Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by EnySpree:

I also hate to see guys admitt like a bitch that they can't guard a certain guy. I'm like **** it, you don't wanna guard him? I will guard him. I'm a man just like him. If he bust my ass so be it. Chances are he won't score all the points in the game so I will be a man and man up! Just like highfivesuckas story. Strip his ass all day and play ball.

I also hate when you are playing with old guys like in their 50s, and there is this young dude playing so hard and talking **** like their at the rucker. No offense to the older guys on the board but you guys aint trying to prove anything, you just trying to get a good sweat and play ball. If a 20-25 year old guy is talking smack to a 50 year old man then he needs to be beat the hell down! Respect the game is what I say.

This is turning out to be a pick up game expose, Lol.

How bout the idiot that calls move and pick? How bout the ******* that calls illegal defense? How bout the idiots that agree with them? Those are 2 calls you can't make in a pick-up game. There are no refs for christsakes!

i was in greece over the summer. had an opportunity to play ball out there one day. on one play, they called an offensive foul. i didn't question it, but when was the last time you heard an offensive foul call in the US?

Dang. They call offensive foul on me all the time.

Posted by Bippity10:

No lie, women that are good at basketball are the dirtiest players on the planet. I play in a co-ed league up in boston. It's pretty competitive and there are some really good women players. But the dirtiest **** done to me is always done by a woman. They don't live by the same "code" that men live by in sports. You know the code. The code of not punching a guy in the wang who is guarding you real close.

True story. Loose ball. We are fighting for it. I beat her to it and turn to go up court. With closed fist she bashes me right in the area. The ref of course is blocked out and misses me falling to the ground. I wanted to rip her appart, but of course but can't because she is a woman. That's some bull shiot. No code man, no code.

Yeah man women are dirty players. The push and do a lot of reaching. They also do that Bruce Bowen thing where they try to take your legs out.

Love: Teammates that trust me as I trust them.

Hate: I was a member of this adult pick up game league for a few years, and towards the end of my tenure, there was this huge football player kid, who was like 300 lbs and 6'5". Now right now, I'm a big guy, but I was much thinner, and I'm working on that as we speak, kinda, but at the time, I loved guarding that guy despite the size advantage. Once in a blue moon, he would try to shoot a 3 against me, but for the most part, he would try and posterize me and I freaking loved blocking his shots or stopping him and grabbing rebounds. There were times when I did my best though, and he was still able to score. Point is, he played very aggresive against me and I looked foward to the challenge every time, even though I'd be feeling it the next morning.

The part I HATED was when he was on MY TEAM! Remember when I said he would just occasionally shoot a 3? Well, on my team, he constantly jacked up a shot as if he thought he was Jamal Crawford and attempted to handle it like Tim Hardaway. And at other times, he would be doubled by smaller guys down low, and he would nonchalantly flip up a shot and completely miss, even though he was 3 feet from the basket. I swear, the guy just transformed from "I'm gonna try and kill Allanfan20" mode to "I'm gonna play like a crackwhore" mode. Drove me nuts.

This is an awesome thread.

How many people played "utah" instead of 21? Its the same game except you count by 5s.

That's a Brooklyn thing young whipper snappers.

I loved the game back in the day, when it was point game and I boxed MY MAN OUT , got the reb and went the distance pulled up.... and da jumper was Pureeeeeeeeeeeee and we won the belt game = when your team wins 3 pickup games in a row against different competition. And you and ya teammates strut around the court moving your hands around your stomach + waist area like you have on a championship belt. ahhhhhhh

Love: Scored 72 pts on the Freshman team during a 48 minute non league game.

Coaches decided to play 12 minute periods.

While I did not start on that team I did get starters minutes and was the first wing/point off the bench for offense. I started that game as we had an injury and in the first minute had 3 baskets, two off steals and one fast break off a rebound.

Being the Sh!thead I was I then hit a fade away jumper from the corner, another from the top of the key, and then two foul shots. I had like 12 pts in the first 4 minutes. No a missed shot.

From there the next 12 came pretty easy as everything I put up went in.

After the first period we were up by 10 pts and it was easy to see we had no problem with this team. My team mates and coach decided to leave me in as long as I wanted to see how many pts I could put in. So I did have help.

It was the highlight of my career and I never grew past 5-9, so despite my talent I was slid down the depth chart thru the years. Girls, cars, and girls became a nice thing and I decided not to ride the pine. Played still but not for the school.

In collge I found my love for the game again and really worked on my body. That is perhaps the best ball I ever played and was offered a spot on a Div. III team. The coach, who has gone on to coach Div. I at a real big time program saw me beat the snot out of his 3rd string point a few times in and being my dorm director was able to get to know me. We talked lots about the game and my career. We connected very well and who knows maybe I could have become part of his coaching posse if I stayed around.

My injury ended all that, but I have no regrets. It was fun times. But not the highlight of my life!

Love the passing game. When you have been playing with the same 2-3 cats for a while and then some new guys come on the court for a game and you just annihilate them with your sweet passing game to each other. It feels like you're the Globetrotters against the Washington Generals.

Hate the big talkers who make excuses after misses, exhalt themselves after makes, and chatter when someone else does something with the ball that doesn't involve them.

Love playing good playground defense on someone too full of themselves. I know you're not supposed to really D up on the playground but F-that when prides at stake i want to humble the offensive player by smothering them. Making them wish i was guarding someone else.

Hate the people who drive their cars right next to the court and cry when a ball bounces into it. DUH!

Love the crossover dribble, except when i have to guard someone with a better handle than me!

[Edited by - kam77 on 05-24-2007 11:34 AM]

For me its very simple. The Knicks such, hence I don't pay attention. They become good again, I'm back. I think its just as simple for most other non causal fans out there. Oh and by the way, it is several years of sucking that killed my interest. I stayed tuned for the first 3-4 years of misery, and now I just got tired of it.