looks like a poor man’s Javale McGee
Lol word
Do 1 on Walter berry from st johns..
Al B. Sure and Taye Diggs younger brothers were starting for the Bobcats?
To be honest he was never a center at all he was a PF it was the coaching the team around him and shot selection that made him look good. He was a talented player with good ball IQ and had the people around him to make things easy at the college level. It takes a special athlete to be 6ft8 6ft9 to run as a center in the NBA. Ben Wallace for one example was strong athletic and it allowed him to get position on bigger men downlow for years. Tim Duncan a true PF came in and learned from David Robinson how to anchor the middle and he could change between the two. Sean to me seemed like he would have been a great 6th man who could come in at PF fight for rebounds and get some put backs up for you while resting some people but we will never know.
if he was drafted in 2010s & stayed healthy he could’ve been like draymond green
Well Rashad Mccants will be a solid stunted growth contestant.. 🤦♂️
Do a stunted growth on dermarr johnson
Did bro
The NBA X'ed May out because he was a real Power Foward, not out by the three point line.
yeah...the power he forwarded those cheeseburgers into his face really had the NBA scared....lol
Do Danny granger
Please do flip murray
I remember seeing this dude in a club in Los Angeles after his championship win dude was mean mugging me hard I was like damn lite skin niggaz need to stick together lmao
The whole team is weak, but I remember May just being the worst player in the world.
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Not sure how he would function at 6'9" 280 lbs. though?
very well .....at the fast food joint
Just goes to show what those summer league MVPS mean
They gave him a script and he wasn’t with that shit 😂😂😂😂😂
Can we get a Joe Smith video pls?
Not to be funny but Sean May looks like Ice Cube’s son little twin brother ijs lol…also still wonder why Sean May got hate for shunning Indiana for North Carolina….
He does look like Oshea Jr
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@@authornahsun634 sure does lol…
The worst thing that can happen to your basketball career is hearing Stunted Growth say your full government name and birth date at the start of a video.
a better fitness plan might of led to a longer nba career
He look like Ice Cube Son
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