we're gonna have some rules around this beef house
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:23 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
my son has been playing organized hoops since he was 4 or so. the 2-5 league is just for giggles, hoop was 7.5-8' and they played with the mini ball. w few exceptions, you needed kindergarteners on your team or else you had no chance of hitting shots. this made defense v v important, tho kids at that age dont have the abstract idea of "someone else besides the ballhandler might get the ball later and i should not just pay attention to the one with the ball."
he's in the 6-7 league now which is still 7.5-8' but a larger ball. they move up to a 10' hoop in the 8-9 age group.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
I feel lagoon never got to experience feeling cool and awesome dunking on a 7 ft hoop
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
ha they were def around in fact my school often had lowered hoops in da gym just never had one myskelf
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
+ i did have the ultimate dunk xperince.....nerf hoop bitches
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
i have dunked on the child's rim, it was Good
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
coincidentally ive been shooting around on an adjustable portable unit that is totally trashed from youths dunking on it
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
i live in London so.. no basketball close by but my kids do have the classic toy-backboard-hanging-from-a-door setup. i don't know how it's not broken yet.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
u need to start a movement for public courts there so yr and all kids can grow up right
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
plenty of public hoops in Paris, time to head south
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
/no rona
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
paris knows whats up
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
For awhile this guy was coming to my open gym who had grown up with Laimbeer. Played little league together. He said he was a good dude, guessed that he adopted the Asshole persona as a coping mechanism for being a target on the court (ie rich white guy) and just went down that rabbit hole.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 2 May 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
Laimbeer went to Notre Dame. He's just like every other person I've met that went there.
The only cool thing Bill Laimbeer did in his life was play a Sleestak on Land of the Lost when he was a kid.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 2 May 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
Bill Laimbeer and Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It All are just like every other person I've met that went there.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 2 May 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
is there something bad i don't know about laimbeer's lengthy and championship winning run as a coach in the wnba?
― Clay, Sunday, 3 May 2020 01:10 (four years ago) link
I will be happy to accept my place as a Bill Laimbeer of ILX
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:40 (four years ago) link
fred is the laimbeer of ILX
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
well really I just mean GO IRISH
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
>:[
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
blue & gold to the bone, baby
actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
there"s a place called "barnaby"s beef bar" near campus where we discuss who we"re beefin" with. rn i"m beefin" with apostrophes.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
beef bar, pizza kitchen
didn't I say once on ilx that I called Barnaby's once to ask what a beef bar is, like, was it a buffet that served beef, and they didn't understand the question, and I kept trying to clarify, and they just couldn't answer
well I pledge to you all not to do that on ilx
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
it’s true, most notre dame athletes are not nearly as successful as laimbeer
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Sunday, 3 May 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
fuck
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
that's a beefy chili or a chilly beef. either way, i've lost my picnic spirit.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
actually excited to see new eps tonight!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
yeah thank God for this show
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
the only ND alum i know was the academic dean of the HS i teach at, shes cool
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
notre dame more like notre lame lol faced
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
french for "our lame"
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
more spin than rod strickland
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
buncha hunchbacks
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
christian laettner trending in anticipation of dream team ep tonight, cannot wait to watch behind the scenes shootarounds with these guys
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
only laettner could steal the hatred away from laimbeer
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Laettner & Laimbeer join together to form the most evil Voltron in basketball
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
Please don’t compare Laettner to laimbeer. Laettner was an arrogant guy who didn’t mind people thinking he was gay, which is a cool combo. Laimbeer was a criminal essentially
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
a criminal champion
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
agree that laettner didnt deserve the hate except that he did choose to play for duke so he kinda did
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
he went from college superstar to nba role player and didnt seem to mind
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
he did start to do some drugs about it
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
laettner was a #3 draft pick, but he was never good enough to justify going that high. if he had insisted on being paid like an nba star he would have ended up playing somewhere in Europe, because he was only suited to be a role player and the league knew that after two or three seasons of trying to elevate him to a star.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
i completely forgot laettner got suspended for weed late in his careeranytime i think of that guy i think of him sticking his tongue out at the crowd and throwing up devil horns; how come i can't readily find a gif of that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
I don't like Laetner but he was better than a role player. That 1992 draft class was 2 hall of famers and a handful of regular contributors, including Laetner. Maybe he wouldn't be #3 in a re-do, but he's in the top 5 or 6 in that class. He's just not a player you build a team around.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
no yr right he was solid
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
laettner def hotter
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
Always assumed that was big reason he was hated
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
read an interview w him where he didnt come off like he had some big ego or smth he said he always embraced the scrappy side of life
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link