playing basketball

its always a variety of dudes in this court called life

i mean if you're gonna be up in arms anytime someone slaps you across the arm when going for a strip, prob shouldn't be playing. this was about 1 minute into my 1st game, never seen dude previously, so it wasn't a straw/camel's back thing, either.
in the non-asshole yet still d-bag dept, another dude recently refused to take out his earphones when playing. now I know what playing w/a deaf teammate would be like.

some courts are bad

― mookieproof, Friday, August 6, 2010 6:24 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

mookie u play in bk?

not really -- the only court i know of with regular games only has them in the morning on weekends. and i can't go for that

ive played for years at dekalb n carlton, sweet neighborhood sitch, not sure id seek it out if i didnt live around the corner tho

is it just the courts I've been going to the last few years or are most bball players raging assholes?

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, August 6, 2010 3:54 PM (7 hours ago)

def the opposite for me. you get douchebags but they're usually white dudes straight outta high school with shit to prove

the comraderie i encounter in most pickup games, even at high levels is pretty cool actually

yah i pretty much agree

not abt the post collegiate white guys, just to be clear, not sure abt all that

finally found a really good regular pickup game in my hometown in the winter...just in time to go back to school (where i can get good games 24/7 so no problem there). sunday afternoons at the city YMCA are a gold mine, couple dozen really good high school players and 20-somethings playing all day long - was the only white dude there too which is always a plus

i'm awesome at shooting as long as there's no dribbling involved

cmon watch earl the pearl monroe

just start spinning

i got out there last week and this weekend, on this concrete court. mostly shooting alone then on sunday 7 dudes show up they all know each other but are reuniting from since 10 years ago or something. anyway they were cool everybody played well i shot well and then i get pushed into butting heads with this other dude, i got this boxing gash right under my eyebrow gushing blood, but it stopped pretty quick i dunno. i didnt get it checked out yet...

i made 39 straight foul shots today /braggin

damn bro

on one of those pizza hut mini-hoops

played full court yesterday, won like 8 straight games, fun, sort of rusty, hit some threes

xp haha when im just shooting around i usually have to make 10 str8 free throws before i can go - made my first 10 and wanted to see how far i could push it. got to 39/39 then only made 24 of my next 34, but then made my next 22 for 85/95. ive never been 90/100 so i really wanted to get that but missed the next 2, settled for 88/90 which i think is my best

hella streaky

88/100 i mean

where'd u play ice cr?m

at the jcc in newton mass lol

have played at the jcc in park slope too, not jewish btw

haha i've tried to play at the park slope y, but it's pretty crowded and, sad to say, probably out of my league at this point

yeah y's tend to be p hardcore in general

An overflow crowd of 1,500-plus was treated to the main course on Friday as Boatright erupted for a personal-high 45 points - including a mind-boggling total of 35 in the fourth quarter and overtime -

So that's 35 pts in a 12 minute span, against a team ranked 8th in the state. His team isn't in the top 20.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Saturday, March 6, 2010 9:47 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

saw this Boatright kid play again today cause he's scored 55 and 63 in games this season. had like 36 in a loss today. totally in the AI mode, including the attitude. in for a rude awakening courtesy of jim calhoun next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAVjcGH7ao

AI mold

he seems quite deliberate and under control and ryan boatright is an ill name

watching superior high school players kill the competition is p fun

totally in the AI mode, including the attitude

also the "not passing"

he looks alright but don't really know where he fits, looks much slower/dumber than shabazz and is kinda small to take playing time away from lamb, smith, or combs

guess it sorta depends on whether kemba goes pro

kembas got to declare right, tho i guess lol lockout so

god i hope not, we could be incredible next year if he stays

don't think he's really ready either but if he wins player of the year idk why he'd stay

why are we talking about this in the "playing basketball" thread tho

cause i played w/him once in a pickup game
yeah he doesn't pass much but he has pretty good vision and ive seen him make some pretty sick passes. just has no talent around him. his team's bigs missed about 7 point blank shots in the 4th qtr alone yesterday.

cause i played w/him once in a pickup game

oh nice!

btw my alma mater has been #1 in the state for like 5 straight years, has 2 div I recruits on the current squad including the reigning Ms Basketball...kinda interested in catching a game but as a 32 yr old male feel like everyone would be staring at me like "ok who let the molester in?".

eh i dont think anyone really pervs on lady ballers

id be curious to see how good a top girls team is

ive seen broadcasts of them in the state tourney and its like "wow these girls are very competent".
seems like about 95% of hs players don't stand out due to lack of athletic talent or bball skills so much as not being able to produce under the lights. you get a sense of how crucial poise/clutchness/not being rattled is to being a successful athlete. obv that's key in college and pros but the gap between the haves/have nots and the rarity of the haves is much more dramatic.

eh i dont think anyone really pervs on lady ballers

right but she kinda cute. ms bball that is:
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/77250/morgan-tuck

shit didn't realize the pg is ranked even higher nationally
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/73085/ariel-massengale

my best friend, who practices with the girls, was just telling me how insane their recruiting class is for next year

uconn's i mean

BATTLE WOUND

http://i52.tinypic.com/2ckjzr.jpg

wtf were u playing Bruce bowen

ha no i was playing defense, dude is drivng to his right and i go for the steal, he lowers his head into mine, hello facial laceration & 5 stitches

damn son!!