playing basketball

yeah there are few things more frustrating than a half-assed 5-on-5 game but i much prefer a good 5 on 5 to 3 on 3

same thing happens when people wanna go 4-on-4 full-court, too many fast breaks. i've been instituting a simple but effective new rule whenever i play and this comes up though: the ball has to be dribbled over half court. cut down on fast breaks a lot

yeah 4s full or half r both kinda bad

u know whats p cool is a very short full court

I'm 6 foot, Kev

lag, you haven't played in a while and dove right into full court? respect.

I rarely get to run full but love it, it's like a different game. slowly starting to regain the skills specific to it.

thank u it just sort of happened i was shooting around at the gym and a game formed, it was fun tho my offense was beyond rusty but i cld still D it up which after the first game was all i had energy for anyway

ha. D can be v fun on its own.
you're around my age, no?

yup

lol olds

itll happen to u some day too sonny [shoots jump shot w/o jumping]

last youngin that was clowinin on me for being old got beat 21-0 1on1 I'm just saying haha. (he wanted to make a bet out of it, and then wouldn't pay up, the lil fucker)

itll happen to u some day too sonny [shoots jump shot w/o jumping]

truth bomb

i am not a very good shooter (i don't practice or play enough) but D can definitely be very fun on its own, last time i played i was pretty mean on D and that's about all i was able to contribute, maybe made a shot or two

has anyone else encountered these guys who are ridic adept at poking the ball from you from behind as you go around them? so annoying! think I'm finally avoiding getting victimized (being cognizant of who does it + keeping dribble low and more out in front than on the side of my body)

i don't have much of a handle so anybody is p much these guys for me

Yah pokers suck it's lazy but the best handlers turn the corner and push the ball out in front and catch up to it rather than dribble where it ends up closer to the hip for the poke. Easy to practice by yourself

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbDyRMSXEAINYGj.png

not too sure about 11-0 x 3, but yeah i'd take clooney over leo

i played w leo at chelsea piers once he was bad

trying to imagine leo's team doing a weave warming up for a pickup game

ha my friends and i did imitations of him for years intently deciding where to pass while his crew yelled LEO LEO

been playing occasionally at the gym my strategy is to lurk on situations that might result in halfcourt, played 3s last night p fun had a series of embarrassing layup misses before hitting three straight Js to win the game, the only thing is i always play after ive worked out so im totally beat, either that or im just not in basketball shape since i dont play basketball that much, prob some combination of the two, its great from an exercise perspective to have to have a game to motivate you to keep going if youre already tired tho

its so hard tp play after lifting

yeah i play first as a warmup usually. have not felt like playing with other ppl yet--my shot is decent but my handle is just a disaster.

man it's been like 10 years but i kinda want to do this again, def not in shape for it atm though. maybe by the summer~~?

it is one of the best things to do and it is a crazy workout

my shot is terrible though

i've been killing it recently with my dirk fade away. sucks though bc we play at a middle school gym and they started doubling down on me from the perimeter. there's no way to really make them pay since the court is so much smaller.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/3/25/11304068/knockout-gotcha-lightning-basketball-game-map

smfh what self-respecting person calls knockout "bumpout" or "lightning"

"gotcha" whaaaaat

"crash" is a pretty cool name though

there were a bunch of adults laughing whooping and having a grand time playing knockout at the gym the other day it was weird

yeah it's m/l a game for 12 year olds

we called it lightning growing up (central coast CA)

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/24/5544082/courtesy-respect-change-basketball-etiquette-by-many-names

'make it-take it' is when you are playing half-court three-on-three or something; team that scores gets the ball back

if ppl are just shooting around, getting the ball back is 'change'. only made jumpers tho; no change for layups

ur thoughts?

always said change

lol i read that article too but didn't post it because "change" being the most common made me so angry!! how does that even make sense, the person shooting isn't changing! you pass it back to the same person! it's courtesy btw -- northeast names for things are always better obv

in terms of the etiquette of how it actually works, mookie otm. if you make a jumper you get it back (courtesy). if you miss a jumper, whoever gets the rebound passes you the ball for a layup, and that guy then gets to shoot jumpers

so let's say we were shooting around and some dummy grabs my made shot and starts dribbling it himself or whatever. what do you say? "oh it's...change....so kevin gets the ball back" ????? no, everyone looks at him, points to me, and says "courtesy"

yeah we called it courtesy

change is what you say to pump yourself up. if someone grabs the ball and is dumb i just say give me the ball I'm made it.

Also have used "respect" on occasion. but honestly everyone i play with knows all this stuff so its been a long time since I've had to use any of this

btw in colorado they have a weird bad version of make it take it (winners ball where im from folks) where u play losers ball until u score 4 pts then its winners so one team can be ahead and playing winners while the other team is still not getting the ball after made shots seems unnecessarily complicated and makes games more likely to be blowouts idgi

what does change mean tho i am so confused, like what does it refer to

"give me the ball back"

omg you poor things

like "money"

btw in colorado they have a weird bad version of make it take it (winners ball where im from folks) where u play losers ball until u score 4 pts then its winners so one team can be ahead and playing winners while the other team is still not getting the ball after made shots seems unnecessarily complicated and makes games more likely to be blowouts idgi

― lag∞n, Friday, March 25, 2016 9:18 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah I've played a lot in places where its winners after 3 to 11

maybe the point is if one team is clearly better just let them end it quickly

yeah i kinda liked playing like that. let you continue on a roll if you were feeling it