NAB Pathways: Petracca on choosing footy over basketball, the Pendles chat | AFL

“When you look back now and probably the year that I’ve had you know you really do just have to trust the process and trust that everything happens for a reason, and one day you will get your turn.”
Melbourne star and former NAB AFL No.2 Draft pick Christian Petracca shares his journey from the backyard to the elite level, thanks to NAB.
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[@DS_2K]

Anyone else getting this recommended after the 2021 final?

[@Scareprofn]

Yep haha

[@emoandsaigesaflcollectable3089]

Yep

[@doge_legend4340]

Yep hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahahhahahahahahah

[@chopsnveg]

Yep

[@mufc383]

Soccer is the biggest and most important sport on Earth with over 4 billions fans and is massive in over 240 countries. Afl only has 7 million fans and massive in only 4 Australian states. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in Australia by 2050 gdud

[@matthewnorman9803]

Patracca looks like my old sports teacher

[@matthewnorman9803]

@@mufc383 I agree but nfl has the most attendance and afl has more attendance then soccer

[@repeatquinny]

Well old mate just got the normsmith medal

[@mufc383]

Soccer is the biggest and most important sport on Earth with over 4 billions fans and is massive in over 240 countries. Afl only has 7 million fans and massive in only 4 Australian states. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in Australia by 2050 hskb

[@aflboi2622]

pretty similar to ablett aswell, i think
edit: about the footy over basketball thing

[@user-dj2xn]

Nope

[@aflboi2622]

ben dover
yes, as a kid ablett wanted to play basketball

[@user-dj2xn]

@@aflboi2622 Ye but he was never good enough to gonpro

[@aflboi2622]

but how would you know

[@dweller6065]

@@aflboi2622 accounts one reads on bball forums like hoops.com.au Undoubtedly a good baller, but size and skills not quite there to be elite.

[@lollipopfamily8773]

Well done

[@davidfox9947]

The NBA is the hardest sports league in the world to make only about 30 guys a year make the league that will have a career over three years half of second round picks will not make a team and most the rest will be out of the league in less then three years.

[@tommymeggitt1412]

fully hectic

[@AR_Sports8]

Yeah ITALIA

[@protoindoeuropean]

Basketball Background

[@kuden8844]

He deserves brownlow medal

[@lachlanhaberfield561]

Dyte getting a shout out

[@KieranShort]

basketball is also a family sport

[@billyda_savage269]

Ok

[@BigChungus-ll6rk]

Why is the comments full of these girls about sex

[@roboking2342]

Tbf he’s 6’1 so didn’t have a genuine shot at playing NBA

[@gayebell7893]

😹😿