Basketball Diary

[Ai2death]

Probably been done before, but now I have an office job at work, I find my body is better rested for more basketball.

In this thread I'm going to simply write what I've been doing, working on, recent games (mainly pickup)

Feel free to blog your own games and activities in the realm of basketball.

First post I'll start with a bit of background & perhaps I'll eventually get some vids up.

11/11/13

Height: 5'8 Age: 26
I've been playing ball for about 4-5 years. Not in too good a shape at the moment weighing in approx. 85kg. I'm a combo guard and my real strengths are my ball handling and mid range shooting and passing.
I also have a good feel for pacing of the offense.

Currently trying to start a daily skipping routine to loose a little bit of weight. I'd like to be around 75kg. I suffer from jumpers knee in both knees, and I attribute the weight I'm carrying to that.
Started a daily squat and stretch routine a few weeks ago & it has really helped my knees. Having jumpers knee really slows down my game and greatly effects my defence.

That's it for now. No game tonight, Next day of play is looking like Wednesday. Today being Monday, watching my gf bball tonight & also recording my mates game for him tomorrow night.

Happy Ballin'

[Kaspah]

Cool thread.

Ill try to blog some of my nights in here

Looking forward to reading about fellow ballers adventures :cheers:

[Ai2death]

Cool thread.

Ill try to blog some of my nights in here

Looking forward to reading about fellow ballers adventures :cheers:

Welcome :cheers:

Got an hour training sesh tonight with my brother, been scouring the net for some 2 man drills to do, I think i'll just go back to basics tonight and do all those ball handling / shooting drills.

Then a couple hours of pick up games.

Recorded my mates game last night at one of the local comps, higher level of competition there, that I don't feel i'm ready to play in.
Captured one of the guys I know getting crossed... NASTY.

Till next time :D

Happy Shooting

[Ai2death]

Ran drills last night with the bro, just simple dribble with this hand, that hand, crosses, figure 8's, around the world, lay ups & such. Pretty good work out, but I got to organise it a bit better.

Than I had a couple pick up games later, my knees were really bothering me so I couldn't play to my fullest, had a couple sloppy turn overs.
Hit a couple clutch layups in the first game though to win the game (10 minute game) 12-14.
Got the defensive rebound, and went on the fast break, 1 on 1 against a slightly taller and longer Asian dude, Euro stepped but he didn't bite, bodied him going left and put up a right handed roll with my back to the basket and dropped it in - pure fluke. That tied it at 12-12.
Then we got another stop, I received the ball on the left baseline midrange with a small opening, They had a very tall long centre. Drove it and with the right hand as I was under the back board managed to hook it up quickly before the centre could get his arms up for it and banked the shot in with about 10 seconds left. That put the score at 14-12. They missed a 3 at the buzzer.

After that first game I was pretty useless, I felt so unsure and sloppy, not really sure what was up. My knees were really aching by half way through so I just left it at that.

Going to miss the next few sessions and recover my knees a bit, next basketball sesh is looking like Saturday arvo, Thursday today.
I normally play my best on the Saturday sesh. Can't wait.

Till next time

[Ai2death]

Played on the weekend, my knees are getting worse, so I'm thinking about taking the week off. Really sucks, cause I want to get better but my knees just can't keep up.

For the next few weeks I'm purely going to try improve my handle and passing and try and get them to the next level, want to try and become a good PG.
At the moment, every where I play has SG and forwards but no real PG, mainly shoot first PG's.
I'm going to try and be a high IQ PG who can create for others. Any tips welcomed. I believe by doing so, I'll increase my chances of getting on good teams and also become a better player. I'm really looking to Chris Paul but with no flopping and better defence. That's all I want at the moment.

I've found that I've been trying to improve too many things at once, so if I can focus on one/two things at a time, I'm hoping they'll improve at a faster rate.

I'm also looking for a team to join, mainly social leagues. I've had a couple offers, but trying to find somewhere I can fit in, even a better team and come off the bench.

I'll be back here next week for an update, Laters :D

[EricGordon23]

Just passing through Love the idea though.

So did you end up dropping to 75kg and did it help with your jumpers knee at all I only have Jumpers knee in one leg. I am thinking of dropping weight to see if it will help since I am 99KG. How long do you stretch for?

[Ai2death]

Just passing through Love the idea though.

So did you end up dropping to 75kg and did it help with your jumpers knee at all I only have Jumpers knee in one leg. I am thinking of dropping weight to see if it will help since I am 99KG. How long do you stretch for?

Hey :cheers:

I started with jumpers knee in one knee, didn't think anything of it, but then it started in the other knee too as I found while I was playing I was favouring my injured side.

As for weight loss, nah, not yet, working towards it, Just started a daily skipping routine. Only doing 10 minutes a day, but if you've ever skipped, it's pretty hard core. Also cutting out fast foods... that I love so much ha-ha.
Currently I weigh in at about 85kg.

After skipping, my knees to feel a lot better though, and as for stretching, I don't do it half as much as I should. I've heard wall sits are very good too but have yet to try them. Got to get my daily squat routine going again after taking the last couple days off as it hurt my knees a lot.
Trying to get a daily stretching routine going too, mainly just stretch out the hamstrings, quads and calves for 30 seconds each, 2-3 reps probably twice a day.

[Ai2death]

Ok, was going to take the week off, but one of my mates approached me about playing some pick up 4 vs. 4 half court at some nice new courts at a place called Cedar College.
With my love of the game, I couldn't say no ha-ha. At least it's only half court. Apparently it's pretty intense, I know pretty good guys that will be there.
Including this one guy who won back to back MVP of the local Philippino league which is a tough competition.

It'll be good to run with a bunch of new people, my aim is just to come out and never give up, try and focus on good passing and smart decisions.

Let's see what happens.

[Underballer]

Ok, was going to take the week off, but one of my mates approached me about playing some pick up 4 vs. 4 half court at some nice new courts at a place called Cedar College.
With my love of the game, I couldn't say no ha-ha. At least it's only half court. Apparently it's pretty intense, I know pretty good guys that will be there.
Including this one guy who won back to back MVP of the local Philippino league which is a tough competition.

It'll be good to run with a bunch of new people, my aim is just to come out and never give up, try and focus on good passing and smart decisions.

Let's see what happens.

philippino league.... tough competition? :roll: :roll:

[Ai2death]

philippino league.... tough competition? :roll: :roll:

you'd be surprised, it's not the toughest comp around but it's up there, dudes play dirty as too.

Plus, I'm talking from my level of play, haven't been playing that long and also not tall. Not like some of you college guys or what ever.

[L3B120N J4M35]

imma sophomore in highschool and last week i got cut from the team. my coach didn't tell me what i needed to work on, but i kinda now what i do. ball handling (especially left hand) and defense. I got defense just half the time i lazy which i shouldn't be so if anyone has any good dribbling drills to get my left handles crazy good, holla at ya boy.

today i just played at the ymca for the first time since getting cut. we ran a couple full court games (not the brightest competition) but i shot bad but made layups and passed really good. hopefully my passing today wasn't a fluke :lol . people were calling me rubio :oldlol:

BTW, good thread op. i like the idea. ISH Fam!! :cheers:

[Underballer]

you'd be surprised, it's not the toughest comp around but it's up there, dudes play dirty as too.

Plus, I'm talking from my level of play, haven't been playing that long and also not tall. Not like some of you college guys or what ever.

ah, lol i see. btw, do you guys go to play pick up games solo, and join leagues too by yourself? i go to play solo, and it already sucks sometimes. i'm really hesitant to join a league by myself because theres been many times i've played pickup where people seem to intentionally not pass the ball to me since i'm a random.

[Ai2death]

imma sophomore in highschool and last week i got cut from the team. my coach didn't tell me what i needed to work on, but i kinda now what i do. ball handling (especially left hand) and defense. I got defense just half the time i lazy which i shouldn't be so if anyone has any good dribbling drills to get my left handles crazy good, holla at ya boy.

today i just played at the ymca for the first time since getting cut. we ran a couple full court games (not the brightest competition) but i shot bad but made layups and passed really good. hopefully my passing today wasn't a fluke :lol . people were calling me rubio :oldlol:

BTW, good thread op. i like the idea. ISH Fam!! :cheers:

I found that I am improved my dribbling skill the quickest by just walking every where bouncing a basketball, people look at ya a bit weird but meh.
I used to walk to the shops after work every night, bout a 20 minute walk, and yeah just use to always the the ball, using either hand, between my legs, spin what ever.

[Ai2death]

ah, lol i see. btw, do you guys go to play pick up games solo, and join leagues too by yourself? i go to play solo, and it already sucks sometimes. i'm really hesitant to join a league by myself because theres been many times i've played pickup where people seem to intentionally not pass the ball to me since i'm a random.

I normally play pick up, first time I went, I went with a couple of friends, and yeah, now everyone pretty much knows everyone.

I've never joined a pick up game solo as such, I imagine it'd be pretty daunting. I think that's where it would be best to try and prove your worth with screen and hustle and earn the respect.

[Lebron23]

philippino league.... tough competition? :roll: :roll:


2nd best team in asia.

[Ai2death]

2nd best team in asia.

This filo dude I know, I swear was born with a ball in his hand, we call him The Professor. He puts it through his legs, and yours while taking it to the rack.



Was going to play ball tonight, but I can feel my knees are sore just standing up, double thinking if I should rest.
Going to do some reps of body weight squats and stretch them out later today and see if the pain goes away.

Was watching Michael Jordan tips on YouTube last night, just gives me ideas of stuff I want to focus on, also aim at getting my handle faster.
Played a small 20 minutes of pick up with the bro yesterday against some of the local guys at the court. Pretty good sesh practiced working out of the post.

I could be a pretty good post player for my size I think, I have a solid turn around J, up & under and good pass/shot fakes. Just trying to get a spin move down and I think I'll have a decent repertoire of moves. Always room for more though :cheers:

See how it goes for later, till then :rockon:

[Lebron23]

This filo dude I know, I swear was born with a ball in his hand, we call him The Professor. He puts it through his legs, and yours while taking it to the rack.



Was going to play ball tonight, but I can feel my knees are sore just standing up, double thinking if I should rest.
Going to do some reps of body weight squats and stretch them out later today and see if the pain goes away.

Was watching Michael Jordan tips on YouTube last night, just gives me ideas of stuff I want to focus on, also aim at getting my handle faster.
Played a small 20 minutes of pick up with the bro yesterday against some of the local guys at the court. Pretty good sesh practiced working out of the post.

I could be a pretty good post player for my size I think, I have a solid turn around J, up & under and good pass/shot fakes. Just trying to get a spin move down and I think I'll have a decent repertoire of moves. Always room for more though :cheers:

See how it goes for later, till then :rockon:


nice. I'll rep you later.

[mugiwara]

philippino league.... tough competition? :roll: :roll:

Dude, I've played many Philo''s and thought if they were a foot taller they could be a sg in the NBA. Such good speed and strength combo.

[Ai2death]

Took most of last week off, played social mixed bball last night which is mainly good for a laugh.
We've been playing in the mixed league for the last 3 or so years, and we versed the only other team who have been there as long. Kinda like a rivalry game.

We started out slow, I was making excellent passes as I planned to focus on that, but my team mates just couldn't convert. Rough first half and shots weren't dropping. Finished the first half down by 12. I had 2 pts, couple of assist, 1 block and a steal. 0 turn overs.

In the second half, I came out more aggressive, looking to score. Had a nice up and under and 1, and a euro step. Our big man started hitting his mid range J, I couldn't get my shot to hit, I somehow sprained my wrist a few days before and couldn't get comfortable shooting, hence why I drove almost every time.

We finished up winning by 10. Fun game though. My knees are aching today, but started up my squat and stretch routine again, just pushed through the pain. They feel better for it. Going to do it twice a day and see how it goes.

Next looking to play Wednesday night.

Also, starting up our men's social team again after Christmas. Need an idea for new uniforms, any good suggestions are welcomed.

Until next time, laters :cheers:

[Swaggin916]

imma sophomore in highschool and last week i got cut from the team. my coach didn't tell me what i needed to work on, but i kinda now what i do. ball handling (especially left hand) and defense. I got defense just half the time i lazy which i shouldn't be so if anyone has any good dribbling drills to get my left handles crazy good, holla at ya boy.

today i just played at the ymca for the first time since getting cut. we ran a couple full court games (not the brightest competition) but i shot bad but made layups and passed really good. hopefully my passing today wasn't a fluke :lol . people were calling me rubio :oldlol:

BTW, good thread op. i like the idea. ISH Fam!! :cheers:

Better Basketball has a ball handling video with like 150 different dribbling drills. You can buy it/download it/most of it may already be on youtube. I do 30 of them everyday and in 3 weeks it has vastly improved my ball handling. I can only imagine what it will be like after 6 months. It not only improves your handles, but also your passing because you hands are so much stronger and Rubio esk passes with one hand start becoming accurate. Like with anything, it takes a lot of reps, and a mindset that has really worked for me is to basically make the basketball an extension of myself or like my child. I would defend myself or my child from someone trying to take it with my life, and I try to apply the same attitude towards the basketball. It sounds kind of ridiculous, but making yourself one with the basketball is like a spiritual experience... like an artist with his paintbrush, or musician with his instrument. Also a main emphasis while dribbling is keeping the core strong. If people know they can body you up and throw you off, they will. If you remain strong however, when they body you up it feels like they are hitting a solid wall and they can't physically impose themselves. When you do the drills you should feel your core working hard.

[mr beast]

i went out and did my thing

/diary

[Ai2death]

Last nights game was sooo frustrating, refs were making bad calls. I had 3 clean charges, yeah my feet weren't set as I was shuffling sideways, but they were the ones where the guy was going right every time and just dropped his shoulder every time.

I've gotten into this bad habit of arguing with the ref, I really want to focus on stopping that, but when you're in the moment, it's hard.

We won the game overall though. Just a social league. Last time we played that team we won as well, best part is that they are all trash talkers, I love playing against trash talkers, I play my best games. It's like, when someone talks trash, it challengers me, get's me in the zone, anyone else like this?

So yeah, game was pretty close, half way through the second half, their centre was just talking mad shit to me. In my head I was just think, 'this is going to be fun.'

First moment between us was in the open court, he was trying to stop me at the half way, I crossed him and he just resorts to clotheslining me. Just glanced off, he stays saying stuff, so I was just like 'you won't get it off me man, you won't.'

He just kept talking crap as the game went on, I just laughed, but then I had the icing on the cake. I received the ball up top. Iso'd the guy d'ing me up top, threw a sham god dribble at him, got passed him, as I drive in first bounce, the centre talking shit steps up. I picked the ball up, euro'd to my right first, pass faked to my right, he bit so hard. I stepped left him, completely going the wrong way. Finger roll and it's good. He was speechless. I just jogged past him as he collected the ball, I just said, 'you like that aye.' I jog back up the court and his was fuming. A few seconds later the game was over.

Would've sounded like such a douche, but to me it was cool hahaha :roll:

On a finishing note, knees are feeling better. Skip and squats tonight.

Until next time, laters :rockon:

[Underballer]

did you join a team solo? if yes, how well are you playing with your team?

[Ai2death]

did you join a team solo? if yes, how well are you playing with your team?

Nah, This team is just all friends.
We're starting my old team back up that we disbanded 6 months ago to recover from injuries, so that's starting next year.
Social league comp. We've been in that league awhile, won the finals 3 times.

I was looking for a new team to fit in with, but yeah, this one came up first. I play point for it, so it will be good to develop more.

[Underballer]

ah, nice. i have nobody to join a team with, and i'm thinking about joining a league solo. the thought of it is pretty nerve racking though, since i don't know how my teammates may be

[Ai2death]

ah, nice. i have nobody to join a team with, and i'm thinking about joining a league solo. the thought of it is pretty nerve racking though, since i don't know how my teammates may be

I thought about that for a bit, I think if the thirst to play is enough, you just have to bite the bullet.

I didn't do it purely cause I knew the team I would end up on, I would've ended up on a team with a bunch of international students, not that I have anything against them, but to play basketball with, they show no respect and all thought they were Kobe, but far from it.

I don't enjoy running up and down the court all game without getting a couple touches :facepalm

[Lebron23]

Post some pictures. I'll post some pictures after we play.

[Ai2death]

^ ?

My knees have felt a lot more stable while playing lately, but unfortunately it hasn't converted into playing better. I have a feeling in time it will, but been in a slump as of late.

Played Friday night but started cramping in the lower stomach about half way through the second. Couldn't really do anything after that. Also made a crucial TO in the last couple minutes to put us down by 6. I though I saw one of our guys cutting into the middle but it was of theirs... Passed it straight to him :facepalm

Then played Saturday night, pick up games to 11 for 3 hours. Played the first couple good, I was on fire, but then couldn't hit anything. Last game of the night, I struggled to even get the ball which was frustrating. I was making excellent passes, but my team mates couldn't finish them.

One of our guys went shot jacking, when his hot, it's ok, but he was ice cold.
Meanwhile, I had the best defender on me, so I was making him work, but no one gave me the extra pass. And then on defence, I was guarding their best player, who was on fire that day too, as well as playing good help D.
Just a frustrating night, doing everything well off the ball, but getting no where.

Sometimes wonder if I should just quit basketball.. Go back to playing Astro Turf Hockey. I was a Div. 1 and also State Champion at Hockey.
Oh well, they say it get's toughest right before you get better. So hopefully soon I'll be due for a boost in skill :lol

Till next time, :rockon:

[Underballer]

how can u be state champion if australia only has provinces

[Ai2death]

how can u be state champion if australia only has provinces

:facepalm Suppose you believe we actually ride Kangaroos from "province to province" too?

[L3B120N J4M35]

Better Basketball has a ball handling video with like 150 different dribbling drills. You can buy it/download it/most of it may already be on youtube. I do 30 of them everyday and in 3 weeks it has vastly improved my ball handling. I can only imagine what it will be like after 6 months. It not only improves your handles, but also your passing because you hands are so much stronger and Rubio esk passes with one hand start becoming accurate. Like with anything, it takes a lot of reps, and a mindset that has really worked for me is to basically make the basketball an extension of myself or like my child. I would defend myself or my child from someone trying to take it with my life, and I try to apply the same attitude towards the basketball. It sounds kind of ridiculous, but making yourself one with the basketball is like a spiritual experience... like an artist with his paintbrush, or musician with his instrument. Also a main emphasis while dribbling is keeping the core strong. If people know they can body you up and throw you off, they will. If you remain strong however, when they body you up it feels like they are hitting a solid wall and they can't physically impose themselves. When you do the drills you should feel your core working hard.

just seen this. thanks bro. i download them :D. look to start using it pretty soon. will update with results later on.


going to the ymca in a couple hours. will update this when i get back..

cheers :cheers:

[mugiwara]

yo ai2death, what skipping and squat routines are ya undertaking? got knee issues myself and wanna put together a plan to squat thrust them the f outta here.

[Ai2death]

yo ai2death, what skipping and squat routines are ya undertaking? got knee issues myself and wanna put together a plan to squat thrust them the f outta here.

I'm doing about 10-20 Minutes of skipping a day, Doesn't really help the knees, but it's a great warm up and great cardio. I also through in some dribbling drills and weights before/after. As for the squats, I try to do 100 body weight squats a day in reps of 20. I lower myself slowly ass to grass, then explode up onto my tip toes, trying not to jump though, cause that feels like it stresses my knees more than what I'm trying to accomplish.

I've also bought some heat packs and ice packs. About 30 minutes before any games I strap the heat packs to my knees, go to the game and unstrap them just before taking the court. Than after the game, I go home have a cool-cold shower then strap the ice packs to my knees. It doesn't seem like much, but it takes away almost all the pain I use to feel the next day.

The hardest part of all this is staying committed to doing it, I know I can get away with out doing it, but I'll be in a lot of pain. The way I look at it is, It hurts more not to play. So I just try and stay motivated.

I've let the squats slip as of late. And last night I could be bothered doing anything, so I just played AC4 lol. Still feel a bit guilty so I'll hit it for twice as long tonight.

But I have thrown in some wall sits, coupled with lifting weights at the same time. Basically have your legs at right angles and your back against a wall, put a basketball between your knees to hold. Then with about 10-12kg in each hand lift the weights above you.

I should also remember to through some planking into my daily workout.

[mugiwara]

Sweet dude, pretty much what I've been doing already. Im recovering from ACL injury and have gone away for a month to a small coastal town, bottom of Aus. Im here just getting fit doing beach runs, a similar squat and skip thing and working on my game at the rand new courts they have installed. Working hard to drop the surgery weight and regain my explosiveness and most importantly confidence. Last night i got my hands on a bike and there is a decent coastal trail here so I'm gonna smash that in the morning and jog in the evening.

:cheers: to the love of the game

[Ai2death]

Sweet dude, pretty much what I've been doing already. Im recovering from ACL injury and have gone away for a month to a small coastal town, bottom of Aus. Im here just getting fit doing beach runs, a similar squat and skip thing and working on my game at the rand new courts they have installed. Working hard to drop the surgery weight and regain my explosiveness and most importantly confidence. Last night i got my hands on a bike and there is a decent coastal trail here so I'm gonna smash that in the morning and jog in the evening.

:cheers: to the love of the game

May I ask where to in Aus?

[mugiwara]

Im from Adelaide, weak basketball here to be honest. In the city its mostly Asian dudes who wanna ball, they play the right way which is good but they call fouls too much and its often easy to dominate just by turning up the intensity. Obviously there are ballers about though, I've played with a bunch of great asian dudes too, found a group with a few dunkers. Most of the young dudes who play at clubs here end up switching to footy when they turn 18 for whatever reason which sucks, i swear all the white guys i ever play with are older ex ABA dudes who are strong, dirty players, knock down shooters and super friendly haha

[Ai2death]

Im from Adelaide, weak basketball here to be honest. In the city its mostly Asian dudes who wanna ball, they play the right way which is good but they call fouls too much and its often easy to dominate just by turning up the intensity. Obviously there are ballers about though, I've played with a bunch of great asian dudes too, found a group with a few dunkers. Most of the young dudes who play at clubs here end up switching to footy when they turn 18 for whatever reason which sucks, i swear all the white guys i ever play with are older ex ABA dudes who are strong, dirty players, knock down shooters and super friendly haha

lol small world, I'm from Adelaide too but it sounds like you're skill level is far beyond mine. I wouldn't necessarily say the basketball is weak here, just not as common as other places. Probably due to the love AFL.

[mugiwara]

lol small world, I'm from Adelaide too but it sounds like you're skill level is far beyond mine. I wouldn't necessarily say the basketball is weak here, just not as common as other places. Probably due to the love AFL.


Oh snap! haha nah man, I'm nothing special. Trying to get back into form while I'm down here, the locals play here Thursday nights so I'm gonna see if i can jump in a game. Ill hit you up when I'm back and we can ball, we probably already have played together before knowing adelaide.

[Ai2death]

Oh snap! haha nah man, I'm nothing special. Trying to get back into form while I'm down here, the locals play here Thursday nights so I'm gonna see if i can jump in a game. Ill hit you up when I'm back and we can ball, we probably already have played together before knowing adelaide.

Yeah, Everyone knows everyone lol. You from North or South?

Back on topic.

Kinda disappointed in myself this week, took Wednesday off ball cause just couldn't be bothered, than my misses getting me to do stuff the last few days so I didn't get my workouts in. Just feeling fat. Everyday trying to cut out sugar/energy drink & fast food, It's hard to do at work as a mechanic, peer pressure for beers and such too.

Oh well heads up to the future. Going to Kuala Lumpur next week for a week, so it will be interesting to see what get's done there. Hopefully our hotel has a gym. Anyone been to KL?

Waiting for a call back to see if there is some pick up on tonight at the local courts. If not, I run a session on Saturday, just make sure I come out aggressive and push the pace.

Anyone here have any experiences of using pre-workout for basketball?

[L3B120N J4M35]

On Monday, i went to the ymca with my brother and cousins to play. Usually we play full court (on the side baskets), but this time we played half court 3v3's. I started to hit probably like 10 threes of 3 games. I was in the zone aha. It was an amazing feeling, but i cooled off after that. Then we played 4v4 full court when things cleared up and i did alright. hit another three tho :rockon:

yesterday, went to a different ymca and played full court and completely sucked. couldn't make a layup or three. Still won that game, but in the second game it was 11-11, up to 12 winning by 2. i got a screen and hit a long three pointer to win the game. (feelin' like Lillard) and did the same thing when we played half court 3v3. can't hit a shot until the game's on the line :pimp:

going back up there today. will update!!

Cheers :cheers:

[Adam2k9]

Great thread,can we get an update?

[Ai2death]

OK I'm back ISH Fam :cheers:

Went Holidaying in Kuala Lumpur over the Christmas break, good to get away from work. Bought 2 pairs of Lebron XI's while there too, can't wait to break them in.

How bout you guys, how was your Christmas?

Now, on to the business.
Only managed to play twice since last post, all the courts shut over the break, so it's hard to get a game unless you know some people.
I ended up getting some games with my mate, whose dad runs a comp.
All the older filo guys play. Only problem I have playing with older filo dudes is that they play dirty.

First sesh, went ok, jumpshot was outta rhythm and my handles were a bit loose. Hit a few mid range J's but also bricked a couple, and an air ball. But as a whole, wasn't horrible. First time playing with this group, being the only white guy there, I didn't get any respect. So when I hit my first few shots it felt good. Didn't really enjoy playing with this group to much though.

Second sesh was a week later, after the new years break. With the same group as before, but took my brother with me. He experienced the same disrespect I did the week earlier. He didn't really get many scoring opportunities as his more of a physical hustle player. Did bank a 3 in and score some post buckets though.
Again, my J was just not right, did hit a couple though. But my handles felt worse than the previous week. Lost the ball quite easily a couple times. Our team lost every game, only by a few points. However in the final game, against the tallest team, we played our best. I believe we were robbed of a win by the refs.
Felt like they were calling bs fouls against us. I don't know if it had anything to do with me and my bro being white, but it wouldn't be the first time I've had this experience with older filo guys. We also got called for a shot clock violation on our very last play, after the shot was released, and after they had not made that call all day... :facepalm teams had quite often had over 30 seconds...

Not sure if I plan on going back to that sesh seeing us the sesh I run on Saturdays is starting back up this week.
Also, the team that I use to play on is starting again in the next few weeks, so can't wait to play with those guys again. Hopefully our chemistry and flow comes back rather quick after having 6 months off.

That's all for now, probably update again later this week, going to a sesh on Wednesday night that my mate runs, his going to be training fundamentals so it will be good to learn seeing as I have mainly been self taught.
Also starting my skipping routine again after the break off. Put on about 4-5kg's / approx 9 pounds, so hoping to get back into better shape than before.

AI2D Out :rockon:

[Lebron23]

Just practicing my dribbling and handles yesterday. Watched some highlights of Iverson and Hardaway on youtube.

[Ai2death]

Played a few sessions this week, nothing to major though as its been mid 40 degrees all week... in other words, hot as feck.

However, my social team that I play for has started back up after taking a 6 month hiatus.
Played our first game on Tuesday (2 days ago.)
We were against a very tall team but with no real ball handler.

Our team is made up of 8 people.

There's me, I'm the starting PG, the strongest ball handler on the team, really the only ball handler on the team, and the best passer. I am probably the leader on offense, but I don't really look at it like that.

My bro, who Is much like a combo of a forward and guard. He is same height as me, 5'8, but he gyms a lot so his built. Strong inside, hustles on D and fast breaks, not a great ball handler but probably the second best.

Then our C, about 6'4, not very skilled, but has a lot of heart and is more defensive minded. does get quite a few offensive rebounds though.

Our SF is also tall, but skinnier, very soft though but with a lot of length helps in out. Him and my bro normally play top on D, leaving me to play baseline as I have a good understanding on where to be and I am great at boxing out much larger players.

And our PF is not much taller than me, but he is wide and large. Good mid range shooter, good rebounder and also good passer, his like a glue guy personality. Smart and can bring a team together.

Our bench consist of a back up guard, skinny guy, 5'7, fouls out a lot, but his high energy. Biggest weakness is his black hole defence though. Also not a great passer. His position is just to push the fast break.

A forward, new guy, 6'0, hasn't played much but he learns quick, I've already got him making good cuts, just needs to practice finishing. Not a bad defender and good rebounder.

And another forward, not great skill wise, but high energy and heart. Always gets back on D. He knows his role though, doesn't play out side his skills.

Anyway, we came out a bit rusty, we were down at the end of the first half, 5-15. I missed my first couple shots, we were struggling to contain their size, granted most of their points came of lucky 3's.
In the second half we came out strong and fought back. I got to the ft line, bricked both shots :facepalm but I did get my own rebound on the second and floated it in. Ended the game with 6.
We ended up winning by 2, I passed to our PF after drawing the D for a wide open J, he hit it, 20 seconds left, there best player drove and our C blocked him. Then we just ran down the clock.
Good win on the first game back.

One thing I did notice and remember, is when I have the ball, everyone tends to stand there and wait for me to make something happen, I'm good at drawing the D and getting a pass off. It get's frustrating, especially when I get trapped or pick it up. I'll look to improve on my skills as we progress.

That's it for now, Laters :rockon:

[East_Stone_Ya]

Played a few sessions this week, nothing to major though as its been mid 40 degrees all week... in other words, hot as feck.

However, my social team that I play for has started back up after taking a 6 month hiatus.
Played our first game on Tuesday (2 days ago.)
We were against a very tall team but with no real ball handler.

Our team is made up of 8 people.

There's me, I'm the starting PG, the strongest ball handler on the team, really the only ball handler on the team, and the best passer. I am probably the leader on offense, but I don't really look at it like that.

My bro, who Is much like a combo of a forward and guard. He is same height as me, 5'8, but he gyms a lot so his built. Strong inside, hustles on D and fast breaks, not a great ball handler but probably the second best.

Then our C, about 6'4, not very skilled, but has a lot of heart and is more defensive minded. does get quite a few offensive rebounds though.

Our SF is also tall, but skinnier, very soft though but with a lot of length helps in out. Him and my bro normally play top on D, leaving me to play baseline as I have a good understanding on where to be and I am great at boxing out much larger players.

And our PF is not much taller than me, but he is wide and large. Good mid range shooter, good rebounder and also good passer, his like a glue guy personality. Smart and can bring a team together.

Our bench consist of a back up guard, skinny guy, 5'7, fouls out a lot, but his high energy. Biggest weakness is his black hole defence though. Also not a great passer. His position is just to push the fast break.

A forward, new guy, 6'0, hasn't played much but he learns quick, I've already got him making good cuts, just needs to practice finishing. Not a bad defender and good rebounder.

And another forward, not great skill wise, but high energy and heart. Always gets back on D. He knows his role though, doesn't play out side his skills.

Anyway, we came out a bit rusty, we were down at the end of the first half, 5-15. I missed my first couple shots, we were struggling to contain their size, granted most of their points came of lucky 3's.
In the second half we came out strong and fought back. I got to the ft line, bricked both shots :facepalm but I did get my own rebound on the second and floated it in. Ended the game with 6.
We ended up winning by 2, I passed to our PF after drawing the D for a wide open J, he hit it, 20 seconds left, there best player drove and our C blocked him. Then we just ran down the clock.
Good win on the first game back.

One thing I did notice and remember, is when I have the ball, everyone tends to stand there and wait for me to make something happen, I'm good at drawing the D and getting a pass off. It get's frustrating, especially when I get trapped or pick it up. I'll look to improve on my skills as we progress.

That's it for now, Laters :rockon:

thnx for sharing :cheers:

[Ai2death]

Hi All,

Just a quick update.

Got our second game in our social league tonight, games at 7pm. It's an ok time, but its sorta too early to have dinner, but too late as in I'll feel hungry before the game. Hopefully my misses has bought some bananas to have before the game.

Got mad butterflies though, haven't felt so nervous in along time.

Had a 3 hour session on Saturday, half court pick up games to 11. Played pretty good. Hit some big shots and made some big plays. Had a sick Iso, cross left to right then a pull up fading right with the D in my face, splash all net.

Then had a mixed game on Sunday night. Scoreboard was down, which is a bit frustrating.
Played well again though against much taller opponents, ended the first half down by 1.
I took over at the start of the second, scoring multiple fast break buckets in a row. Fatigue started kicking in late in the second half, and most of my shots rolled out. Lay ups and all, so I just looked more to facilitate. We ended up winning by 10.

I'll look to do a more detailed write up, probably later in the week. Until then, happy Balling!!!

[mugiwara]

Game today we were up 32-12 at the half, ended up losing by 1 on a free throw after the buzzer! Brutal finish.

[L3B120N J4M35]

Me and my cousins ran a 4v4 at the Y yesterday against two athletic guys who were lightning quick and tall. Us being the underdogs, we ended up winning but it was tough. Whenever we play, I always hear people watching saying stuff like, They better not lose to these guys and oh my god they won? Do you guys like being underestimated (if you are)? I hate it, but then when we win its satisfying.

Also, what are some ways to become better on defense? I definitely need to work on my quickness and strength. Any tips?

[Ai2death]

Man, oh man, oh man :facepalm

Our game on Tuesday was a bit terrible. We just couldn't hit anything.
Again, we found ourselves 5-17 at the half. I was 0-4 on fg and had only hit 1-2 ft.
My bro was 0-4. And our bigs were missing everything.

Every one was so down at the half, so I was trying to lift their energy, get some passion going. Our team is more defensively minded, but we were flat, getting out rebounded multiple times.

I started bench in the second half, I cringed watching the team operating with out me. My brother did what he could, but no one was moving, at all. it was ugly. The other team started a small run on us which hurt.

Down by 17. 16 minutes left, I checked in, Our main C checked out. I mixed it up a bit. I pumped the fast break to the max, pushed it at every second.
I dragged my team mates with me, If they couldn't keep up, I told them to sub.

Next thing we were on a major run, I was pushing the ball leading to multiple 3 on 2/1 breaks, then making no look passes to the cutters for easy lay ups, catching the other team off guard. I hit a bank shot and a floater.
We clawed back into it, the next thing I know, I look at the score board and were down by 1. The very next play, I pushed the ball, had our PF on my left, chucked a sweet on handed no look, and he finished it sliding in next to the ring.

Up one with 1:00 left. They came down the floor, they got a good look inside, our C grabbed the board and immediately dished to me on the baseline. The D was pressing hard, I threw a pass fake and got space to dribble out, once clear, took my time and used the clock. We kicked it around the top until we had 10 seconds left on the shot clock.
I called for it and swung it to the right quickly where my bro was open for a mid range J. He hits it Kobe style, 1-9 fg and puts us up by 3 with 15 seconds left. The other team chucked a quick 3, air ball, I got the rebound in traffic, banged it off my knee, out of bounds as time expired.

It was an amazing win. 2 Clutch wins in a row for this team, our goal next week is to score more than 5 points in the first half haha

thanks for reading, later peeps :banana:

[Hollowman]

I'm the starting SG for the club I play for, having a solid season. However, I had to miss the last 2 games due to work commitments. I come back last night for the next game and I'm benched and got very limited minutes :facepalm

[fsvr54]

I suck dude, it's hard to play against good players when you have no discernable skills and terrible handles.

Some group of 4 dudes came to the park I go to and straight up wrecked us every single game, even after I stopped playing the best players at my park were getting destroyed too. These were like ****ing teenagers, feels bad man and they probably get more ***** than my grown ass self.

[Lebron23]

Gonna play basketball this coming afternoon. I had bronchitis, and I just recently recovered.

[Lebron23]

We just played 3 on 3. My team won.

[blazersfan52]

Played 3 on 3 today, and god it was bad, me and my brother did alright but the other kid on our team could not play defense and kept going for bad steals, then I got fouled any time I tried to move, the kid was shoving me away from the basket and putting both hands and forearms on my back, but early in the game he tried to shoot a three and thought I was far enough away from him that I could not block it, it was about halfway between him and the basket, 1 step and then my gather, pretty much grabbed the ball out of the air and threw it on the ground :rockon: my brother had a nice block when one of the other guys was driving in, he always hooked the arm, and his teammate set a illegal screen, the other guy went for a lay in and my brother went through the screen and knocked the ball out of bounds like he was Dikembe Mutumbo :lol

[Ai2death]

Had a grading game last night in my social league.
We were versing this new team, and as soon as they got there, I knew we were in for a long night.
The team we were versing were all refs. And just like I thought, refs protect refs :facepalm Not to mention we were missing one of our top scorers and also every guy on the other team was tall and long.

We lost 23-50. I was getting doubled as soon as I touched the ball, and we were flat out getting man handled, no calls at all. I had 3 fouls in the first 5 minutes, and I rarely foul. I average .10 fouls a game per season that's how little I foul.
I also got called for a tech just for smiling at a ref after he ignored a obvious foul, I faked this dude out, and rose for a J, and the guy full bodied me. They ref was like 'his arms were straight up.' Didn't even check his friggen body taking me out. So frustrating. Everyone on our team is like, what'd you say? but I said absolutely nothing, just smiled, that was all :facepalm

Oh well, onto next week, it was only grading anyway. It's hard to stay focussed on getting better after games like that.

[CeltsGarlic]

Had a grading game last night in my social league.
We were versing this new team, and as soon as they got there, I knew we were in for a long night.
The team we were versing were all refs. And just like I thought, refs protect refs :facepalm Not to mention we were missing one of our top scorers and also every guy on the other team was tall and long.

We lost 23-50. I was getting doubled as soon as I touched the ball, and we were flat out getting man handled, no calls at all. I had 3 fouls in the first 5 minutes, and I rarely foul. I average .10 fouls a game per season that's how little I foul.
I also got called for a tech just for smiling at a ref after he ignored a obvious foul, I faked this dude out, and rose for a J, and the guy full bodied me. They ref was like 'his arms were straight up.' Didn't even check his friggen body taking me out. So frustrating. Everyone on our team is like, what'd you say? but I said absolutely nothing, just smiled, that was all :facepalm

Oh well, onto next week, it was only grading anyway. It's hard to stay focussed on getting better after games like that.

Damn that must be annoying..

that bolded part tho :lol It doesnt matter if he has his hands up, you just cant touch the shooter if hes going straight up.

Good luck next time.

[russwest0]

Played 2 on 2 to 21. These niqqas couldn't hold me. I hit 5 threes (counted them as twos) and then finished off with some drives and finishes.

Fell to my knees towards the end but kept the dribble going and stood up and hit a fadeaway for the win.

Shit was too easy

[Al Thorton]

played with like 4 junior high kids and 4 dudes in their thirties plus me and my homey who are about halfway between the two. if everyone at or below the median scored at or below the median and half the thirty somethings set the high and low, how many points did the other two thirty somethings score combined?

[Diegio]

Played pick up basketball with a group of friends and had a blast with it.

For the first time i managed to shake someone left-to-right, right-to-left etc 4 times consecutively. It felt real good and motivates me to work on my dribbling even more :rockon:

[Al Thorton]

sometimes I dribble against the wall, other times I lay on my back and just flick the ball into the air wit a lot of spin. Other times I'll just watch girls volleyball and hide my erection with the basketball

[Lebron23]

Just finished playing 5 on 5 games. My team won 42-34.

[Al Thorton]

played some 5 on 5 yesterday, lost 34-42

[Lebron23]

I am practicing my 3 points shooting. I memorize the spots. Gonna upload a picture and video of me practicing my 3 points shooting.

[Al Thorton]

I took some video of me playing today, at one point I hit twenty four 3s in a row, had the camera framed up perfectly and everything too but then I got jumped and somebody took the camera, I begged them to leave me the memory card but that just made him beat me worse. I woke up in a hospital with some cracked ribs and a broken orbital bone in my face. My head hurts so bad. I'm posting from my iphone that didn't get stolen cause I kept it in my ass cheeks

[Rake2204]

I'm living vicariously through my little brother at the moment. His team moved to 10-1 last night with a victory over the no. 9 team in the state. They have a tough stretch coming up (a few more runs against state-ranked opponents) so I trust the lofty record won't stand, but it's been a nice start regardless. http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-2353294790887097438/dexter-earns-statement-win-with-49-43-home-victory-over-lincoln/#/0

[EricGordon23]

I'm living vicariously through my little brother at the moment. His team moved to 10-1 last night with a victory over the no. 9 team in the state. They have a tough stretch coming up (a few more runs against state-ranked opponents) so I trust the lofty record won't stand, but it's been a nice start regardless. http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-2353294790887097438/dexter-earns-statement-win-with-49-43-home-victory-over-lincoln/#/0

congrats to your brother Rake!

[Rake2204]

congrats to your brother Rake!Ha, thank you. They've got a tough road ahead of them, including a back-to-back against good teams on Monday and Tuesday, so we'll see what happens.

[Ai2death]

Nice work Rake, I know the feeling a little bit, even though there's only 3 years between me and my bro, and we play on the same team.

I often teach him no things, and when he scores a bucket, I feel like it was me haha

[Ai2death]

Morning all,

Had our next game for my social league Tuesday comp. Last game of grading. We had an unlucky draw and were against a team who I've played many times previously but never beaten.

Bit of background, first time I played them was a few years ago, I had an amazing game, but no one else on my team showed up. This team get's you unfocussed cause they complain a lot... and I mean a lot.
Also, they are somehow friends with all the refs, if I was a ref, I would start handing out techs left and right. They talk to the refs like shit, but cause their friends, it's like meh.

The last time we played this team was in my social mixed league on Sunday night. They were complaining at every call, like normal, even the calls in their favour. At halftime I had just had enough, we were done by 5, but in a mixed social league where the result doesn't matter, I just couldn't be bothered. So when we took the floor again, they were still sooking, So I just said to their guys "stop bitching and play the damn game."
I said it a few times, until one of them approached me and asked why I have to be such a smart arse, I just repeated "stop sooking & play the game."
He then lowered his shoulder into me with force. I laughed and he got ejected. They won, but it would have been an empty win.

So we ended up playing them last night, just to add, we were missing our leading scorer PF and our C. One to injury, the other to work.
So there we are, only me and my bro have any confidence with the ball.
Immediately they started complaining, say we were pushing back on box outs, elbowing etc. None of which is true.

Cause we were successfully boxing them out and keeping the score close, they didn't even attempt for rebounds, just run full stem into our players in the back. Yeah we got the foul. But I started asking to ref to protect our players, levelling someone who is stationary from behind has to be un-sportsman foul I thought. But, seeing as they were friends with the refs, it lead to nothing. This game I purely focussed on moving the ball, and getting the team moving the ball too.

First my brother fouled out on a questionable foul call, then we lost another guard with 5 minutes left, leaving us 4 vs 5. unfortunately none of my other team mates were focussed and I was left guarding the whole top of the key by myself. I was telling one to step up and play box, but they were just looking blank. We lost in the end but we played well.
We didn't complain once and stayed focussed, even after the win, they were still complaining.

It leads me to question, what sort of life outside of ball do they have, they all seem like the lower dregs of society. How can they have fun playing ball when they bring so much disrespect to the game, and how can the refs still be friends with them when they get treated like dirt?

Either way, I don't believe we will have to play them again, hopefully not anyway.

Until probably next week :cheers:

[Rake2204]

I'm living vicariously through my little brother at the moment. His team moved to 10-1 last night with a victory over the no. 9 team in the state. They have a tough stretch coming up (a few more runs against state-ranked opponents) so I trust the lofty record won't stand, but it's been a nice start regardless. http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-2353294790887097438/dexter-earns-statement-win-with-49-43-home-victory-over-lincoln/#/0I'm feeling like Nostradamus at the moment. After their huge win last Friday, my brother's team lost back-to-back games this past Monday and Tuesday (Monday was a makeup game for a snow date). Last night a feller from the other squad, committed to play football at Eastern Michigan next year, dropped 30 points and 26 rebounds against my brother. Crazy.

Their conference is kind of nuts at this point. They have four teams ranked in the state top 20 (including my brother's team, at no. 19, before the losses) and likely five in the top 25. They're all just taking turns beating up on each other right now. It's like a high school version of the Big10.

[Al Thorton]

my left hand is a major issue, not in the sense of dribbling or laying up or anything, I just mean, what's the deal with it? It's like a retarded version of my good hand. keep up lefty, you're holding me back cuz

[Al Thorton]

I'm living vicariously through my little brother at the moment. His team moved to 10-1 last night with a victory over the no. 9 team in the state. They have a tough stretch coming up (a few more runs against state-ranked opponents) so I trust the lofty record won't stand, but it's been a nice start regardless. http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-2353294790887097438/dexter-earns-statement-win-with-49-43-home-victory-over-lincoln/#/0


nice! love that. you're like the older brother in hoop dreams. keep us updated

[Al Thorton]

Morning all,

Had our next game for my social league Tuesday comp. Last game of grading. We had an unlucky draw and were against a team who I've played many times previously but never beaten.

Bit of background, first time I played them was a few years ago, I had an amazing game, but no one else on my team showed up. This team get's you unfocussed cause they complain a lot... and I mean a lot.
Also, they are somehow friends with all the refs, if I was a ref, I would start handing out techs left and right. They talk to the refs like shit, but cause their friends, it's like meh.

The last time we played this team was in my social mixed league on Sunday night. They were complaining at every call, like normal, even the calls in their favour. At halftime I had just had enough, we were done by 5, but in a mixed social league where the result doesn't matter, I just couldn't be bothered. So when we took the floor again, they were still sooking, So I just said to their guys "stop bitching and play the damn game."
I said it a few times, until one of them approached me and asked why I have to be such a smart arse, I just repeated "stop sooking & play the game."
He then lowered his shoulder into me with force. I laughed and he got ejected. They won, but it would have been an empty win.

So we ended up playing them last night, just to add, we were missing our leading scorer PF and our C. One to injury, the other to work.
So there we are, only me and my bro have any confidence with the ball.
Immediately they started complaining, say we were pushing back on box outs, elbowing etc. None of which is true.

Cause we were successfully boxing them out and keeping the score close, they didn't even attempt for rebounds, just run full stem into our players in the back. Yeah we got the foul. But I started asking to ref to protect our players, levelling someone who is stationary from behind has to be un-sportsman foul I thought. But, seeing as they were friends with the refs, it lead to nothing. This game I purely focussed on moving the ball, and getting the team moving the ball too.

First my brother fouled out on a questionable foul call, then we lost another guard with 5 minutes left, leaving us 4 vs 5. unfortunately none of my other team mates were focussed and I was left guarding the whole top of the key by myself. I was telling one to step up and play box, but they were just looking blank. We lost in the end but we played well.
We didn't complain once and stayed focussed, even after the win, they were still complaining.

It leads me to question, what sort of life outside of ball do they have, they all seem like the lower dregs of society. How can they have fun playing ball when they bring so much disrespect to the game, and how can the refs still be friends with them when they get treated like dirt?

Either way, I don't believe we will have to play them again, hopefully not anyway.

Until probably next week :cheers:


sometimes that confidence will carry you, other times it's not enough.

[Diegio]

Just finished playing 5 on 5 games. My team won 42-34.


played some 5 on 5 yesterday, lost 34-42

:wtf:



I took some video of me playing today, at one point I hit twenty four 3s in a row, had the camera framed up perfectly and everything too but then I got jumped and somebody took the camera, I begged them to leave me the memory card but that just made him beat me worse. I woke up in a hospital with some cracked ribs and a broken orbital bone in my face. My head hurts so bad. I'm posting from my iphone that didn't get stolen cause I kept it in my ass cheeks

:biggums:

[Ai2death]

Don't worry bout Al, he's trying to be funny. We all have to start somewhere.

[blazersfan52]

Played to games of 4 on 4 last night the teams I was on lost both games :( first game was lost because my older brother could not hit a shot all day I did not really play offense did not have much energy so I used that for defense, although I did have a nice fastbreak lay in with my left hand and I am right handed and if we played FT it would have been a and one, but the first game was just bad, and the second game me and my brother got these two kids on our team that we are sure only play one on one most of the time, and they put no effort on the defensive and shot jacked on the offensive and almost never passed, we lost because they didn't grab a rebound the right way and the other team was able to steal it from them, but we had been down like 3 to 12 lost 15 to 14 because me and my brothers defense stopped them from scoring those other kids hardly did anything one of them was walking over and talking to the other leaving his man wide open. But it was fun two games of full court so I can't complain much, I just want to join a league so I can play against people who bring 100% percent every game.

[blazersfan52]

Also when ever I went and drove in and jumped for the lay in it felt like I could dunk it and I was getting really high up there.

[Ai2death]

Morning ISH fam,

Had our last game of grading yesterday, playing a team a div above us.
I'm trying to get into my teams head to pass & cut, we quite often have possessions of 1 pass, then drive/shoot.
I am taking very few shots as I bring the ball up and then I pass. I rarely get it back. The only time I get a shot is when I take it straight away, which I feel really selfish doing.

We lost the game by 15 odd points, I tried to create, but with no one cutting, floor spacing was very poor. Also, our bench guard when his on, loves getting in your way. I aimed to learn from this game, and tried to keep the team positive. My handle was also feeling a bit looser than normal today which led to a few easy turnovers.

We played it out hard and finished the game off, I also recorded a couple of blocks. Our starting PF is out with a "clicking knee" which is really annoying, I play almost every game with sore/aching knees. I think he is just being soft, But I'm not calling him out on it.

Our team captain has informed me to recruit a replacement for him, I have a guy who I'll ask, same height as the injured PF but plays a lot bigger & stronger, loves blocks and can finish inside. Our team is missing a tall finisher inside.

Our other forward returns to action next Tuesday when he returns from holidays in the Philippines. Our C has been next to useless for this season, he sprained his ankle quite badly last season we played (1 year ago) and has never truly recovered from it.

So season officially starts next week, it will be good to get settled in our div, and play some even competition. Got a session at the court tonight with my bro, going to try teach him some more ball movement and floor spacing.
Also want to try get some more running involved to try and get some fitness back, been really poor with exercise as of late.

Until next week, laters :cheers:

[Underballer]

anyone else notice that being athletic is a very important part of being a good basketball player? i've been playing pickup recently, and i always run with the same group of guys. we practice our skills minimally, but we regularly hit the weights and are strong and fast. all of us can dunk(i can only dunk off an oop)

well anyway, we always play against average joes that practice their skills like crazy. they're a lot better then us at ball skills, but when it comes to game time they can't even compete with us.

[Rake2204]

Caught a game at my former high school last Friday. They had an 18 point second half lead. Their opponent whittled the lead down to 9 with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Then a player from my alma mater fouled a guy on the shot, pushed another player (twice), was T'd up, talked trash to an official, was given numerous chances to walk away, continued talking, then was T'd up again and ejected.

As a result of that mess, the opposition made six consecutive free throws, retained possession and came extremely close to tying the ballgame up on a quick hitting triple try that rimmed in and out. Would have been the first nine point possession I'd ever witnessed in my life.

[Ai2death]

anyone else notice that being athletic is a very important part of being a good basketball player? i've been playing pickup recently, and i always run with the same group of guys. we practice our skills minimally, but we regularly hit the weights and are strong and fast. all of us can dunk(i can only dunk off an oop)

well anyway, we always play against average joes that practice their skills like crazy. they're a lot better then us at ball skills, but when it comes to game time they can't even compete with us.

Not true, I watched a game of old filo ballers take it to this young athletic black team. The filo dudes lost in the end due to stamina. But to say they couldn't hang would be a lie.

Being athletic is a major advantage though, i'll give you that. But when your older and your athleticism fades, that average joe who practiced proper fundamentals and drills will be 10 x better. See Tim Duncan.

[TylerOO]

Went to my boys college over the weekend to chill and whatever. Played ball Saturday. Dudes have that stupid "everything is a one rule" at his college courts. Whatever. I'm playing with four of my friends, one doesn't play ball, at all. Two can't shoot but can rebound decent and the other is a stand in the corner and hit the occasional open 3 type of player. Going against a solid team with one real good kid.

We losing 11-7. Game to 12. I already had like 5 of our 7 points. I hit a 3, counts as a one:banghead: Hit another 3. 11-9. Friend gets a steal and hits a layup. 11-10. I pull up and hit once again a 3. 11-11. We get a huge stop, I am in complete ****ing god mode (so I think) pull up from like 4 feet behind the 3 line and...brick it :oldlol: . Thankfully we got another stop and I drove in for a layup and we won. I love being in the zone, amazing feeling.

[Lebron23]

Just practicing my mid range jumpers. Gonna play 5 on 5 games this coming Saturday.

[Rake2204]

My brother played Ypsilanti Community again on Friday. The first time around, Ypsi was #3 in the state and my bro's squad only lost by seven (actually came down to the last few minutes).

This time around, Ypsi was only #7 in the state, but had grown into a seemingly unstoppable beast since their first meeting. They beat the 17th ranked team in the state by 47 a week ago. And this past Friday, they beat my brother's team (21st in the state) by 46. It was hard to even fault my brother's team. Ypsi played some of the best defense I've ever seen in person on a high school level. But man, it was ugly for our guys.

The kind of cool thing was that University of Michigan's head coach John Beilein was in attendance. I mean, sure, our school's only six miles away from campus and he most definitely wasn't there to watch my brother's team (Ypsi features Jaylen Johnson, committed to Louisville, and a sophomore guard named Corey Allen of whom Beilein was likely there to scout) but it was neat nonetheless.

[CeltsGarlic]

finished a 1 day tournament yesterday. 2 groups of 5 teams, finished 3-1, advanced into playoffs lost in semis, and won next game for the bronze.

I played alright, but my teammates sucked. They were not passing me the ball enough, as I was knocking down 3s at good rate, but 2 so called leaders played no head run and gun and finishing those at low rate. Other guy on my team, a PG, was good, and played smart ball.last dude was irrelevant.

It was 6 games of 2 halfs of 8 mins with time stopping. We had no subs so I was dead in the end.

[dannywpt]

Cool thread, just bookmarking it for later.

I'm 24 and I've played since I was 10. I'm about 6'6'' and 190, I play anything from the 2-4 positions and my strengths are being both versatile/skilled offensively and very quick/mobile for my size. I play like a guard, but I'm usually just as tall as centers. My weaknesses are my defense, having a bad vertical leap and a lack of strength. The last two cause me to be a weak rebounder for my size.

Been out since september with a broken bone in my hand. Gonna start playing/practicing again this week. So excited reading your posts. :D

Gonna chip in with my own posts later if the thread is still alive:banana:

[LLOYDBFREE]

How many days in a row can you guys play without feeling it all week? Went 3 days in a row for the holidays and legs are feeling like gelatin.

[TylerOO]

How many days in a row can you guys play without feeling it all week? Went 3 days in a row for the holidays and legs are feeling like gelatin.

Once summer comes around, I'll play 3-4 days straight with a lot of games per day. But for the few couples weeks I'll probably be sore. Once I get my legs back, I'm good for the rest of the summer.

[Ai2death]

Hey peeps,

Had our first official game of the season last night, we had my tall mate filling in, however we had our starting PF back as well from his knee soreness. So we had 7 players which is a pretty good number. We were missing our C to the Eminem concert in Melbourne and our bench forward was MIA. It also sucks cause the scoreboard wasn't working either.

I stated the game on the bench and watched our offence struggle, no where near enough ball movement, also forcing the shot way too much. Unfortunately, I've noticed the last few weeks, my brother is a chucker. He easily takes the most shots out of our team, and misses the most cause he takes tough shots. I need to find a way to get him to change his play style and get more ball movement and communication. He needs to realize his play is hurting the team, it leads to a stagnant offence as he drives and takes every shot.
Any ideas?

I came in with about 12 minutes left of the first half, the score was tied. I looked to slow it down as the only points they scored were off fast breaks. Telling my team to get at least 3 passes before any shots. Straight of the bat, bot my bro & our other guard took quick shots, this pissed me off cause it was clear the didn't listen. Halftime we were only up by 3, we should have been up by a lot, but we were making sloppy turnovers, lazy defence & our tall guys were missing every shot inside.

I reinforced the fact we want multiple passes each possession, get the ball moving and people flowing. Also for out starting PF to start playing better D, a guy half his height was blowing past him easily to the basket. The guy shouldn't even be able to see daylight with the length our PF had over him.

The difference my advice made in the second half was apparent, Our D was locked in, and many more passes were made each possession, we had the odd quick shot, but by this stage, we had there D scrambling hard they were running out of energy. We started opening fast breaks on them as I controlled the tempo. I finally took my first shot in the game with 15 minutes left in the 2nd half. Swish.

I ended the game 2-4fgs, a bunch of steals, a block and 10 + Assists. I missed a one on one layup as I'm still trying to use my right hand going left, I really need to practice my left. I also had a sweet lay up on a give & go with our fill in. The other shot I missed was an up & under were I was bumped but no call, didn't complain, just got back on D.

We ended up blowing them apart as the game finished and we held them to 2pts in 20 minutes. Those 2pts were off free throws when I committed the foul trying to block this guy from behind as our C was slow to rotate.
Although we got the win, it was clear our team needs to refocus on the passing and cutting and also more focus on Defence. We can't afford to be taking halves off.

Until next time, laters fam :banana:

[Rake2204]

Once summer comes around, I'll play 3-4 days straight with a lot of games per day. But for the few couples weeks I'll probably be sore. Once I get my legs back, I'm good for the rest of the summer.Yup, I think it's just about the same for me. The first three or four day run of the new year (around mid- to late March) tends to leave my body feeling worked, but it becomes habitual rather quickly.

[dannywpt]

How many days in a row can you guys play without feeling it all week? Went 3 days in a row for the holidays and legs are feeling like gelatin.

I'm used to playing 4 days in a row through mon-thur (sometimes 5 if I've had a sunday game). This has a couple of times lead to having real issues with inflammation in my calfs due to all that load from playing on hard indoor surfaces. Other than that, no issues with playing 4 or 5 days in a row. :pimp:

[Scal]

How many days in a row can you guys play without feeling it all week? Went 3 days in a row for the holidays and legs are feeling like gelatin.

The main thing is to remember to stretch extensively before hand. I will admit that I've been lazy at this in the past and would have aches for the next few days. But since I've started stretching prior to games (and I mean holding the stretches for longer than 15 seconds), I've been able to play more games (usually 3 per week), and play longer in those games.

Obviously part of it is conditioning as well - the more conditioned you are to it, the quicker you recover. Must say, playing in the park is no use for conditioning (if you are playing half/quarter court where you don't have to go into a full sprint).

[Lebron23]

We practiced some basic pick and roll plays. and I also told them to improve our passing, 3 points shooting, and free throw shooting. we are gonna use the 2-3 zone defense, and man to man defense in the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter if the game is closer.

[iznogood]

The main thing is to remember to stretch extensively before hand. I will admit that I've been lazy at this in the past and would have aches for the next few days. But since I've started stretching prior to games (and I mean holding the stretches for longer than 15 seconds), I've been able to play more games (usually 3 per week), and play longer in those games.

I wouldn't recommend static stretching before activity like basketball. What I would do before a game is some foam roller / lacrosse ball rolling and do some specific mobility drills before my warm up. I wouldn't stay in any position longer than a couple of seconds when performing mobility drills though. I would do the passive stretching with longer stretches after the game.

How many days in a row can you guys play without feeling it all week? Went 3 days in a row for the holidays and legs are feeling like gelatin.
Age and intensity are important factors to consider when playing consecutive days and so are diet and ability to recover. Also the overall level of physical preparedness. If you're not used to playing 3 consecutive days you're probably feel tired as hell. I am 28 years old and in good shape. I do strength training with some resistance / cardio 3-4 time a week and I can feel 2 consecutive days at high intensity takes a pretty high toll on my body.

[Rake2204]

Since I was in the area, I decided to check back in on my high school alma mater for the second time this year. They were playing in the statewide game of the week (which more or less means heavy media coverage, live blog, yadda yadda). Great home crowd, excellent atmosphere; then this happened to them, ha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwd6wyT2eE

[Scal]

I wouldn't recommend static stretching before activity like basketball. What I would do before a game is some foam roller / lacrosse ball rolling and do some specific mobility drills before my warm up. I wouldn't stay in any position longer than a couple of seconds when performing mobility drills though. I would do the passive stretching with longer stretches after the game.


Yeah, I understand what you are saying. I neglected to mention I also do a light jog first, just dribbling a ball from base line to base line as a warm up, then a few good minutes of solid stretching. And I found the stretching helped an older guy like me not have the aches and pains that a lot of the guys my age get after playing (a single game in a week too).

[Scal]

I played in my local rec league tonight. It was a good game to play in. Admittedly we are probably a grading below where we should be, so we tend to get relatively easy wins, and I'd be surprised if we don't get graded up next season. After a slow start, integrating a new pivot, and losing a few good shooters, we've really found our stride.

The team we were up against tonight actually give us a few problems. Earlier on in the comp we had a win against them by a point, but beat them well in the next encounter. But I like the way they play. They are a smaller team, but move the rock well, find the open shooter, and their big - though smaller than all of our front line - plays BIG.

We were a bit sluggish to start but at the half we were up 6. Keep in mind that we are usually pushing 20 pt leads on most teams, the game tends to become a bit sluggish on both sides following the half - us with a comfortable lead, the opposition facing a tough deficit (some teams you can even sense the feeling of defeat at this point, whereupon it becomes a chuckfest from 3).

I stressed to our guys the need to defend well and box out. We switched our usual 2-3 zone to a 3-2, with an emphasis on stopping their speedy point. And it worked well, disrupted the way they like to play 3 high and just keep moving to the weak side where they can usually catch one of our guys along the base not coming out quick enough for an open j (and to their credit, they hit at a reasonable clip to give themselves a chance at winning).

We managed to push the lead to 12, getting some easy buckets in transition, and moving the ball well inside (if there is one advantage we had, it was our size and our movement cutting). We ended up with an 8 point win, but it was good to be pushed (previous weeks score was a 46-9 scoreline).

I feel I had a pretty decent game - running the point I try to focus on keeping down turnovers and find my teammates in spots they have the best chance of scoring from. I had 6 points, 2 floaters scything into the center of the zone, and sunk my 2 foul attempts (which I've been working really hard at - probably sitting around 50%, but it's hard to find a rhythm when you only shoot maybe 2 every game). My jumper hasn't been great lately, but I've been shooting it way less - that's something I'd like to improve, but as I'm running the point this season I tend to find myself at the top of the key rather than on the wing where I usually like to catch-and-shoot from. But it's working for the team and we are playing well, and are balanced on offense so I'm not complaining (I'm gonna make it a priority to get up a few more straight on 17-19 footers.

[iznogood]

Yeah, I understand what you are saying. I neglected to mention I also do a light jog first, just dribbling a ball from base line to base line as a warm up, then a few good minutes of solid stretching. And I found the stretching helped an older guy like me not have the aches and pains that a lot of the guys my age get after playing (a single game in a week too).
That's great, I'm happy to hear you feel no pain playing.
You should definitely do warm ups and stretching, I would only advise against static stretching, where you would stay in position for a longer time for a simple reason. This type of stretching reduces your muscle strength and would therefore more likely lead to injuries. It also takes away some of the explosiveness in your muscles, but the percentage is small (3-5%), so it's not an issue from a performance point unless you're very serious about it.

http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/04/19/pre-workout-stretching.aspx

Anyway, if your previous routine worked, you don't have to change anything. But it wouldn't hurt to try changing some of the static stretching for dynamic ones - let's say you perform a 5 reps per leg set of forward lunges with a slight hold at the bottom position instead of holding a static lunge for a longer period of time. Then after you see how your body responds. Do the stretching where you hold your stretches for longer period of time after you're finished with basketball. It should help with your recovery and relieve some soreness if you experience any.

Good luck!

[Ai2death]

Hey Ish Fam, Time for my latest update.

Had a bye this week for my normal social league game, so instead I opted to go play a few hours of pick up at one of the best courts around my area.

We had 16 or so people which is a pretty good number, 10 minute games, 3 teams, you win, you stay on. however you can only stay on twice in a row. Keeps the games competitive.

I came out good, hit my first shot clean, however I didn't really get to touch the ball again in a scoring position, this seemed like a bit of a theme over the whole night. I don't know if it's me being in the wrong spot, or my team mates just not passing it my way.

Which was a bit bizarre as over the course of the night, I was hitting almost everything and was also coming up with lots of positive plays for the team.
Offensive rebounds, big defensive boards, clean steals and boxing out.
The most memorable moments of the night came in the later games.

Had a 2 on 1 fast break, my team mate had the ball, he drew the D but threw the pass way late, I managed to secure it after it was tipped about 10ft from the ring, I pump faked which threw the first defender off, drove past him and stepped back only to throw another watching the next defender fly past, did a little step under and up and in. Just a nice little sequence.

Then the next was in the last game, was iso'd on D against the best player, he crossed as I read it perfectly and tapped the ball out back up the court, I ripped past him and collected my dribble. Their C, a really tall lanky guy got back on D at the free throw, I drove to my right, hesitated, to which he stepped forward slightly, which timed my drive past him perfectly to finish with the right handed finger roll.

I also had numerous mid range J's in dudes faces that got some smack talking from the team on the sideline, I rarely talk shit so I just stay quite. All in all it was a good night, and I really feel like I'm hitting my grove lately.
My knees on the other hand were aching after that, and are still a little bit tender today, I should be good to go by tomorrow for my weekly Saturday ball.

Can't wait.

Laters fellas :rockon:

[L3B120N J4M35]

What are some good drills to do with 2 people?

[Rake2204]

March Madness struck early for my little brother tonight. They coughed up a 13 point second half lead and were upset by a single point in the first round of districts tonight. My bro missed a tough tip-in at the buzzer.

After peaking at 10-1 and a top 20 Class A state ranking, they finished up at 14-7. To add insult to injury, they were hosting districts on their home floor. If it's any consolation, they lost to a team tonight who stands at 12-9, the worst record of any team that beat my brother's team this year. Bad they took their worst loss tonight, but they had themselves one of the toughest conferences in the state and had an impressive year considering.

Still, bowing out like this is tough. Brother is bummed. I do not think he wants to play college ball, so basketball is over. He's struggling to come to terms with that. I know the feeling.

[Jailblazers7]

Got my first good run in this week after a looong break from basketball. I got super winded 5 minutes into the game but I felt find after getting my 2nd wind. Played pretty badly all night because there was just too much rust to overcome.

The first dribble I took of the night was coming around a pick at the wing. I took a hard bounce with my right hand and wanted to turn the corner but the ball never met my hand on the way up. :oldlol: I pretty much committed to 1 or 2 dribbles in the half court after that until I can feel comfortable with the ball again.

The touch on my shot was really poor too. At the beginning it was just coming too soft off my fingers resulting in everything being short. I got a bit better as the night went on but the best I could do was a couple in and outs. That will come back though as I have always had a nice shot.

Ended up getting going a little bit at the end because I was able to get to the rim. Beat my man on a couple back door cuts and got out in transition for some easy lay-ups. I blew by my man baseline on one possession and had a really juice dunk opportunity but I passed it up because I'm not confident I can throw that one down yet.

I've probably added 10 lbs of muscle since I last played tho and I noticed my finishing around the rim is miles better. I had a couple really nice and-1s where I was able to absorb contact pretty easily.

[Ai2death]

Peeps ma sqweets,

Latest update, Had our next game on Tuesday night. We were against one of the teams we versed in grading, however they had 2 more guys this time.
We started horribly, I was playing decent though. Reffing wasn't bad, but not the best. They missed calls either way, but it was consistent.
Our bigs are just to slow to react and also lazy which led to a lot of points being scored on backdoor cuts.

Then when we adjusted and stayed locked in in the paint, they were hitting shots they never make... We finished the first half down 15.
Same story through the first 12 minutes of the second half, still about 15 down.

This is where things changed though, my team was getting frustrated, starting to take little digs at each other. I could see why though, I was feeling the same but tried to keep everyone positive and working together.
I'm normally a very unselfish player. I had only taken 2 shots in the first half, hit 1 on a shot clock beater.

My team was pissing me off, their team was pissing me off. So the very next possession, I had the ball at the 3, just off centre. I had one guy facing me on D, threw a couple crosses and stepped forward. He dropped back behind the free throw, I had been blowing past him all game so he was giving me space. This time I rose for a J straight in his face, SWISH.
As we headed back on D, they pushed the pace, (Our bigs love to have a chat as they JOG back, which shits me off) they got caught sleeping as I made the stop and got the rebound.
Bring the ball up the floor, same spot as before, I had the same guy D'ing me. This time I went left to right cross over, then a step back right, pulled up again as he closed out. SWISH again.
This time I blasted our bigs yelling to get back on D, we got another stop.
I demanded the ball, had it, same spot again. This time I threw a sham god dribble left, followed by going between my legs Iverson step back. Pulled up again, SWISH. Followed by a time out call at 4 minutes left.

Now the lead was down to 9. I tried to booster my teams energy and confidence. When we came back out on the floor, we had another stop. I got the ball again. This time the D went for a box and 1 floater, their best defender on me. I knew I could take him. However.... Our friggen bigs were so idotic, setting useless half assed screens that I didn't even need. I was telling them to clear out, as soon as one cleared out, another came to set a screen :facepalm I couldn't beat the dude like this, as the screens were so stupid they took up room I could of used to operate and get by the defender.

I could hear my bro on the bench telling them to clear, feed the hot hand, but nothing... Next thing, shot clock was getting low, I spotted one of our bigs inside, threw a perfect blazing pass, caught him sleeping out of bounds. It was pretty much game at that point.. So deflating, but those series of plays before that were a huge confidence booster. I'm going to start looking for my shot more often.

We have really been struggling with line ups that work and game plans with the personal and skills we have. Hopefully over the next few weeks we can find something that works. I'm hoping to hit our stride by mid-season. At the moment, a lot of the guys on the team try and jam the ball inside to our bigs, neither of which can seal his man leading to lots of TO's. Also neither can finish strong.
One always turns around and throws it over his head, missing of course. And the other shoots flat footed from his waist, that in pick up games when I've been against him, I've stuffed his shot multiple times.. They really need to lift there game if we are going to be successful.

Got 3 hrs of pick up games this afternoon, so we'll see how we go.

[Lebron23]

We practiced yesterday. We improved our team defense. My team is planning to play some zone defense, and man to man defense if the game is closer in the 4th quarter.

I just came back from the basketball court. We won a 2 back to back 5 on 5 games.

Next week is the start of the basketball tournament. (March 22 to May 31, 2014).

[Lebron23]

I struggled offensively (not really familiar with this basketball court). I think I am only 2 out of 8 from the field. But I think I had 7 assists.

[Bandito]

I struggled offensively (not really familiar with this basketball court). I think I am only 2 out of 8 from the field. But I think I had 7 assists.
Can you explain to me what is so different about the court you're using today or are you just making excuses you miss all those shots.:oldlol:

[Lebron23]

Can you explain to me what is so different about the court you're using today or are you just making excuses you miss all those shots.:oldlol:


Kobe style shot attempts. :lol :lol :lol It's a different court. It was an out door court, and the court is roughed road. That's why few people played basketball in that place.

[Jailblazers7]

Played again last night. Still can't hit a ****ing jumper to save my life. The touch on my jumper used to be my calling card and now it is completely gone. At this point its been so long that I'm aiming the ball instead of shooting it. I think I need to just hit up a court solo and get shots up.

I stuck to the team utility role because my shooting is so bad. I got plenty of rebounds and got easy buckets from rolling to the rim on screens and making decent cuts. I kind of surprised myself again with how much stronger I've gotten. I made a really difficult and-1 with my left hand and cleared out space in the post with a well placed shoulder that surprised me so much that I almost missed the lay-up.

We ended up running the court for about an hour and a half. I was beat and holy shit do I have two huge blisters on my feet. It got so bad with the blisters that I was pissed we played a bad team our 2nd to last game because I knew we were going to win and stay on. I almost quit after that one but my friends guilt tripped me into playing 1 more. Huge mistake. I could barely get up and down. My only goal was to play solid defense and be a decoy on offense.

[Lebron23]

I scored plenty of points and assists today, and 4 steals. Our team won 32 to 30. Race to 16 per half.

[blazersfan52]

On Monday I went to a gym with a friend that someone he knew rented, there were 15 guys there so we played 5 on 5 full court, first time in a long time to play that kinda full court for me running up and down it killed me, and first time playing basketball in a month since my brother sprained his ankle grade 3 with tears and just under a month before his wedding, mom was pissed, but Monday we were playing if you win three in a row your team sits a game, that night my team went 6 and 0, it felt good, I played all right, although my shoes kept slipping on the court, in the first game we played I went to drive along the baseline got passed my man, and one of his team mates a friend of mine, put his hand out to go for the ball and throat chopped me, I finished the lay in still :rockon: It was fun and i'm still kinda sore from it but it was fun to run up and down the court for that long, and in I think the fourth game the game was tied we were playing either first to 11 or who is ever in the lead after 8 minutes, one of my teammates blew his assignment with about 15 seconds left and so the games tied at like 9, so he takes the ball up, and goes hero ball gets trapped and instead of passing he shoots it, but our bigman who was around 6' 4 6' 5 was able to get the rebound and tip it in.

[Jailblazers7]

Gym was PACKED last night so I only got one run in. Normally I would be pissed about only getting one game in but the dudes their last night were obnoxious to the point that I was glad to simply play and leave. Massive amount of petty squabbles, horrible fouls, etc.

Anyway, my jumper is finally back. I hit a couple corner 3's in warm-ups because I was able to work out some mechanical issues with my shot. My two main problems were that the ball wasn't coming off my finger tips correctly and I wasn't stepping into my shot. Two rookie mistakes on easy fundamentals but they were easy to work out. Our game started and I immediately hit a transition 3 and it felt great. Our team played really well. We had great ball movement working the ball through the high post and everyone was sharp.

I got ****ing worked on defense tho. Some dude who says he used to play in Europe showed up to the gym with his son and their team ran the court all night. I guarded the old pro and he seriously torched me. Good first step, strong, and he had a great jumper. Plus he was a lefty which can be weird to adjust to when you've been sitting for the past 30 mins watching pick-up games. Anyway, i contested his shot fairly well and tried to body him on his drives but he was just finishing over me. Normally I wouldn't be guarding him because my roommate is a much better on ball defender while I excel at help side D but I could tell he wasn't feeling it so I offered to guard the guy.

[Ai2death]

Hey Ish fam,

Thought I would update you all, We've been having a tough time with our rec league, scrapped together a couple wins but also a lot of losses, loosing winnable games as well.
I'm making a new commitment this week which is too play less minutes but play a lot harder during those minutes, One of the guys sisters has actually started recording the games, and then she uploads it to the net and also breaks down the stats onto a spread sheet.

One of our bigs was 1-30 on the last 3 games which was a bit worrying, especially since he's shooting from the 5-8ft range. I'm shooting 7-17 on the past 3 games, around 41% for the season.

It really interesting to see where we are lacking individually and as a team. One of the guys has also done up a plan for the sub rotations and also a basic offensive & defensive approach, so Hopefully things will start looking up.

[Lebron23]

I am practicing my left handed layup cause 1 of my right fingers is currently broken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCRj7qvTgw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lh3yNFvskc

[Lebron23]

my fingers are almost completely healed. We played 2 on 2 basketball yesterday.

[blazersfan52]

Went and player basketball last night, got to play in seven games of 5 v 5, went 5-2 in those games, I think I played well overall, I more effort on defense than I did on offense, I had a couple good plays, one of them was blocking the jumpshot of my brother in law who is 6'6, I also blocked a three point attempt of a kid who I'd guess is about 5'8, 5'9, I had one really good offensive game, I just couldn't miss my layups no matter what so I scored like 5 points that game, overall just played good defense and didn't do much on offense, was way tired after the game trying to go to sleep my legs were actually hurting from running the court so much.

[blazersfan52]

Also forgot to mention there was a play I had as the defense on fastbreak, there is this guy I play with he's about 5'7 and when he's going towards the rim he always lowers the shoulder and shoves you, but on the fastbreak he tried to do that on me, and I have long arms so I just smacked the ball as he was going up for it for a nice block.

[Lebron23]

I love blocking ball hog.

[blazersfan52]

I love blocking ball hog.
It is great, I actually did that yesterday, the kid got the ball went to shoot a three and a I got block on it.

[Lebron23]

It is great, I actually did that yesterday, the kid got the ball went to shoot a three and a I got block on it.


It's a great feeling. We have a game today. I am gonna sleep for 4 hours before we play a game.

[Lebron23]

We played 3 on 3 basketball, and we won. We lost in a 5 on 5 game the score is 20-19. I think I scored 6 points ( 5 layups, and 1 jumper).

[Burgz V2]

Gym was PACKED last night so I only got one run in. Normally I would be pissed about only getting one game in but the dudes their last night were obnoxious to the point that I was glad to simply play and leave. Massive amount of petty squabbles, horrible fouls, etc.


yup. you did the right thing. how many times have i seen games like that get extra chippy and a dude gets hurt.

[blazersfan52]

I didn't play Basketball today as is becoming my usual custom because of something that I have to do, but I did do around a total of 30 minutes of dribble drills, I am hoping to improve my handles to the point where people trust me to be a PG, and improving my handles is also going to help strengthen my grip strength, which could mean if I work hard on it I could palm the ball, which is the biggest obstacle in me dunking right now, I can almost dunk two handed any way.

[russwest0]

Just went to the gym to shoot around, some guys showed up and we played 21.

I lapped them 3 times. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Got up to the 60s before one of them even hit 20.

[Bandito]

I shot 100 in a game yesterday.

[Lebron23]

yup. you did the right thing. how many times have i seen games like that get extra chippy and a dude gets hurt.


I agree. what's up with that? Those guys hurt other players just because they wanted to win. That's why the couldn't score in basketball league.

[blazersfan52]

Didn't Play Ball again today, but did work on my dribbling again, I can tell a huge difference already, my left hand I am much more confident in my dribbling I feel I can trust it now, and my right has more control and is stronger, I also worked out today my legs just some squats and a calf workout nothing much first actual workout in a long time, and I have limited equipment to do it, I need to get a gym membership again, that way I could get more games and get a good workout in on much more equipment.

[Lebron23]

We won in a 4 on 4 pickup game. We played in another court.

[blazersfan52]

Played about 2 1/2, 3 hours of ball today, my first game played pretty badly kept losing my dribbles when I shouldn't have just overall bad, but the rest of the games I was pretty dominate, second game I was playing smart defense on my man, keeping him from getting the ball, double teaming players who I know won't pass out and got a couple of steals like that, I also got some great layups, I am not a good shooter so I go to the hoop most of all, but I am athletic and can move through tight spaces, at one point in my second game I got a steal I think and started the fast break, went passed my man like he wasn't there and went for the lay in and as it came out of my hands a guy tried to block it and miss timed it so I hit my hand and accidentally knocked me on the ground so I got a and 1 although we don't play FT's, the rest of my games I played how I wanted to got a couple of points per and played good defense but my team kept losing because the didn't want to pass, my second to last game I had like 3 points out of 11 but played clutch defense, I blocked a game winning layup by a guy thats like 6'3, and played great defense on my man and we won the game, my last game I was great I hit a 2 the very first possession, although I shouldn't have taken it, but the entire game I had my younger brother on me, he's about 2-3 inches shorter but much stronger than me and knows how I play so can knock the ball out of my hands pretty regularly, but I had like 6 of my teams ten points from posting up on him and I was finishing with the left so I was rocking it, but my brother on a fast break them down 9-10 i'm down in the paint trying to make sure that they can't get an easy bucket like that, and the rest of my team is a little behind pretty much except for our big, and they get it and before we can really set our defense my brother takes a 2 and gets it barely touched and it swishes in for the win! It was one of those cool but its not my team so I am slightly upset moments, it was great for him though, and I can notice since improving my handles my game is so much better, I can throw passes better than I used to, and I can get to the rim much easier because I can now dribble the ball up faster rather than having to slow down, and I can tell my moves are overall better because people were more willing to go the way that I was moving towards to try and cross the other way, overall I think I played well today and am happy to have played like I did.

[Ai2death]

Played about 2 1/2, 3 hours of ball today, my first game played pretty badly kept losing my dribbles when I shouldn't have just overall bad, but the rest of the games I was pretty dominate.

Second game I was playing smart defense on my man, keeping him from getting the ball, double teaming players who I know won't pass out and got a couple of steals like that. I also got some great layups, I am not a good shooter so I go to the hoop most of all, but I am athletic and can move through tight spaces, at one point in my second game I got a steal I think and started the fast break, went passed my man like he wasn't there and went for the lay in and as it came out of my hands a guy tried to block it and miss timed it so I hit my hand and accidentally knocked me on the ground so I got a and 1 although we don't play FT's.

The rest of my games I played how I wanted to got a couple of points per and played good defense but my team kept losing because the didn't want to pass, my second to last game I had like 3 points out of 11 but played clutch defense, I blocked a game winning layup by a guy thats like 6'3, and played great defense on my man and we won the game.

My last game I was great I hit a 2 the very first possession, although I shouldn't have taken it, but the entire game I had my younger brother on me, he's about 2-3 inches shorter but much stronger than me and knows how I play so can knock the ball out of my hands pretty regularly, but I had like 6 of my teams ten points from posting up on him and I was finishing with the left so I was rocking it.

My brother had the ball on a fast break, them down 9-10 i'm down in the paint trying to make sure that they can't get an easy bucket like that, and the rest of my team is a little behind pretty much except for our big, and they get it and before we can really set our defense my brother takes a 2 and gets it barely touched and it swishes in for the win! It was one of those cool but its not my team so I am slightly upset moments, it was great for him though.

I can notice since improving my handles my game is so much better, I can throw passes better than I used to, and I can get to the rim much easier because I can now dribble the ball up faster rather than having to slow down, and I can tell my moves are overall better because people were more willing to go the way that I was moving towards to try and cross the other way, overall I think I played well today and am happy to have played like I did.

Damn man, I want to read what happened in your game and stuff, but you need to break it up into paragraphs. Otherwise it's pretty much illegible.

But nice work on the games, I know them feels.

[blazersfan52]

Damn man, I want to read what happened in your game and stuff, but you need to break it up into paragraphs. Otherwise it's pretty much illegible.

But nice work on the games, I know them feels.
Sorry was really tired, I had just gotten back from playing, and it was like 12 so I was ready to pass out:lol

[blazersfan52]

Played ball last night, I overall played all right, played more defense than offense because I barely ever touched the ball, and when I did I was bringing the ball up and play PG, my elbow got hurt, not too bad though, what happened was on a fastbreak this guy who everyone there thinks is the best player there while I shut him down in the game that I played on him, but on the fastbreak he did a pump fake and then did the little stick your butt out move, I had jumped on the pump fake because I had to, but I went flying over him and did half a flip in the air and landed straight on my elbow, better than on my head though, and thats the only really interesting thing that happened to me playing ball last night.
Edit: Also while shooting around after the 3rd game I played in, there was 19 people there it was an odd number, but I am pretty sure that I dunked the ball, I went up and went left handed and it barely hit the inside of the rim, then it hit the bottom of the inside of the rim on the otherside, do you count that as a dunk? Because it's not like it bounced all around it went in pretty clean, because if you think it should count then I can say I dunked before!

[Ai2death]

Hey Ish,

Been awhile since my last update, but here it is.

So this season has been a tougher one. The team struggling with chemistry issues and team moral is at it's lowest.
We're last at the bottom of the ladder and it's been a tough run.
I can't even remember the last time we won a game.

We have a new player, a good mate of mine who can do pretty much everything. However, i now find us relying on him too much, he get's the ball all the time and has to do everything, i'm trying to help him, i cut, create space & get open for a shot. But unfortunately his not much of a pass type player.
Also he is not a leader which sort of sucks, he could be great if he had those qualities but yeah...

So it's still on me to try and lead this team, I've started hosting a training every Wednesday and it's working well for our lesser experienced players, so from here the only way is up.

My own game has been doing well, confidence still has a ways to go, and i still want to loose some weight so i can become a bit quicker. But during the last 4-5 games, i have been shooting well and playing some good basketball.

2 games ago against one of the more physical teams, with our new guy out, i took charge and hit almost every shot i took, the team played poorly and only just lost, we had far too many turnovers. But it was a great feeling to know that i almost gave us the chance to win it. I think i probably had my highest scoring game ever over 20pts. My previous best was 16pts in a grand final game.

Our bigs have been a major reason we haven't been winning any games, they haven't been boxing out, haven't been closing out the corner jumpers, and have just been really sloppy and playing poorly all season.
Hell, last game we were against the biggest team in our div and i was boxing out better then any of a bigs.

We have to keep positive and keep playing hard, need to get more production from our bigs, but i can't control that, so i'm just looking to keep improving my self and start getting some wins on the board.

Until next time Ish, happy balling :cheers:

[Lebron23]

http://houndsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/5-Vancouver-Grizzlies.gif

Our next Basketball uniform

[Rake2204]

Played in a 3-on-3 tourney today. Railroaded all our opponents en route to the finals. Lost 20-19 in the finals to a team featuring a 6'7'' 240 Joey Graham clone who averages 17 a night for a pro team in Saudi Arabia. Had a good lead on those gents, got to score watching, began wearing down, couldn't finish it out. Kind of a bummer but not too much shame in losing to folks like that.

[Lebron23]

I'll be more offensively active in the next basketball league next October.

[Bless Mathews]

Played worlds longest game of 21 last week with two homies that played d2 and one that played d1

So fat and out of shape.

Had a couple good plays, crossovers. Shot decent.

Got to 15 by time winner won.

[Iceman#44]

Just played the last REGULAR season game of my regional league. ..We lost by 5 after a Nice comeback in the second half. I played an horrible first half But scored 31 in the second and 44 overall. ..

[Lebron23]

you guys are scoring machine. My season high was 34 points.

[Rake2204]

Filled in for my older brother's rec league team in metro Detroit last night. He actually only had two players, so I brought my two younger brothers as well (18 and 16 years old). Trotting out four brothers in the starting lineup felt kind of legit.

At one point, while still trying to get a grasp on my opponent and their capabilities, I broke out on a fast break. One guy was back waiting for me. I thought he was going to try to make a play or take a charge, because he was already back and in position. So I planned an elusive maneuver. The only thing I wasn't planning for was for him to just stand there and do nothing. It broke my brain and led to an awful offensive moment.

Behold...

The Double-Euro Step

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/6-17-2014/4ZPGom.gif

Best of all, a travel was not called (seriously)

[Jailblazers7]

:oldlol:

That's great. You looked like a RB chopping his feet at the line of scrimmage.

[stevieming]

Filled in for my older brother's rec league team in metro Detroit last night. He actually only had two players, so I brought my two younger brothers as well (18 and 16 years old). Trotting out four brothers in the starting lineup felt kind of legit.

At one point, while still trying to get a grasp on my opponent and their capabilities, I broke out on a fast break. One guy was back waiting for me. I thought he was going to try to make a play or take a charge, because he was already back and in position. So I planned an elusive maneuver. The only thing I wasn't planning for was for him to just stand there and do nothing. It broke my brain and led to an awful offensive moment.

Behold...

The Double-Euro Step

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/6-17-2014/4ZPGom.gif

Best of all, a travel was not called (seriously)

hahaha lol.....over the years I've learnt if you take your steps quickly and shuffle a bit before you pick the ball up, it's hard for people to call travel...although I always try not to travel and will call it on myself if I do...

[Rake2204]

hahaha lol.....over the years I've learnt if you take your steps quickly and shuffle a bit before you pick the ball up, it's hard for people to call travel...although I always try not to travel and will call it on myself if I do...Yes yes. I am quite prideful so I wish to make clear that that is not how I usually gather in the open floor. Haha.

[Lebron23]

Just played 3 on 3 basketball. Our team won. 42 to 36.

[blazersfan52]

Played 2 games of 2 on 2 last night, lost the first won the second, the first game me and my brother lost because one of the guys on the other team went on a streak were he hit like 10 fade away midrange jumpers in a row it was stupid because he is not a good shooter. The rest of the games he didn't do very well though, the other guy played alright hit some 3s not much else really. My brother didn't start hitting his shots until about halfway through the second game then he was hitting everything, until then I pretty much carried us through the first game and a half because I was finishing really well hitting pretty much every layup that I took so I had pretty good games.

[Lebron23]

I promise I am going to win the MVP Award and championship next tournament. (October to December)

[Lebron23]

Speed Kills. My greatest assets is my speed. I am really good at the Open Court.

[CeltsGarlic]

Played 2x2 pickup against 2 douchebags with my friend.. Lost all 5 times and my ego was about to melt, but I kept telling myself that were only loosing because my friend doest try for shit.. Man, those guys were even starting to laugh and I gave all I can, and basically scored 80% points, grabed all our boards and made many blocks and steals.. I made one super sexy crossover from right to left after behind the back stepback.. other guy switched to help but my bro missed the layup.

was bricking too many 3s tho.. something along the lines of 6/20

[Ai2death]

Hi all,

Thought i would revive my old thread, seeing Rakes gifs have inspired me to put up some of my own, so finally after some trial and error i have a couple.

All from the same game, it was a season or so ago, and i have since started altering my jumpshot as it was not to good before.

Take it for what you will, but basically we were against a great rebounding team, and we were down double digits, i then went on to hit 3 back to back 2 pointers.

While we still lost the game, i at least pulled us with in 2 pts down the stretch with my play and a chance to win it.

Here are my key buckets:

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jumpshot-54459aa8daaa6.gif

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Shot-54459b2eb7284.gif

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/shot-54459b8240113.gif

[Ai2death]

Hi all, just a quick update.

Our team is in a rough patch as of late, loosing games to 2 bottom teams in our division. I feel like i'm the only one with my head on as every one seems to be getting angry and hero ball. I sometimes feel as though i'm too short to really make an impact and carry our team out of it.

I'm also in the process of trying to change my attitude, i want to not take it so seriously and just have fun.

Hopefully i can make some positive steps towards it in the coming weeks.
Any advice is welcomed.

[Burgz V2]

Filled in for my older brother's rec league team in metro Detroit last night. He actually only had two players, so I brought my two younger brothers as well (18 and 16 years old). Trotting out four brothers in the starting lineup felt kind of legit.

At one point, while still trying to get a grasp on my opponent and their capabilities, I broke out on a fast break. One guy was back waiting for me. I thought he was going to try to make a play or take a charge, because he was already back and in position. So I planned an elusive maneuver. The only thing I wasn't planning for was for him to just stand there and do nothing. It broke my brain and led to an awful offensive moment.

Behold...

The Double-Euro Step

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/6-17-2014/4ZPGom.gif

Best of all, a travel was not called (seriously)

if you aint cheating you aint trying :oldlol:

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBZ7G7ULXE&list=UULvVvfGpJMWOuIvXFzgMWbg

Crossover, Finger Roll, and Dribbing Drill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHXpoufq0SA

[CeltsGarlic]

Hi all,

Thought i would revive my old thread, seeing Rakes gifs have inspired me to put up some of my own, so finally after some trial and error i have a couple.

All from the same game, it was a season or so ago, and i have since started altering my jumpshot as it was not to good before.

Take it for what you will, but basically we were against a great rebounding team, and we were down double digits, i then went on to hit 3 back to back 2 pointers.

While we still lost the game, i at least pulled us with in 2 pts down the stretch with my play and a chance to win it.

Here are my key buckets:

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jumpshot-54459aa8daaa6.gif

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Shot-54459b2eb7284.gif

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/shot-54459b8240113.gif

Awful shot selection :lol

You made it, so its all right

[Lebron23]

We played 3 on 3. We won the score 21-14.

[LLOYDBFREE]

Sunday played pickup against a team from Sacramento, had 2 awful guys on my team and two pretty decent people(one was a lanky guy that could drive alright and the other a chubbier dude who hit 2 back to back 3's). We kept the score close the whole game but due to turnovers from my team not knowing how to dribble up court or getting the rebound and trying to sprint to the basket we ended up losing 15-17(game was up to 12 win by 2)

I finished with 7 points and a bucketload of rebounds.

[Ai2death]

Played some old dudes last night and lost by 4. I'm so salty.
We shouldn't have lost to those fvcks, and it pisses me off. I went of on my team, and now feel sorta guilty.
I played great, but didn't get a shot. I'm a PG, i bring the ball up and never got it back, that is why we lost, not that i didn't get it back, but there was 0 passes, and when there was, it was a turnover.
I finished the game with 0 pts, 0/0 fg, 0 TO, 5 rbds, 1 stl, 3pf & got a charge on a fast break all in about 15 minutes of play.
We also had 9 players which was ridiculous. Just so mad.

Rant over.

[LiLharvard]

Played some old dudes last night and lost by 4. I'm so salty.
We shouldn't have lost to those fvcks, and it pisses me off. I went of on my team, and now feel sorta guilty.
I played great, but didn't get a shot. I'm a PG, i bring the ball up and never got it back, that is why we lost, not that i didn't get it back, but there was 0 passes, and when there was, it was a turnover.
I finished the game with 0 pts, 0/0 fg, 0 TO, 5 rbds, 1 stl, 3pf & got a charge on a fast break all in about 15 minutes of play.
We also had 9 players which was ridiculous. Just so mad.

Rant over.

What state do you ball in ?

[Ai2death]

What state do you ball in ?

SA, you?

[mr beast]

Filled in for my older brother's rec league team in metro Detroit last night. He actually only had two players, so I brought my two younger brothers as well (18 and 16 years old). Trotting out four brothers in the starting lineup felt kind of legit.

At one point, while still trying to get a grasp on my opponent and their capabilities, I broke out on a fast break. One guy was back waiting for me. I thought he was going to try to make a play or take a charge, because he was already back and in position. So I planned an elusive maneuver. The only thing I wasn't planning for was for him to just stand there and do nothing. It broke my brain and led to an awful offensive moment.

Behold...

The Double-Euro Step

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/6-17-2014/4ZPGom.gif

Best of all, a travel was not called (seriously)

lol that is a nice ass move , even better you got away with a no call

[sundizz]

https://i.imgflip.com/hyky3.gif (https://imgflip.com/gif/hyky3)

https://i.imgflip.com/hyl0e.gif (https://imgflip.com/gif/hyl0e)

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Played 2 games in the past 3 nights. Have been 1/7 but had some very nice defensive plays and some sweet passes and a good share of turnovers. A lot of my 3s rimmed out :facepalm

[NBAplayoffs2001]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBZ7G7ULXE&list=UULvVvfGpJMWOuIvXFzgMWbg

Crossover, Finger Roll, and Dribbing Drill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHXpoufq0SA

Pretty decent

[NBAplayoffs2001]

https://i.imgflip.com/hyky3.gif (https://imgflip.com/gif/hyky3)

https://i.imgflip.com/hyl0e.gif (https://imgflip.com/gif/hyl0e)

2nd gif really impressed me. Nice handles :applause:

[Rake2204]

Filled in for my brother tonight in his rec league. I think I scored 30, so that was good. Turns out rec league defense isn't always... well... existent. From what I've heard, we're supposed to play Lindsey Hunter's team next week, so even if I inevitably get locked down in that game, I could still walk out of there with a 15 points per game average for my little fill-in stint. I can live with that.

In other news, I'm still trying to figure out whether I'm done dunking in games or not. My very first attack of the night, when I was still nervous about playing in a new setting with teammates I didn't know, I had a clear lane, elevated, and probably had an opportunity to dunk, but turned my hand over and opted for the drop-in because I wasn't sure of myself. Then I somehow managed to bounce the ball off the back rim and out. Need to get some confidence back in regards to elevating.

[sundizz]

2nd gif really impressed me. Nice handles :applause:

Thanks :cheers:

Extra large hands (can grip the ball) and years of a childhood spent dribbling a ball make hoops second nature to me. Just wish I had the size/genetics to go with skill.

[CeltsGarlic]

61-64 with 40 secs to go in the 4th... Soo clock is ticking, I get the ball with 35 secs to go, to work on perimeter but just jack up a long long 3 and it goes in. #NoHesitation
I walk with my one hand and one finger up as opp coach is screaming on those 18 y.o were playing against.. Next possetion and they look lost, we get the stop,team mates quickly go into fast break to finish the game but some of us notice that there is 10 secs on the clock remaining, so we stop, couple passes, I get the ball with 5 secs remaining, make a drive and they foul me.
Hit both FT to win the game111

best night ever

[CeltsGarlic]

Finished with 14 pts 5 rebs 3 ast 4 st, 3/5 3pt 1/1 2pt 3/4 ft.

[sundizz]

Updated from gifs to youtube videos...less shizzy quality hopefully.

My patented bank shot three (http://youtu.be/wbUgD86F9gw)
Using a screen, dribbles, going Dirk one foot (http://youtu.be/YhzB_x7A3NQ)
Double behind the back reach and teach with the halfcourt bounce pass (http://youtu.be/zA8QABQ_rzI)

[Lebron23]

Updated from gifs to youtube videos...less shizzy quality hopefully.

My patented bank shot three (http://youtu.be/wbUgD86F9gw)
Using a screen, dribbles, going Dirk one foot (http://youtu.be/YhzB_x7A3NQ)
Double behind the back reach and teach with the halfcourt bounce pass (http://youtu.be/zA8QABQ_rzI)


What's your ethnicity bro??

[sundizz]

What's your ethnicity bro??

Indian -> picked the wrong sport for my genetics.

[Lebron23]

Indian -> picked the wrong sport for my genetics.


You are a pretty good player.

[CeltsGarlic]

Updated from gifs to youtube videos...less shizzy quality hopefully.

My patented bank shot three (http://youtu.be/wbUgD86F9gw)
Using a screen, dribbles, going Dirk one foot (http://youtu.be/YhzB_x7A3NQ)
Double behind the back reach and teach with the halfcourt bounce pass (http://youtu.be/zA8QABQ_rzI)
:applause: :applause: nice

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Updated from gifs to youtube videos...less shizzy quality hopefully.

My patented bank shot three (http://youtu.be/wbUgD86F9gw)
Using a screen, dribbles, going Dirk one foot (http://youtu.be/YhzB_x7A3NQ)
Double behind the back reach and teach with the halfcourt bounce pass (http://youtu.be/zA8QABQ_rzI)

Dude... are you in the NY area? That court looks really familiar.

[sundizz]

Dude... are you in the NY area? That court looks really familiar.

LOL no. In South Korea.

[Rake2204]

I outscored a 44-year-old Lindsey Hunter tonight, haha.

I wore down late though. Ran out of energy because I exerted a little extra on defense trying not to look like an idiot guarding Lindsey. Thankfully, he mostly seemed satisfied with setting himself up to pull from deep. Kept trying to get me with a cross, hoping to put me on my heels so he could get a clean look from deep. Just tried not to bite. He hit two anyway, both from a healthy distance.

I feel pretty stupid though. Scored eight of our first ten and wore down as the game wore on (we had six players). Finished with 15 after scoring 30 last week (hashtag shameless brag). We led by 10 at half and coughed it up :-\ They started hitting from deep - they also had a guy named Pierre Dukes who played for Oakland U. in the mid-2000's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2dc2UixlI). He was hitting. Good player.

They sat in a 2-3 zone and there were gaps - I just didn't make myself have the energy to go to those gaps with enough frequency, so kind of a regretful feel about things. Also missed a wide open layup that would have cut our deficit to two with a couple minutes left. Caught a 50 foot pass with my back to the basket, tried to turn and go up immediately and inexplicably lost control of the ball as I went up. Shoulda dunked it, didn't know if I could.

Definitely my worst game of the past three weeks. Lindsey also picked me up full court one possession. I eluded him with an in-and-out dribble and proceeded up the floor, pumped the brakes a little, and he back-tipped me, leading to a transition bucket the other way. Another stupid move on my part.

This last part belongs in the brag thread we had around here for a while. My last five games, points-wise: 35, 19, 30, 25, 15. Just upset to leave with such a bad taste in my mouth after tonight's performance.

[Lebron23]

We played 2 on 2 basketball race to 25. Scored 16 points.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I outscored a 44-year-old Lindsey Hunter tonight, haha.

I wore down late though. Ran out of energy because I exerted a little extra on defense trying not to look like an idiot guarding Lindsey. Thankfully, he mostly seemed satisfied with setting himself up to pull from deep. Kept trying to get me with a cross, hoping to put me on my heels so he could get a clean look from deep. Just tried not to bite. He hit two anyway, both from a healthy distance.

I feel pretty stupid though. Scored eight of our first ten and wore down as the game wore on (we had six players). Finished with 15 after scoring 30 last week (hashtag shameless brag). We led by 10 at half and coughed it up :-\ They started hitting from deep - they also had a guy named Pierre Dukes who played for Oakland U. in the mid-2000's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2dc2UixlI). He was hitting. Good player.

They sat in a 2-3 zone and there were gaps - I just didn't make myself have the energy to go to those gaps with enough frequency, so kind of a regretful feel about things. Also missed a wide open layup that would have cut our deficit to two with a couple minutes left. Caught a 50 foot pass with my back to the basket, tried to turn and go up immediately and inexplicably lost control of the ball as I went up. Shoulda dunked it, didn't know if I could.

Definitely my worst game of the past three weeks. Lindsey also picked me up full court one possession. I eluded him with an in-and-out dribble and proceeded up the floor, pumped the brakes a little, and he back-tipped me, leading to a transition bucket the other way. Another stupid move on my part.

This last part belongs in the brag thread we had around here for a while. My last five games, points-wise: 35, 19, 30, 25, 15. Just upset to leave with such a bad taste in my mouth after tonight's performance.

I bet he's still a pretty sick baller. There's a 30 year old baller at our gym who has played in the sweet 16 in college. I've never had the guts to guard him.

[Rake2204]

Lost to a team we should have beaten last night. I played pretty poorly. Felt out of sync all first half. Knew I wasn't giving my all but struggled to make myself exert the way I should have been. Picked it up in the second half but overdid it. Forced some shots at the hoop. Finished with 18, but it wasn't my favorite 18.

Also, late in the game I eluded a defender at the top of the key and it looked like they were going to concede my layup (wide open lane with them leading by seven). So I went to just drop it over the rim and a lanky feller came out of nowhere (literally never saw him) and destroyed my shot. Probably one of the worst blocks I've absorbed in my life. He and I had a good laugh about it afterward.


I bet he's still a pretty sick baller. There's a 30 year old baller at our gym who has played in the sweet 16 in college. I've never had the guts to guard him.Lindsey can still rain, and that is his overriding tendency these days. Watched part of his game after ours last night and even with his willingness to fire and drill from deep, the other team still managed to give him ample breathing room on almost every trip down. Questionable defensive strategy there.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Lost to a team we should have beaten last night. I played pretty poorly. Felt out of sync all first half. Knew I wasn't giving my all but struggled to make myself exert the way I should have been. Picked it up in the second half but overdid it. Forced some shots at the hoop. Finished with 18, but it wasn't my favorite 18.

Also, late in the game I eluded a defender at the top of the key and it looked like they were going to concede my layup (wide open lane with them leading by seven). So I went to just drop it over the rim and a lanky feller came out of nowhere (literally never saw him) and destroyed my shot. Probably one of the worst blocks I've absorbed in my life. He and I had a good laugh about it afterward.

Lindsey can still rain, and that is his overriding tendency these days. Watched part of his game after ours last night and even with his willingness to fire and drill from deep, the other team still managed to give him ample breathing room on almost every trip down. Questionable defensive strategy there.

My family friend used to see Meta World Peace ball alot in his early days before the NBA in Queensbridge. He said he was crazy good and had a crazy side to him back then too.

[TylerOO]

Lost in Championship of YMCA league. :(

In my other league though I had one of the hottest streaks I've ever been on. Blew an alley oop the first play of the game :lol. Team we were playing brought their whole families, we actually had a pretty big crowd for a Y league game. One dude brought his little brother who was probably 18 or 19 and he brought 4 or 5 of his friends, they were sitting on the bench courtside. I hit 3 three's in a row in the final few minutes of the first half. I was showboating a little, you know doing the LeBron celebration. They were loving it. Open the second half hit another 2 in a row, 5 in a row total now. Im feeling it! Crowd starts getting louder after every three I hit, they know I'm on a roll. *the team I'm playing is a bunch of cool dudes, it's a competitive league but not ultimate shit talking assholes like some other teams (I'm a shit talker so I like that) but we cool with this team.* Now they start doubling when I cross half court. BANG 6 in a ROW! I swear I can't feel my face and anything right now. Other team scores, as I'm bringing the ball up, dudes lil bro and friends was like keep pulling!!. Im in another world. I pull up next possession from hella deep...BANGGG!!! 7 in a row. Next possession, I'm crossing half court... I get a pick at damn near half court, defender goes under, I'm like **** it! Pull up from like 4 or 5 feet inside halfcourt, it leaves my hand..I hear the ****ing crowd start to make noise...SWISH. Place went ****ing nuts, even refs were just shocked. I didn't move. I stared at it through and said **** defense and just stood there. I don't know what was going on in my head but it was euphoric. We lost the game :lol but it was the best feeling in the world and is the reason I play ball. The RUSH that was going on inside me was indescribable. Can only imagine what it's like to be doing that on the big stage like some NBA stars. What a feeling.

[Lebron23]

Pretty decent


Thanks Brah. I'll just pm you when I visit New York.

[Rake2204]

Showed up for our playoff game last night, won, then found out we had to play a second game an hour later... against Lindsey Hunter's team again. Had a five-point lead on them at halftime but lost again. I think they're going to run the table.

I was technically a guest in this league, joining a team midway through. I think the worst thing that could have happened was dropping 33 my first week, for I spent much of the rest of the games chasing those numbers, often at the expense of other aspects of my game.

Finally, last night, I went out of my way not to score (unless super clearly presented) and tried to right the ship in all the other aspects of my game. Unfortunately, I probably hurt us by being a little too unaggressive, but I think maybe I'm setting myself up to find a better balance moving forward. Played tougher defense, passed mostly well (except for an overpass here or there), rebounded way better on the defensive glass (still need to get back to offensive boards), and played totally under control.

The next step will be ramping the scoring back up while continuing to keep all those other areas in check.

Some rec. league vets here may find this humorous, I don't know: I drew four charges in our first game last night, haha. I also committed one myself. Official said he'd never called so many charges in a rec. game in his life (other players drew some too). Opponent ran out of players due to fouls, had to finish four-on-five.

[L3B120N J4M35]

guys I'm having a lot of trouble bringing the ball up the floor on the break. I always lose it bringing it up :banghead: :hammerhead: :facepalm :(

[Lebron23]

guys I'm having a lot of trouble bringing the ball up the floor on the break. I always lose it bringing it up :banghead: :hammerhead: :facepalm :(


Use some pro grip. You can buy it at some Sports Stores.

[Rake2204]

Put things all together during last rec. game. Played hard in many realms, re-implemented sizable scoring attack, won handily. Felt good.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Saw a guy pull a couple Kobe post moves and deep threes in game today. He swished all of them. It was nice

[NBAplayoffs2001]

3/8 7 points (1 3, 2 close-mid shots) in a 24-22 loss. 3-4 rebounds. Few blown assignments despite 2 steals. Didn't look for my shot nearly as much. Took way too many 3s.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Speed Kills. My greatest assets is my speed. I am really good at the Open Court.

I wish I still had my speed :(. My knees went to sh*t in recent years.

[Lebron23]

I wish I still had my speed :(. My knees went to sh*t in recent years.


Drink some milk, or eat any dairy products.

[Lebron23]

Only scored 9 points ( 1 points shot, 3 tear drop layup) in 8 minutes. We won the score is 76-42. First time I played full court basketball since I injured my ankle ( Grade II Ankle Sprain.)

[Rake2204]

Welp, my basketball experiences have come full circle in the last month. I went from playing against former pro's in my rec league to a day last week when I played 3-on-3 against a group of players that included two middle schoolers. They were really impressed with my ability to make a standard reverse layup.

[Rake2204]

Last night I weaved past a defender, had an unstable takeoff, and finished with a rattle/rimgrab/layup hybrid. It was by no means a dunk, but considering my drop-off on in-game dunks since I turned 30, and my confidence drop due to wondering if those days were done, that finish was a good sign. With a good takeoff - maybe in the open floor - I might feel better about attempting to truly dunk again.

[Underballer]

Last night I weaved past a defender, had an unstable takeoff, and finished with a rattle/rimgrab/layup hybrid. It was by no means a dunk, but considering my drop-off on in-game dunks since I turned 30, and my confidence drop due to wondering if those days were done, that finish was a good sign. With a good takeoff - maybe in the open floor - I might feel better about attempting to truly dunk again.

30 is nothing for the average joe, even one that plays every day. 30 in the NBA is still somewhat young, but keep in mind, they play 82 games a season, have practices, go through injuries, fly all the time, and have other stuff like national teams and random games to top it off

[Rake2204]

30 is nothing for the average joe, even one that plays every day. 30 in the NBA is still somewhat young, but keep in mind, they play 82 games a season, have practices, go through injuries, fly all the time, and have other stuff like national teams and random games to top it offYeah, the psychology of turning 30 (now 31) messes with my head a bit.

Even if it doesn't mean I'll see a big drop off, it does probably mean my athletic peak may be a few years behind me, in terms of leaping ability anyway. So there's kind of the wonder of "Is today the day where, regardless of my strength and shape, I just can't explode quite like I used to?"

For comparison, LeBron James is close to me in age. And while he still has many moments where he looks like the same LeBron we've always known, in terms of elevation and explosion (like his windmill against Boston in the first round), he doesn't seem to get to that point quite as often as he used to.

Obviously, James is on a different planet from me, but it's a similar notion. I feel my athleticism is still mostly all there, just I can't hit my peak explosion as often as I used to.

[Lebron23]

Just practiced shooting the ball after the game.

[Lebron23]

Just scored 21 points. Our team losses because only 5 players played for our team.

[Lebron23]

Our team got eliminated. Our team Standing is 4-5. Losses 1 game via default.

My averaged in the first 4 games is 10 ppg on 41 FG%
My averaged in the last 4 games is 19 ppg on 50 FG%

So I averaged 14.5 ppg on 45.5 FG% in 8 games

[Rake2204]

Had my first real legit in-game dunk in a long time last night. I knew it might be coming after noticing my elevation re-emerging a few weeks ago (mentioned a weak rim-grab-layup a few posts ago near the start of May).

I actually had two dunks last night. The first was kind of testing the waters - it was a dunk just not with a ton of sauce. Considering the ease with which I put that one down, I had a lot of confidence for my next opportunity, and I hammered (one hand, one foot).

Also put down a two-hand, two-foot dunk with ease afterward (not in-game), which is the first time I've been able to do that cleanly is some time as well. I chalk it up to warm weather, better shape, and an increase in confidence.

[Lebron23]

First time I played basketball since our last Game almost 3 weeks ago. It feels good.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Haven't played ball in weeks. Plan to play tomorrow night.

Been having sore knees on a daily basis. I guess it's due to the lack of working out. They feel way too sore for a person whose in their early 20s =/.

[Lebron23]

Haven't played ball in weeks. Plan to play tomorrow night.

Been having sore knees on a daily basis. I guess it's due to the lack of working out. They feel way too sore for a person whose in their early 20s =/.


It must be the temperature. My knees hurt when I use our aircon.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

It must be the temperature. My knees hurt when I use our aircon.

Eh maybe I'm still growing. I randomly added 3 inches at 17 within 2 months :lol.

[Ai2death]

Haven't played ball in weeks. Plan to play tomorrow night.

Been having sore knees on a daily basis. I guess it's due to the lack of working out. They feel way too sore for a person whose in their early 20s =/.

I know the pain, though at 28... But yeah, can't remember the last time i played pain free. I love this game too much haha

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Shot around last night after a month of not playing.

My jumpshot was so poor :roll:. Airballed like 3-4 threes. Finished the night off with my routine half court bankshot after 4-5 attempts. Couldn't nearly got off the floor as much I would like to on my jumper. Hit almost all my mid range shots and layups. 30 minute workout, did some dribbling.

Didn't play in a game, just shot around. Likely going tonight or tomorrow night for an hour.

Knees don't feel nearly as bad as they did this past weekend (prior to the workout).

[blazersfan52]

Went and balled tonight, did alright overall, didn't really do anything special in game except maybe one pass that was alright, but I was happy with the fact that I had my first 1 handed dunk out of game, I didn't think I was going to get to close because I was using my off hand, but I went up for it and got it over the rim and forced it through all the way, felt amazing especially since my older brother was watching and I looked at him and he looked like did that really just happen? :lol

[Lebron23]

I'll promise to myself. I'll be a a more dedicated basketball player. Gonna play some basketball tomorrow morning.

[Combat Wombat]

I'll promise to myself. I'll be a a more dedicated basketball player. Gonna play some basketball tomorrow morning.

Great to see that you have your priorities in order even though you're 28 and still living with your parents and work in a call center.

[KiiiiNG]

Great to see that you have your priorities in order even though you're 28 and still living with your parents and work in a call center.
:roll:

virgin poison.

[nathanjizzle]

:roll:

virgin poison.

is this what you do on a friday night? :roll:

[Ai2death]

Grand finals tomorrow night against a team on paper we should beat, only problem is, they are great at mind games. Our big men are mentally weak and get thrown of their game easily.

My last season with this team as well. Starting my own team which will start in a couple weeks, so keen.

Everyone on this new team can actually play, so looking forward to doing some work!

[Ai2death]

OK so update.

Won grand finals after a great game by all. Marking the end of playing for that team, the team is still continuing. Just replacing a couple of us who now play for the team i have started.

Started my new team (for the winter season being in australia) We have player 4 games.

Our first game came against a team that on my old team, only managed to beat once, and that was after we had some great fill ins play for us as half our original line up was away. No subs for either team & my new team completely destroyed them, winning 70-20, one of there players actually fouled out at half time, but we just said let him play as the score was beyond reachable.

Second game was against the most feral team in the league, to which my old team never beat, they played them the week before and lost by 20.
The new team wiped the floor with them, winning by around 40 point. Our best player also fouled out, and we were dogged by atrocious calls all game (one of the refs daughters goes out with one of their players, they get all the calls and also whinge about everything.) It was the sweetest victory so far.

Third we played the team that my old team had beat in the grand final a few weeks earlier. It was our biggest win of the season yet. They only scored 5 points total and only finished with 11. We were well over 70 at the end.

And our fourth game just this week we versed an actual C grade team (Divs go all the way to G/H) C grade is the div that management thought we should be in. The game was close at first, tied around 11 all, their D was suffocating the paint. Then one of our shooters got hot and hit 3 straight 3's. After that, their defense collapsed & they couldn't handle covering right out to the 3. They shaded our shooter hard, which just opened up the middle for our best player and our centre to run a 2 man game. I distributed well and also found rhythm of a number of drive and kicks, hitting multiple J's from the base line.
Finishing with a fast break pull up 3 in the last 10 seconds.

Heard a rumor that we will be A grade, to which i can't wait.

Bad Santa from And 1 played A grade a few seasons ago in this comp.

[mr beast]

OK so update.

Won grand finals after a great game by all. Marking the end of playing for that team, the team is still continuing. Just replacing a couple of us who now play for the team i have started.

Started my new team (for the winter season being in australia) We have player 4 games.

Our first game came against a team that on my old team, only managed to beat once, and that was after we had some great fill ins play for us as half our original line up was away. No subs for either team & my new team completely destroyed them, winning 70-20, one of there players actually fouled out at half time, but we just said let him play as the score was beyond reachable.

Second game was against the most feral team in the league, to which my old team never beat, they played them the week before and lost by 20.
The new team wiped the floor with them, winning by around 40 point. Our best player also fouled out, and we were dogged by atrocious calls all game (one of the refs daughters goes out with one of their players, they get all the calls and also whinge about everything.) It was the sweetest victory so far.

Third we played the team that my old team had beat in the grand final a few weeks earlier. It was our biggest win of the season yet. They only scored 5 points total and only finished with 11. We were well over 70 at the end.

And our fourth game just this week we versed an actual C grade team (Divs go all the way to G/H) C grade is the div that management thought we should be in. The game was close at first, tied around 11 all, their D was suffocating the paint. Then one of our shooters got hot and hit 3 straight 3's. After that, their defense collapsed & they couldn't handle covering right out to the 3. They shaded our shooter hard, which just opened up the middle for our best player and our centre to run a 2 man game. I distributed well and also found rhythm of a number of drive and kicks, hitting multiple J's from the base line.
Finishing with a fast break pull up 3 in the last 10 seconds.

Heard a rumor that we will be A grade, to which i can't wait.

Bad Santa from And 1 played A grade a few seasons ago in this comp.


sounds like you guys are playing under your competition level, but congrats on forming a good team and blowing everyone out :rockon:

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Been way too busy to ball for about 3 months. When I used to be more free during past summers, there was a pretty popular local park to play at where all the best ballers were during the summer. But I really dislike the double rims that I keep finding at public parks :mad:. I understand it protects rims from breaking from people who attempt dunks but its' so hard to hit 50% of your shots on them.

[Ai2death]

Season has offically started as of 2 days ago, had our first game in our Div C. (For note there is also Divs E,F,G,H.

Tough physical game, really close first half. Our 3pt shooter sruggled all night, had open looks, just not his night, but we found a flow on offence & defense and blew out the second half after making some adjustments. Biggest one being our outlet on the defensive boards. They were doubling after every rebound, almost tripling and getting steals. We adjusted to outlet the ball up court as fast as possible. Worked a treat.

We ended up winning by 20 odd points.

Bring on next week.

[Underballer]

am playing with randoms for a league and this guy and 3 of his friends keep trying to assign us standard NBA positions. ofcourse he always assigns himself as point guard and chucks up 3's all day. honestly i think in rec leagues there should only be really 2 positions, pretty much forwards and perimeter players/guards. the skill level is way too low and positions are way too ambiguous when its at this level of play

[Ai2death]

Tuesday Rec League team is sitting top of the ladder at 12-0. C grade.
Lost our best player 8 minutes into last weeks game jarring his already twice repaired knee. Spoke to him the day after, no swelling, just sore to extend and stiff. He's going to sit out our next game to be sure as we line up against the bottom team in the group.

We shouldn't have a problem as they are the smallest team in the comp, as long as we play our game, be patient on offence & get back in transition. Teams struggle to score on us in the half court, the only teams that even come close score most of their point on fast breaks, & that's only when we rush our offence into one pass shot style.

My game as a whole has felt better this past week, feel like i'm coming back to my old form, still gotta lose about 10kgs though to be happy and then my game will probably reach a new level.

So far, things are looking up.

[chips93]

I played pick up for the first time in a couple weeks and felt great. After checking into the game tied at 7s, I scored 3 straight layups for my team. Then on game point I scored on a fake spin, scoop layup. Its the type of flashy move I rarely make, but after making a few in a row, instinct takes over and I play with much more confidence.

thats when I enjoy playing the most, when I'm feeling confident and not really thinking, just reacting and going off of instincts.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

played ball about 2 weeks ago. Airballed a ton of shots because I've started lifting again. Pretty sure I was 2 for 14 lol.

[Ai2death]

Last game of the regular season tonight before finals, so far we are still undefeated, had a few close calls though but we close out well, one of the closest calls was just last week, 10 down at the half and won by 4.
Our best player went prime Kobe mode and made 6-7 fade away jump shots and also a huge 3. Our D also was amazing, i shut down their primary ball handler, didn't manage to get any steals, but tipped and tapped out the ball every time he touched it, could tell his confidence was shook.

Unfortunately, even though we are undefeated with the best % around the whole league, we sit second as in one game, the other team forfeited leading to fewer premiership points. Not sure how they work it, especially cause the team in second had lost only one game too, which was to us by about 40 points.

So looks like we are heading into A/B grade next season depending on finals outcome. Funnily enough, the current top team in A grade is called 'We Can't Ball'

[blazersfan52]

Was able to play 5v5 for 2 games today at the local gym along with a game of 3v3 before hand were me my brother and our friend played agains 3 kids who play jv and varsity for the local high school, and ended up barely losing 17 to 21 after being down 17 to 4 at one point because of our friend just taking a bunch of stupid shots,but it was all in fun so it was good, had one of them convinced I was a lefty because I finished 3 or 4 lay ups with my left when I was getting hit pretty hard although I'm a righty.
In the 5v5 games just did my usual play hustle and not take many shots just a few lay ins, was going to go up for my first in game dunk but ended up passing out of it because a kid came trailing and if I had gone up for it he would've undercut me hard and flipped me over, but it's all good.
Recently changed the way I gathered for my dunk attempts and I'm fairly easily getting up and getting in simple one handed off 1 foot sinks almost got a 2 handed off 2 feet today felt nice, figured out my problem was I was too tense coming in at first and lost all energy after my first 2 steps so now I'm much more relaxed first 2 steps and then explode for my next 2 or 3 and am getting it most times now so it feels really good now I just need to actually lift to start making progress to real dunks.

[Rake2204]

Just put down my first dunk of the outdoor season last night... in a non-game situation. Either way, at 32-years-old, I take them where I can get them. Each year I wonder if this is going to be the year where I just can't do it anymore. I know I'm due, but I still put it down pretty easily, so that's good. Helped a ton to give a go with a ball that I could half-palm. Crazy how much less effort is needed to dunk when a ball can be semi-palmed.

[insidehoops]

Bump, because it's warm outside

[Lebron23]

Scored 30 points in our last game of the season. Our team was eliminated cause only 6 players played in our team. I played 40 minutes.


Going to play basketball in an indoor court cause it's the start of the rainy season.

[Lebron23]

Bump, because it's warm outside


What position do you play Jeff? You seem tall 6'3, or 6'4".

[$LakerGold]

My childhood friend passed away from playing all 48 minutes, went home, ate, slept & never woke up the next day. His mother found out when he wouldn't wake up for school, even cussed him out -- she then went into his room & learned that he had passed away.

Dark stuff.

[Lebron23]

My childhood friend passed away from playing all 48 minutes, went home, ate, slept & never woke up the next day. His mother found out when he wouldn't wake up for school, even cussed him out -- she then went into his room & learned that he had passed away.

Dark stuff.


If this was a true Story. RIP to your friend.

[LootOP]

Played in team till age 18, then ruined knees on Adidas, didnt play for 4 years, picked up ball again ffrom age 22-28. Didnt play for another year, then 4 years. Now just started playing again.

Went from SG to SF to Pf and now, since I've totally lost my shot, playing center all the time. Love it though. Only had two practices, gonna start hitting layups again. :oldlol:

[Lebron23]

We have another basketball league exactly one month from now. Might play basketball tomorrow afternoon after I am done finishing some stuff.

[Lebron23]

Just started shooting at the basketball court after the Warriors destroyed the Cavaliers.

[Ai2death]

THE RETURN... wow, i started this thread 3 years ago and it's still here. May as well provide an update while i'm visiting.

Finals coming up for my local req league, playing A/B Grade & finished 2nd, placing us in A grade. Since we finished second, we play the top placed team tonight, then the loser verses the winner of 3 & 4 next week, then whoever wins that game goes onto play the team who won between 1 & 2.

We versed the top team twice during the season, losing by 9 each time. They are really good 3pt shooters and just have a 10 minute run each time, where we claw our way back each time. I hate versing this team though, they're feral & they talk mad shit and they know they're good. Just not an enjoyable game. Unfortunately a couple of our players are hot heads too so that doesn't help and the game turns into juts trying to stop our guys doing something stupid... Should be great haha

[Lebron23]

Just practiced shooting at the basketball court in the early mourning. I am preparing for our basketball tournament next month.

[TheReal Kendall]

God I hate playing with dudes that play no defense but want to shot and always calling for the ball on offense.

Like dude straight letting his man go by him then get mad cause there's no help defense.

Guy dropped 12 points on his head and he refused to let me guard him. The game only goes to 18 going by 2s and 3s. Shit really pissed me off.

[Lebron23]

Gonna play basketball tomorrow morning.

[Lebron23]

I hope it won't rain tomorrow morning.

[Lebron23]

I hope it won't rain tomorrow afternoon . Gonna play 5 on 5 basketball.

[Lebron23]

Just played basketball again after a 1 month vacation.

[Nilocon165]

Come 1v1 me bro

[FreezingTsmoove]

God I hate playing with dudes that play no defense but want to shot and always calling for the ball on offense.

Like dude straight letting his man go by him then get mad cause there's no help defense.

Guy dropped 12 points on his head and he refused to let me guard him. The game only goes to 18 going by 2s and 3s. Shit really pissed me off.

So pick up the ****ing slack dude. Is it really that hard to play help defense against random dudes at the park?

Stop making excuses for losing. Doesnt matter how shitty your teammates are dont make excuses :facepalm

[Underballer]

sucks that everyone at my gym only plays half court. we have 8 regulation sized full courts, and still everyone plays half. takes away my favourite aspects of the game lol.

[Lebron23]

The Weather is fine. I played my first basketball game since August.

[Lebron23]

Gonna play basketball tomorrow. We have a basketball league this coming December.

[Underballer]

am a 2 foot jumper, but now am gonna work hard on my 1 foot so i can start dunking during pick up games on cherry picks/fast breaks. my standing reach is like 7'8/7'9 so i'm definitely gonna have to be jumping pretty high in order to be dunking.

i've actually read a lot about this from rake, how he says he gets a lot of his dunks off 1 foot on fast breaks. if you're still around rake, do you have any tips for me? and how high do you think i need to be touching to be able to comfortably dunk 1 handed?

[Lebron23]

Just played basketball. I drained 8 3 pointers in our pick up game.

[Lebron23]

Another good game from me.

[NYCPG]

Another good game from me.

Your terrible brah just quit

[NYCPG]

THE RETURN... wow, i started this thread 3 years ago and it's still here. May as well provide an update while i'm visiting.

Finals coming up for my local req league, playing A/B Grade & finished 2nd, placing us in A grade. Since we finished second, we play the top placed team tonight, then the loser verses the winner of 3 & 4 next week, then whoever wins that game goes onto play the team who won between 1 & 2.

We versed the top team twice during the season, losing by 9 each time. They are really good 3pt shooters and just have a 10 minute run each time, where we claw our way back each time. I hate versing this team though, they're feral & they talk mad shit and they know they're good. Just not an enjoyable game. Unfortunately a couple of our players are hot heads too so that doesn't help and the game turns into juts trying to stop our guys doing something stupid... Should be great haha

I don't know whats worse, the fact that you document your mens league games or that I took the time to read this

:biggums:

[Baller1986]

I don't know whats worse, the fact that you document your mens league games or that I took the time to read this

:biggums:


why are you such an annoying bitch. i'll smack you.

gonna start playing basketball again today.

[Lebron23]

Just joined 7 basketball tournaments this coming March to June.

[Lebron6]

Cool

[Lebron23]

I scored 37 points in a pickup game. Getting my confidence back.

[hiphopanonymous]

I scored 37 points in a pickup game. Getting my confidence back.
You able to upload any more recent clips on youtube? A highlight or anything?