Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua are good basketball players. Kupp played against Zach LaVine in high school and shut him down, while Nacua played in the NBA All-Star celebrity game as a rookie and actually shined.
Given their basketball backgrounds, the two of them sat down with Quentin Lake for a new web series, “Right on Q.”
Lake asked the two receivers to give their projected stat lines if they were to play 30 minutes in an NBA game. Kupp took the conservative route, focusing solely on defense: three steals, eight rebounds and two points in 30 minutes for the Lakers.
Nacua was more optimistic. He says he could score eight points and grab four boards, along with one steal and two blocks. Oh, and 3-4 fouls because he’s being aggressive when guards go to the basket.
Kupp says there’s no way Nacua is scoring eight points in an NBA game and it led to the funnies debate between the two of them.
“What do you think your percentage three-pointer would be? If you played consistently, what’s your percentage?” Kupp asked.
“Don’t say 30,” Lake mumbled.
“That’s what I was about to say. I was about to say like 29,” Nacua replied.
“You know how good 30 is?” Lake said.
The whole conversation is quite funny, hearing Kupp and Nacua go back and forth about how they’d fare in an NBA game if ever given the opportunity. And if you stick around, you’ll see the two of them go shot for shot on a mini hoop, which is pretty good, too.
