playing basketball

Tonight the (by far) biggest ballhog I play with (idolizes Kobe and has modeled his game after the worst aspects of Kobe's...fallaway 25 footers when double-teamed etc) comes up to me after a game and says "2 shots isn't enough for me...you need to stop shooting so much and give me some passes" (I'm that type of baller who loves making a nice pass more than I do a nice shot). Thought I was in bizarro world. Day before, few of other guys and I were talking and saying we need to do an intervention on him cause no one wants to be on his team. Unbelievable how little self-awareness some people have.

ha, yeah if you play with him a lot you gotta let him know.

i hope you laughed in his face

I did!

ballhog and his associate semi-ballhog/terrible shot-selection 3pt jacker both came to play tonight but were sick and left after a few minutes. from then on GREAT ball, lots of movement, helping the helper defense, close back-in-forth games...ahhhhh

The cartoon editor of The New Yorker has game: http://youtu.be/lEQ8-yV76Kg

did something to my achilles tonight. made the exact same move as kobe when he did his. don't think its completely torn tho.

:(

that sucks bruz

damn yo

did you recover well Spottie??

My friend (who I met over a year ago, at an open gym) recently told me he actually had a D2 scholarship for ball, and what got him it in large part was a promo tape he sent out of him getting 20+-12+ when matched up against Rasual Butler in high school. Bit of a bombshell seeing as he's been my hoops sparring partner. Makes me feel good about my game cause he's clearly better than me and has 5 inches on me...but he's not THAT much better and 1 on 1 is pretty competitive.
His dad didn't really ball but apparently his gramps played vs Wilt a bunch in Philly.

thanks for asking, achilles took longer than i expected. went to the doc a couple weeks after and decided against surgery, it was 30-40% torn. So basically did nothing for 6 months and just started playing again a few weeks ago. feels tight but secure and naturally my third or fourth time back playing i rolled my right ankle (never really done that one) coming down on another guys foot :/ mild sprain, will be back probably next week but it's disheartening how injury prone I've become.

i truly hate playing with ankle braces but i just can't afford to not use them now i guess, anyway curry inspired me to buy this ankle brace for both sides
http://zamst.us/product/a2-dx.1.html
so they're in the mail

gah that sucks. that brace looks pretty hardcore. very supportive but prob uncomfortable eh. I have a chronic weak ankle due to repeated sprains/strains, and bought this guy awhile back:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VEEGX2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As you can see, not as much hard plastic but does have plastic inserts in there. I actually emailed the seller to complain they were missing from the shipment, but they're just really small and flimsy, don't know how much good they do. But the brace itself is slim and supportive enough and after a couple times wearing it I don't notice it one iota while playing.

I have a nagging groin strain, hopefully not a tear. Can't really run, and I stupidly tried to play thru it and kept re-aggravating it. Been skipping the bi-weekly games I usually have the past few weeks, was gonna make my triumphant return tomorrow but it got cancelled. Another week to heal.

Tuesday night is open gym, Saturday is invite only, I got to know guys who have keys to the middle school gym. You get some assholes at open gym, but Saturday is a rotating group of really good-natured guys, love playing with them. One Saturday a couple months back, someone invited this major jackass who I played with few times at open gym and I didn't play well each time. He crossed me over good once, and was sure to say shit about it. Got "into it" a with him every time pretty much, as did several other guys. Non stop talker, and not in a funny or jocular way. So on the Saturday, I don't say much to him; I try to act like I don't hate his guts, even make a friendly comment to him. Then he flips on his a-hole switch. Starts yelling AT HIS OWN TEAMMATE for pointing out who was open on the break. "I've been playing PG my whole life, stfu old man, bald motherfucker" etc etc up and down the court for next 2 possessions. I tell him c'mon man, relax. So he blows up at me. Game ends and he wants to fight me. Next game starts and I'm KILLING him. Floaters, step back 3, stripped him and finished solo breakaway. He's still talking but now it's "wtf this guys is getting SOOOO lucky".
You could tell everyone besides dude who invited him can't stand the guy. I tell him "hope you enjoyed it, cause this was your first and last Saturday run". "Ooh you think I give a shit?? I'm moving out of state in a couple weeks". 1/2 the guys start applauding. Whole thing was AWESOME.

#weold

That brace looks good. I'll wait and see how rigid this new one is. Spozed to be comfy but I just hate how they restrict my already weak vertical.

Lmao at that story. Finding a good group of guys is key. One punk can ruin it all. At least you got some vindication

to clarify, his teammate didn't approach him after the fact "So n so was wide open wtf why didn't you pass???". Just said "look left!" while play was in progress.

A lil while ago a girl who plays for Stanford came to open gym. Being the woman hater that I am, I've always been curious how I'd compare to a D1 female baller. She was very impressive while warming up, shooting ~80% 3's. Her brother was also there, and we all played 4on4 and some 3on3 half court. She had great fundamentals, very comfortable running the point, communicated well, great attitude, made the "right play" more often than most people. But physically she was at a disadvantage. Would make a nice move to get past her man, but couldn't finish when big man came to protect rim. I was able to post up a couple times and just shoot over her. Her defender had enough height advantage to dissuade her from taking some 3s I'm sure she would nail when playing against a group whose avg height is closer to hers. But yeah in a formal game, she would def perform better than me. Was I'd say maybe the 3rd best player in our games.

I'd be very interested to run with the Phoenix Mercury or something, see how it matches up. Britney Griner is biggg.

Any recommendations on socks? Ive always kinda just played with whatever but thinking of investing in something better. I hear the nike hyper elite ones are cool but wondering if they are worth $18 a pair.

I like the Nike ones I've had for a several years now...they just say DRI FIT along the toes. They were pretty cheap. Them with a liner sock underneath=no blisters and feet stay relatively cool.

Liner sounds smart, could prob get away with that and the crew socks I have already. At least for a start. Thinking about trying the new curry under armour shoe too.

i found a fucked up basketball on an abandoned court the other day and shot around it was good

cool story. goon r u a baller?

retired mostly

<3 <3 <3 one of my favorite activities

― jhøshea, Friday, April 25, 2008 6:51 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:(

now i just run because i am lame and old, i was on a run when i found the ball in fact

basketball is just running anyway, just a more fun version of running

this is... not true

just trying to encourage you to play again bro

:)

i want tooo

i bought some really ugly CP3 shoes but i secretly love them
http://cdn.solecollector.com/media/sneakers/images/jordan-cp3-vi-ae-supernova-02.jpg

I don't think they're ugly! /spottie'smom

haha

haven't touched a ball in almost two years ;_;

basketball is just running anyway, just a more fun version of running

― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:44 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is 100% true

whenever i feel fat i go play full court

i can play open gym for hours but can barely care enough to run around the block

same

we play every wednesday in a middle school gym and last night some tmac looking dude showed up and blocked all my shots. one of those long armed dudes who is so quick off the ground that even if i got him in the air on a pump fake he would recover and block my shit.

well i hope u told him he was not invited back

running is good, basketball is nothing like running, its more like... plyo

started playing again for first time since hs/before prompted by a dude at work who is trying to get people together for pickups. Lots of good park spots near me to find games but need a lot of work on my shot and handles. busted up my ankle a few yrs ago playing rugby so i am trying to preempt what seems like an inevitable exacerbation.

Felt like i got hit by a truck after my first pickup though lol. tons of fun

running is good, basketball is nothing like running, its more like... plyo

― lag∞n, Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:30 AM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. boxing out and rebounding is some exhausting shit that no amount of running will prepare you for.

yeah nothing can totally get u in shape for basketball except basketball m/l

haven't touched a ball in almost two years ;_;

― mookieproof, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 7:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Did you ever fix your knee

xp it's true. In hs, I'd tell my coach that cross-country was for staying in basketball shape. But cross-country is more for staying in hanging out with buddies and/or smoking weed shape.

feel like tennis would help though.

yeah tennis has a the cutting but not really the strength/crashing into guys aspect