playing basketball

aww

ha

Are you guys taking """"charges"""" on playground concrete

The fuck is wrong with you people

wtf are you talking about

tried my shammgod out tonight in front of a pretty nice crowd (first day of classes) and KILLED a kid with it

nice!
I can do all kinds of dribbling shit out there by myself...then get in game situation and struggle with anything more than basics, argh

people stand around watching your pickup games? or are those people waiting to get in a game?

yeah first day of classes so there were a million people at the courts

waiting to play

waiting for kevin to blow their little minds

btw if you didnt yell SHAMGOD did not count

Also dudes who play in open gym that like hustle beyond belief and full court press by themselves and get all up in you but then are like "what, me? just playing chill defense here what's the issue".
― Spottie, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:09

i am basically this guy and i'm still surprised by how much it pisses people off, especially if they don't respect me on offence

― micah, Monday, January 13, 2014 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wrong thread so posting back in here.

Yeah I don't mind hustle, I'm probably just jealous of the constant energy.

those guys usually jump out of their skin if given any sort of fake

I keep getting matched up against this 6'6" athletic and skilled guy (I'm 6'1"...and at least 10 yrs older than this guy). Half of me likes the challenge, half of me wants to be able to take a normal shot every now and then, maybe get a few rebounds, would be nice.

hustle guys are fine until they inevitably undercut you

Yeah the undercut always ends in arguments/blows

It's like the ONE major no no in pickup ball

hah one of my besties in high school didnt really understand how to play basketball but was super athletic and strong and had so much engery, my friends all understood what his deal was and could play with him but when wed get pick up games people were just aghast at his behavior lol

man, I already miss my brief, weird, obessive pick-up basketball run -- I had shittons of free time to work on my game and workout, so I went from being pretty much zero to being passable in a short time. Got in the best shape of my life too. I feel like some of the stuff I learned left me, like I can't remember how to make my body do some of the moves and cuts I could do when I was in better shape, but it'd probably come back if I worked on it again I guess.

it'd probably come back if I worked on it again I guess

i thought this too before i got old

haha, yeah you just have to adjust as you get older. learn new skills and rely on "bball IQ" and what not. Really on the fundamentals more. I love playing against high school hot shots cos you can school them a million different ways and use minimal energy doing it. There's a reason a prime age is like 26-29 cos even tho they may be faster and more spry/energetic at a younger age they generally just don't have the experience.

playing against/with high school kids is so tedious and the literal worst

^^^^^

these young bucks' game (or lack thereof) totally made sense to me when last week they told me how good an NBA player Nick Young is...

Yeah I don't recommend it on a reg basis but you know if you're shooting around on one side and a group of punks need another to make 10 then hell, I'll put in work.

do u talk shit on the court y/n

i'm a huge yapper

only to other shit talkers

lol xp

i never really did except for a handful of times when i got pissed off, which tended to improve my game

'are you going to shut up when you lose?'

hell, I'll put in work.

yeah I can't be choosy here like I could when I lived near Chicago. Here in AZ I'll take what I can get, have played with anyone from 12 yr old girl to 72 yr old dude.

my shit-talking M.O. is to shit talk prior to doing anything to my man...then when I do that 360 oop on him (for example), go mute and just give him a big shit-eating grin.

i just like to talk not necessarily shit just like about whatever

yeah i talk incessantly, ask people how theyre doing, talk to my teammates, and when i'm scoring a lot i'll let the guy guarding me know

good of you to give him a heads up

most of my games are with people i play with a lot so it's normally all in good fun but i do like getting under people's skin sometimes too

Im not much for talking trash, just generally an even guy on the court. get heated once in a while if someone acts up, mainly against a teammate tho. usually play with guys I know so it rarely turns to trash talk.

those moments where i do get heated a little I generally play way better so part of me wishes I could just be a KG out there and find something to be mad about

yeah I can't be choosy here like I could when I lived near Chicago. Here in AZ I'll take what I can get, have played with anyone from 12 yr old girl to 72 yr old dude.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:38 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

I play well too when I get heated, but I always feel bad about being a jackass once the testosterone has dissipated. Try to tell myself chill, just a friendly game but competitive juices v hard to quell.

one cool thing about sports is its ok to get heated, i mean obvs you can take it too far but you know

yeah of course, sometimes you just have to, its good for the soul imo, like a good cry on occasion

a friend of a friend told me at a wedding that the way i played made him think i was psycho but he wasnt really abt that life so idk

i personally don't consider myself a v intense player, maybe occasionally

those moments where i do get heated a little I generally play way better

not quite the same thing, but as a little kid it was a revelation to me to see these two guys on an opposing high school team (they ended up playing at like rider or holy cross or something) just fucking sprint with the ball. no one wanted to get in their way, and no one wants to get in your way when you're pissed off either

yeah it has an affect for sure, some dudes can't control it tho and just get too blown out to be able to function or like do fundamentals and thats no good

haha one of the dudes i hated most in college I squared off with like every night for months ended up on the same team one random night and I asked how he was doing or something and then we were homies 4lyfe and ended up roommates and i introduced him to his future wife etc etc

lol

been talking a lot of trash with him of late since he's a seahawks fan and I'm a niners fan. just like old times

being able to fucking sprint with the ball is a skill, one of those things that you think nothing of seeing pros do it but can be tricky to pull off. I used to be able to do it as a kid but now idk I can't control my dribble for length of court full out sprinting.
ball handling skills are one of the things I noticed taking a quantum leap forward from my heyday to my world of young people today. Avg ballhandler of today would be elite 15-20 yrs ago. I have footage of me in 7th grade repeatedly breaking full court press just with dribbling and fuck man what happened to that kid??

V hard skill but also something that would rarely be used