playing basketball

#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

i mean there are other sports than have similar things but not really just exercises

burpees are pr similar to my bball game

lol

Did you ever fix your knee

no

not coincidentally, also in the worst shape of my life

may the grace of Tyus Jones lift you up, oh faithful servant of K

aw

yeah the physicality of basket ball is basically the reason i quit playing. so many back injuries. doesn't help that i'm a slightly big dude who always gets matched with like a former tight end out of clemson

i know how to spell basketball btw

you just don't even like the physicality involved in pushing the 'basket' and the 'ball' together

sucks to be paired with the best former all star tight end out of clemson, I agree

the dude wasn't even that good... just huge.

sucks to be paired with the best former all star tight end out of clemson, I agree

But Frank Thomas is hella old at this point.

Hail Big Hurt

guys I feel you on the getting old/it's a rough game thing...but I play with a guy who is 75!! Granted he sits out if we run full and he leaves after an hour or so but still

75 is old wow, played with plenty of 50 year olds over the years but never 70s.