:( Yeah it puts me in a funk, and then I feel stupid for letting a game have that affect on me.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
After years of getting called Dirk, I've been called Korver the last two times I've played at my court in Bedstuy.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Monday, 21 May 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
lol
turned my ankle pretty good last night. first real basketball injury of my life, which is fortunate considering how often I play
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 May 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
korver is a good looking guy, congrats on being good looking
sorry kev ankle rolls are the worst, is it black and blue and swollen?
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 21 May 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
ha i remember when i went from stockon to nash, big day
― sprout god (lag∞n), Monday, 21 May 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, May 21, 2018 5:02 PM (eleven minutes ago)
yeah, I've been icing and elevating and taking advil, I'm able to walk on it without much problem now thankfully
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 May 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
once you get the ligaments all nice and stretched out your recovery time will improve dramatically
― mookieproof, Monday, 21 May 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
Ask me if I’ve played against the greats pic.twitter.com/up55aUYidQ— Zak Toscani (@zaktoscani) May 27, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 28 May 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link
hah
When I'm tired in a hoop session I yell out a wrong score. That's a 3min break by time they done fussing I'm good to go— Blake Jones (@CoachJonesblake) August 9, 2018
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Friday, 10 August 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
lolI generally have a pretty good memory but always forget the score. One young guy I play with is the only one who always has it correct even if he's sitting out that game. Can usually recall the summary of all the scoring even, it's pretty impressive.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
yeah there is usually one guy that is the score guy.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
sometimes u give the other team a point or two because theyre sad about losing
― sprout god (lag∞n), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
ha totally. is it 19-6 or 19-8? fuck it y'all can have 10 as my squad would all have to literally forget how to play ball in order to lose to you sad sacks.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
I moved to the next town over and there's actually pickup games at the main public courts yesssss. Sedona gets more pickup pickleball and ultimate frisbee games than bball, it's a sad state of affairs.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Friday, 10 August 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
pickleball is my new shit btw great game
― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 August 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
never played, heard good things about it tho.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Saturday, 11 August 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
first im hearing
― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, 12 August 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
Kavanaugh played a lot of basketball. I’ll bet he was the guy who never committed a foul in a pickup game.— Jim Barnett (@uograd66) September 27, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
Jim!
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
My mom sent me (unsolicited) a box of old crap of mine. Including a Jordan Team USA Olympic jersey. Gonna wear it to bball tonight and then put it away for safe keeping.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 27 September 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
I changed my shot from more overhead to a "thru the nose" curry type release. Def helps with the consistency for me.
^lol that's me in 2016. I just changed it back to more of an overhead release cause I wanted more consistency lmao.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
changing yr shot is irresistible, remember playing one on one with a guy who just lit me up hit every shot then after the game he started talking about how he wanted to change his shot lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
hahahaother week I asked best shooter I play with what he thinks about when he gets in a slump and he goes "uh nothing...just know that I'm a good shooter and keep shooting". Thanks that doesn't help me!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 4 October 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Rules question: I was driving towards hoop, and to avoid help defender's swiping hand, I dribbled the ball way higher than normal (like eye level) but DIDN'T put my hand under the ball ever, then resumed a normal-height dribble and made a layup. Everyone immediately called me for carrying/travel, but I contended that it was legal because I never had my hand underneath the ball, while admitting it def looked sketchy. I gave up on pleading my case cause everyone was convinced it was illegal move and I wasn't positive it was legal. I can't find anything in rulebook that would make it illegal though? Nothing about dribble height in itself being illegal...What y'all think?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
There is no restriction as to how high a player may bounce the ball, provided the ball does not come to rest in the player's hand (palming or carrying violation).
Look at Rondo's tip off dribbles for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=990YyO6WXAg
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
it's legal and long been an annoyance of mine that it's called in open gym and like city league games as a travel/carry. Trying to explain it always falls on deaf ears.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
Esp 2:16
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
those clips aren't really what granny is referring to I don't think, but in either case it is legal as long as your palm isn't face up essentially
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
carry/travel/etc rules can mostly be boiled down to 'do nothing that looks weird'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
Yes validation, thanks haha. Obv you can vary the height of your dribble, wasn't sure if there was a limit to that though. But realistically, if there was that'd be nearly impossible to enforce. So the check on doing this doesn't come from the rulebook, but from the fact that defenders should be able to poach easily from a high dribble. Pretty difficult to convince people you didn't palm it! Couple guys didn't even seem to understand what I was trying to argue. Like they thought palming=super high dribble.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Youngins should just let ol granny do it, given the "hop steps" they constantly get away with. I've given up on calling all but the most egregious ones of those. One guy would do an illegal hopstep EVERY PLAY & get away with it in pickup but then we were on a league team together and he got called for it a bunch. Bittersweet for me.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
i have heard ppl say the most insane things re basketball rules on the pickup court, its something
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
I might've talked about it upthread, but the most mind boggling was dude who literally wanted to fight me because I would touch him when he came thru the lane (literally just a hand check) and because I would box him out. He would get irate, tell me both things had no place in basketball.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
recall this one guy being adamant that you couldnt take steps after the gather to pass that was only for shooting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
ha. and adamant about it. if I'm not 100% positive on the rule, I don't push the issue. Even then sometimes it's just not worth it to argue.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
im always quick to propose a shoot for the ball solution pretty much works every time keeps things moving
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
yup
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
Some dude tried to call 3 seconds on me the other day
― Heez, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
lmao
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
woww
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
call the cops on him imohttps://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--jAh5GeAK--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/oechpzisr6mrt3uyoxiq.jpg
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
I will say it's super annoying when big guys camp out in the paint in pickup games. I've never actually called them for it officially but I will say something to them as an aside if it's constant.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 8 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
better than running all over the place with a crazy energy guy imo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 November 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
guys who run everywhere and are good at shooting are the worst fn reggie millers, on the other hand i enjoy the challenge of guarding good drivers
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
unless theyre too good in which case welp
ive prob told u guys about this guy i used to play against sometimes in brooklyn who was so ridic, im short and kinda burly and this guy wasnt too much taller than me but his shoulders were like a foot wider and he cld dunk a lil, i wld try to foul him and hed just go through me like it didnt do anything
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 November 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
and hed hang out w this dude who was on the puerto rican national team and theyd just clown on everyone