playing basketball

omg ppl were mad at me today lol
― lag∞n, Saturday, April 9, 2016 7:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

east coast basketball being more physical is a real thing
― lag∞n, Saturday, April 9, 2016 7:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and then they were sulky and passive aggressive abt being mad even
― lag∞n, Saturday, April 9, 2016 7:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u were undercutting, weren't u

no way wldnt do that cmon

just a lil handsy prob idk

DON: Well, yeah.

i blocked the hell out of this guy cause he kept doing the same turn around j and i jumped on it which was p sweet cause im short and dont get many blocks and then he was like stop pushing me in the back bro and maybe i pushed him a tiny bit idk also he got mad when i pointed out he didnt clear the ball

i dont want the gym guys to be mad at me tho!

i just hate getting scored on

I used to play in high school and at my peak could briefly touch the bottom part of the rim, like the little loops the net goes through. I'm 5'10". If I get serious about a plyometrics program could I ever dunk? Like, even an undersized ball. I feel that this could motivate me to be more fit if it was possible.

Sometimes I dream about dunking. I feel I was born to dunk but physical limitations have gotten in the way.

u will not dunk sry, all those stories of guys increasing their vertical ten inches are hogwash, unless they were morbidly obese and lost the weight or w/e

squatting heavy will prob help u more than plyo tho

or cleaning prob even better

actually i believe u can dunk and support u treesh go for it :)

i used to have a rep at the y for being too physical. basketball definitely can bring out the asshole in me.

im not even mad they way i play its normal in ny i swear

do they call charges in colorado

treeship i believe that you can dunk

no charge calls hardly any fouls called at all which is cool ppl generally pretty agreeable

one of the highlights of my life was winning a multi-week 3-pointer tournament in middle school against the star player for the school team (a center, admittedly) despite the fact that i shot with both hands at the same time like i was cruisin' for a bruisin'

niice

he was so pissed

hah

not only did i win the tournament but i hadn't hit my growth spurt yet so i was like 4'11 - 5'01 ish\

meanwhile this dude was having sex left and right probably

tbf its hard to shoot when yr having sex on both sides

i'm the type that gives people shit for not playing good d. i'm sorry it's unacceptable

there was a dude playing zero D today and he was on my team and we got destroyed then we switched teams and i roasted him

i don't remember many details but let's just pretend that i was like "hey there superstar, i bet you're exhausted, but why doncha try THIS on for size??" before shooting with both hands and gaining a commanding 5 to 3 lead with only 3 shots to go.

was this a school sanctioned tournament or just something that was happening on the playground or what

school sanctioned lunch tournament, so all of the players who were also into eating lunch didn't participate

but i knew that sometimes excellence requires sacrifice

fools eating lunch when they cldve been launching threes smh

I was nearly 6' when I was 17 (now I am only a bit over 5'10" - old age shrinkage) but I have always had tiny hands. Even when I could almost jump high enough to rise above the rim, there was no way my hands were big enough to grasp and control the ball for a dunk. It would fly off my hand comically. Plus, I wasn't especially quick. I concentrated on playing good defensive position, moving my feet and boxing out on rebounds, and that was the strong part of my game.

Would not play with heez

It's crazy how far basic sound fundamentals will get you in pick up ball

there's a 7fter who plays with us now. luckily he's slow so when he rotates to shot block your layup/teardrop, just have to give eyebrow fake and spring to other side of the hoop and bam wide open layup.

that is extremely tall

yeah pretty ridic to see him playing with all rest of us 6'3" and under. 6'5" ex-college player returns in July, looking forward to that matchup.

I think it was an article linked here on ILH that said that some amazingly high percentage of all the 7 ft. and above men in the USA had been under contract in the NBA at some point in their lives. I expect this probably did not include extremely slow 7fters.

He claims he played D1 for a time but we are skeptical. Tho there are some schools that are D1 that are basically at D2 level quality of play, eg NAU up the road from me.

sort of feel like if you're 7 feet tall and haven't played at a really high level you're probably a klutz

Aye. Plus dude is in town for rehab so whatever habit he had couldn't have helped...

i'm 6'9 and gave up on serious ball in high school because i was too slow. now i kinda regret not trying harder but being a giant definitely doesn't automatically make you good

I played a very short game of 2-on-2 with some other fat randos yesterday and it was really fun. I made zero (0) shots.

I did set a ton of screens and got a few blocks and steals though.

Nice. The shots will fall eventually.
I changed my shot from more overhead to a "thru the nose" curry type release. Def helps with the consistency for me.

All of my shots landed within the cylinder so I felt okay about it. Even when I played a lot I was never much of a shooter.

i pulled a muscle in my back i think and i shd prob take a lil time off to heal BUT I CANT IM CRAZY

played so bad today omg missing layups like crazy

it's not just this game or this series -- you gotta think of your career

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RIP