playing basketball

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.

he's 6'4" with a wide frame, just sets mean picks and hits the flatfoot short shots. plays in tournaments where often there's no other teams in his age group so he has to play vs the "young" guys ie dudes in their 60s. one of his tourney teammates is an ex globetrotter.

last week this 23 yr old stud dominated (6'3", great shooter, crafty finisher, good handles, excellent vision). I wanted to switch onto him but kinda felt like it'd be a dick move to basically tell my teammate he can't guard him, step aside. He still will hit 3's in my eye but I don't let him waltz into the paint like my teammate was allowing him to. Will have to just check him from the getgo so the awkward "step aside" moment doesn't happen.

I wanted to switch onto him but kinda felt like it'd be a dick move to basically tell my teammate he can't guard him, step aside.

Maybe he was too proud to ask for a switch but would've welcomed your suggestion as a way to save face!

ha I've been on the other end of that before when having to guard bigger/taller guys. "yes please, you try dealing with this beast". lack of 3 second rule really puts you at their mercy sometimes.

So last night I made sure to check the young stud mentioned above...and 1st play he blows by me for a layup haha. But think he only got 1 other layup that wasn't after someone else switching onto him and my team won 3 out of 4 games so hooray.
We get to play indoors once or twice a week because this guy's wife is the school principal, but she resigned effective next school year so don't know if we can keep hooping there :(((

bummer i was in a game that got kicked out of a school once it was sad

they kicked you out midgame? or it was a regular thing and they killed it?

the latter

major failure of our society that so many gyms go without ballers and so many ballers go without gyms

too true

i too have lost a regular game in a school

they eventually found another place, but it was at like 9am on sundays and fuc that

Interfering with your churchgoing, harrumph!

http://www.theonion.com/article/55-year-old-guy-dominating-ymca-pickup-basketball--50813

that's good, but 55yo guys at the Y always play a little dirty ime

They always know how to throw dem 'bows

I played 3 on 3 today w/ my brothers, my brother in law, and my nephew, it was dope, so so so much fun. I hadn't played in years so I am super sore right now but overall I was very satisfied with how I played. my jumpshot could've been way better but I was a monster on defense imho

woww http://graphics.wsj.com/brooklyn-best-and-worst-basketball-courts/

wow wish i had one of those for PHX

fwiw it def missed some courts but pretty amazing work overall, also great to see how many courts have high quality backboards/rims/nets now after years of dealing with the evil handmade parks departments set ups

omfg

played at #32 a couple weekends ago

agree w the assessment?

the courts r not numbered?

yeah! the courts and hoops themselves are pretty shitty but it's always packed, which can be a good or bad thing

lagoon if you do "show all" it ranks them in order of overall score. then if you click on the name of the court it will tell you what the rank is. seth low park in bensonhurst is #32

ah thx, they shdve listed the rank in the table, what am i supposed to do count over here what the heck

bb park courts r truly stunning btw worth the 100

hurts to see my old home court finally got nice rims after i moves away i am happy 4 them tho

btw whatre u doin in bensonhusrt kev

gf is from there, we visit a few times a year. i'd always wanted to play there but only recently am i comfortable enough with the family to be like ok...i'm gonna go play basketball now

haha nice

v important step in a fam relationship obv

I pulled a dellavadova move on a loose ball tonight. No one hurt but I felt so dirty afterwards. No idea where that came from

Should probably seek counseling pal.

office bball game tomorrow, should be hilarious

Ha nice

ha spottie, it seriously bothered me. i apologized to the dude like four times. some weird competitive juice kicked in and i just launched myself at the ball.

anyway i got the ball but lost a little something in the process.

pulled a dellavadova move on a loose ball tonight. No one hurt but I felt so dirty afterwards. No idea where that came from

― Heez, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 9:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol when playing w/ my brothers we all made attempts to do that goofy delly floater

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/video-how-to-fix-pickup-basketball-with-analytics/

mark cuban otm

a vast majority of pickup hoops games are scored using 1s and 2s.

whaaaat not where im from bro

I often think about how pickup 1s/2s scoring overweights the three, but how that may be counterbalanced by the fact that you don't see a lot of true knockdown 3 shooters in pickup games.

too many ppl shooting 25-footers as it is, no need to encourage them

yeah man we stopped with the ones and twos a couple years back totally changed the game. little weird getting used to keeping score tho

if the choices are 1s/2s or all 1s, always choose 1s and 2s. game gets too physical otherwise

yeah pack the paint and bang

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/4/7/8353509/what-are-the-rules-of-pick-up-basketball-survey

btw this is how pickup is supposed to be played imo

- 1s and 2s to 15, win by 2, unless a lot of people are waiting in which case all 1s to 11, straight up
- winners outs in half court
- line up at the foul line to pick teams, alternate
- do or die shot from 3 for ball. if full court, the team who doesn't get ball first gets to choose which way they want to go
- shoot a 3 to resolve disputes
- call your own fouls. if it goes in anyway, it counts. "and-1" means nothing, it's just a way to taunt
- no fucking zone