NLSC Basketball Profiles

[Keo]

Name: Sam
Height: 5'7
Weight: 120 LBS
Age: 14
Location: London, Ontario
Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: SF/PF
Experience: 1 Year
Favourite NBA Player: Chris Webber
Realistic NBA Comparison: Tony Parker, Peja Stojakovic
Strengths: Shooting, Rebounding, Passing
Weaknesses: Defense, Quickness
Favourite Move You Can Do: Pretty Much any kind of Pass
Favourite move you've done once: Shot a hook from 3pt range and swished
Favourite Place To Shoot: Anywhere, It's going in
Biggest shot You've made: Hit A Game Winning Outside Shot at the Bell on the playground.
Best Game You've Played: 10 Points, 7 Rebs, 5 Ast
Most satisfying Moment: Hit 3 Outside shots in a Row
Most Shameful Moment: Got beat off the dribble, coach took me off...
Most regretted Moment: Had a chance to steal the ball and go alone on a breakaway in a big game but I was too slow.
Most Painful Moment: Got a rebound and Sprained my Finger
Basketball Goals for the Future: Work on Defense and Quickness

[Filip]

Welcome back explosivo

Height: 6'8"
Weight: 251 lbs

How much of that is muscle? Are you an athletic guy?

[Sac-1]

Name:Khalid
Height:5'3
Weight:90 LBS
Age:12
Location:London,Ontario
Preferred Position:SG
Playing Position:SG/PG
Experince:n/a
Favourite NBA Player:Peja Stojakovic
Realistics NBA Comparison:Earl Boykins
Strenghts:Stealing
Weaknessess:Rebounding,Strenght,Post
Favourite Move You Can Do:Cross Over
Favourite move you've done once:threw the legs of another guy
Favourite Place To Shoot:Corner three
Biggest shot You've made:fade away from almost the 3-point line
Best Game You've Played:n/a
Most satisfying Moment:didnt really have a real big satisfying moment yet
Most Shameful Moment:i missed a break away lay up
Most regretted Moment:had a chance to block a game winning point
Most Painful Moment:got fouled and fell on my knee and almost broke it
Basketball Goals for the Future:improve weaknesses

[TRUball]

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[Alcoholic]

Name: Donny
Height: 5'9" 1/2 (That's my REAL height, most people I know are asian and they like to overrate my height..)
Weight: 134
Age: 16 (turned 16 in feb)
Location: Carson, California
Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: SG?
Experience: All my life, stopped playing during middle school years, now that I'm in high school I regained interest and I'm trying to get better. Also I never played organized basketball..
Favourite NBA Player: Kobe Bryant
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Umm.... Shaun Livingston, guy that has high hopes for the future, down a few notches in each category.

Strengths: speed, jumpshot, willpower!
Weaknesses: quickness, conditioning, strength

Favourite move you can do: reverse layup (I've been practicing it )

Favourite move you've done once: simple ball in front crossover against a guy maybe 6'1" or 2

Favourite place to shoot: mid range, 45 degree angle

Biggest shot you've made: none really

Best game you've played: don't know

Most satisfying moment: crossing over mentioned above

Most shameful moment: AIRBALLING A FREETHROW

Most regretted moment: If only I played basketball all through those years (in middle school) I can only imagine how much better I'd be right now...

Most painful moment: grabbing a rebound and landing on someones foot (like Kobe did, but I didn't jump 10 feet off the guys foot when I landed)

Basketball Goals for the future: get in better shape, get stronger, improved ball handling, MAKE THE BASKETBALL TEAM!

[bullsfan009]

Name: Jesse
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 161
Age: 18
Location: Chicago suburbs

Preferred Position: PG/SG
Playing Position: whatever the team needs
Experience: Been playing since I was 5- never organized, though (gyms, parks)
Favourite NBA Player: Dwyane Wade
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): A quicker version of Andres Nocioni

Strengths: Post-up (even though I'm short- you can't block my hook shot which I get off with either hand), speed, quickness, strength (I'm an animal on defense ), defense, rebounding, passing
Weaknesses: Shooting is too streaky, get complacent at times, overall too inconsistent

Favourite move you can do: Spin move, AI-move (left-to-right hand in front of your body, jab-step to the right, then behind-the-back to the left hand and go left all the way ), reverse layups with either hand on either side of the backboard- there are 4 different ones, you know- just always have your wrist spin towards the basket and you're good-

Favourite move you've done once: cut hard right to the hole, jumped straight up in the air on a big guy who was going for the block, and used my left hand to wrap the ball around his body and scoop it up & in. I thought it was going to be an airball

Favourite place to shoot: I like to shoot mid-range shots from the free-throw line like C-Webb

Biggest shot you've made: any game-winner in pick up games or 21- I haven't had a memorable or really big-time one

Best game you've played: One time, playing 2-on-2, and I got hot from three-point line (and everywhere else). I scored just about all the points for our team. I wish that would happen more often

Most satisfying moment: any blocked shot

Most shameful moment: Missing layups, I do this a lot for some reason. I work my butt off to get to the hole, and then blow the layup!

Most regretted moment: Sometimes I play too physically, need to take it easier. Other times, I'm too passive and need to step it up.

Most painful moment: Never broken anything, or had stitches, but many times someone's thrown a bullet-pass that my head intercepted. Now that HURTS. Or, elbows to the mouth-area, I've had many bloodied/swollen lips.

Basketball Goals for the future: Be more consistent, get a better jumper, have more confidence on the court.

[Matija]

I will give it a try
Name:Matija
Height: 6'9
Weight: 237 LBS
Age: 15
Location: Croatia,Ivanic
Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PF
Experience: 2 years in juniors and 4 years in lower seniors
Favourite NBA Player: Shaquille O'neal, Vince Carter
Realistic NBA Comparison: Something between Kobe bryant and Shaq
Strengths: Dunking abillity,Quickness,Blocking
Weaknesses: Stealing
Favourite Move You Can Do: 180 dunk
Favourite move you've done once: 360 Dunk
Favourite Place To Shoot: everywhere
Biggest shot You've made: Full court shot at the and of the first quarter
Best Game You've Played: 25 Points, 6 Rebs, 11 Blocks , 4 Assists
Most satisfying Moment: Dunk from dotted lin when three opposing players on me
Most Shameful Moment: Hit a "winning" shot after the buzzer
Most regretted Moment: I could do the dunk but i did layup and missed, and getting tehnical for kicking an opposite player(he asked for it)
Most Painful Moment: my first dunk(Three spraind fingers)
Basketball Goals for the Future: Work on stealing and learn new dunks

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Height: 6'9
Weight: 120 LBS

Tell me this is a mistake,please... I can't imagine anyone that thin...

[Matija]

oops Fixed it I couldn't image myself that thin(I wrote my girfriends weight)

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Well, better, but 2.06m and 70 kgr is still far from ideal... I think you should hit the weights and some more food, friend. I was once 6' 0" and 70 kgr and I looked like a street pole...

6' 9" at 15 years old? Man, you'll get taller than Stojko Vrankovic if you keep this up... And you play PG??? At your age you should be dominating the lother kids in the basket, and if you're going to reach 7' 0" or more eventually, playing the point will be out of the question... Try playing PF/C is my advice...

[Drex]

Don't listen to him, he's evil!
You should play in the position you're most comfortable. Doesn't matter if it's the PG or C

[The GOAT]

Yeah take the KG path and play your natural position

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Have you ever seen a 7' 0" point guard?

Further more, have you seen how much time it takes for the ball to come back in his hands after a bounce. A 7' 0" PG has 'steal' written all over the ball every time he dribbles it...

Sometimes you have to adjust to real life conditions if you want to excel at what you do. A SF for him, I understand, but a PG.. Not even Magic Johnson would agree...

[Alcoholic]

If he's really strong and bounces the ball really hard it should be no problem.

[Matija]

6' 9" at 15 years old? Man, you'll get taller than Stojko Vrankovic if you keep this up... And you play PG??? At your age you should be dominating the lother kids in the basket, and if you're going to reach 7' 0" or more eventually, playing the point will be out of the question... Try playing PF/C is my advice...

It's in my genes. My father was 6'9 when he was 15 too.I like to play as PG becouse it is my most comfortable place.
Today our class is going to measuring(i hope i spelled it right) and then i will tell you my exact weight and height (maybe i growing or maybe i shrinking)

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

How tall did your father grow up to be eventually. If you actually play PG at a professional level being 7' 0", you'll probably be the first person worldwide to do so...

I think your coaches will move you out of the PG posision eventually, sorry. Every coach wants to win, and having a 7' 0" kid playing perimeter would seem like a waste to them. Just to get you prepared for what is to come, friend...

[Filip]

2.06m and only 70kg... Damn, that have to dangerously unhealthy

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

I think bones must pop out at that ratio. It's better than being 2.06m and 150 kgr , though, trust me. I had a friend that size, died at 17 of a heart attack...

[The X]

I was 6'0" and 130lbs at 14....now I'm 6'2" and 220lbs at 24....10 years makes a bit of difference....if you wanna fill out, once you're finished high school, stop playing competitive sports every day, drink at least 4 nights a week, move out of home and not know how to cook so always eat takeaways....

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

I was 6'0" and 130lbs at 14....now I'm 6'2" and 220lbs at 24....10 years makes a bit of difference....if you wanna fill out, once you're finished high school, stop playing competitive sports every day, drink at least 4 nights a week, move out of home and not know how to cook so always eat takeaways....

Heh, sounds very familiar to me. Luckily, I was a gym rat since my early teens so I managed to avoid some of those sidesteps... And I still have no idea on how to cook anything other than a black omelette...

[FendeR`]

Name: Tyler
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 100 lbs. (maybe a little more
Age: 13
Location: Pennsylvania

Preferred Position: SG/SF (hoping to get taller and be a PF next year)
Playing Position: SG/SF (wing)
Experience: 6 years (intermural and school teams)
Favorite NBA Player: Allen Iverson
Realistic NBA Comparison: Not sure, it would be someone who can shoot well but can also drive on occassion and plays good D

Strengths: Shooting and getting into the lane, making the extra pass, tough D
Weaknesses: Not aggressive enough (once in paint), sometimes make too many passes, can give up turnover's against double teams

Favorite Move You Can Do: Manu's one-handed crossover

Favorite Move You've Done: Got the ball on the left wing, drove baseline, cut into the paint and went for the layup when a big man hit me hard, I'm under the backboard facing the opposite basket (and falling out of bounds) and I just throw one up that goes in and the foul

Favorite place to shoot: Near the baseline and the extended elbow

Biggest shot you've made: Went up for the 3, got shoved to the right and I throw up a pathetic sort of hook shot and it goes in, plus the foul

Best Game You've Played: Scored 18 on 3 3's and made the shot to force OT (same game as above)

Most Satisfying Moment: The game above

Most Shameful Moment: I'm running point, I lose the ball to the other teams terrible player when I mishandle it and the other team gets the easy 2, they get momentum, we lose

Most Regretted Moment: Not boxing out someone on the other team because I thought the game was over and they get the rebound and score to win the game

Goals for the Future: Get taller and become a force in the post (all the big men at my school can't score in the post when we need it for some reason), or if I don't get much taller become a better ballhandler and drive the lane more

[Matija]

Check the updates. Now i have 210 LBS (i haven't measured my weight since 7th grade but i check my height every month). A new coach gave me the PF position (he says it is temporary until he sees what i can do)

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

2.06m and 95 kgr. Far better, just a bit underweight...

[Drex]

Have you ever seen a 7' 0" point guard

Back in the 70's, did you ever saw a 6'9 PG? Times change, man.
But I have to agree wth the part about playing in the post. The coach (and you) culd take advantage of your height

[Heiks]

well if you can shoot the three and dribble, then there's an advantage there...
no other guard will be able to stop you! and if they'll put a tall man on you, he'll probably be so slow you can go past him...