I cut loose tonight...

[Stevan]

I had a game tonight, went down to the stadium 3 hours early because I live far from it, and I was down that way to take care of some business. So I went to the game early instead of going home and then driving back again etc. I played pick up ball for two hours, and it was really hot in there, I think I lost 2 kilos in sweat. Then I rested for an hour, and had my game. I came out sluggish, and was tired. The other team was late, so we didn't start the game till 14 mins left in the first half. (2 twenty minute halfs, refs start the game clock even if you're late) I came in off the bench and played the last 10 mins of the half. Scored 2 points on a put back. Then I tried to be more agressive in the second half and missed four mid-short range jumpers in a row. I was really frustrated.

Midway through the second half we were down 30-36 (I know ) when we made a run (lol) and cut it 35-36... then something strange happened. I drove to the basket (in frustration) and got hacked... missed the layup, but converted both FT's. Then I got an offensive board on the next play, dribbled back out to the top to re-organise things when I found my self open, so I shot a three and hit it. Then next possession I was open on the wing - bang another three. Then I got a layup off an offensive board, followed by another tip in. When I turned around to run back, I did a head check to see where the ball was. The inbounder miscued and threw the ball to me basically! Man sometimes it just goes your way. I dribbled calmly to the three point line, checked my options, then hit another three

In between I managed to get a few boards and 2 blocks. Turns out I went on a 15-2 run by myself! We ended up winning by about 10 points. After the game, the ref (which called us for a bench tech) walks passed and says "that was bullshit. You played shit all game, then pulled out some shots out of your ass". What a rude bitch he is. I just laughed it off.

My team mate was arguing with the ref half way through the game about a call from the bench. The ref picked up his whistle and said "I can blow it one more time..." threatening to call a tech. Some my team mate says, "I'm sorry, let's just play the game...", and as the ref walks away "...you fucking wanker". Tech!

If it wasn't for another guy on our team hitting 5 or 6 three's for the game and keeping us within reach the whole time, I wouldn't have had a chance to what I did. He had 20 points, damn he can shoot!

Anyways, I'm out. My penis is tired of the measuring Thank you for reading.

[Nick]

Hehehe...cool.

I had a pretty frustrating game last night, we were up at half time, it was like 15 to 5 or something, i remember thinking, this game is going to be fun, then we lost 36 to 32 or something.

We have some real unco fuckers on my team. it's beyond ridiculous. Right now you're probably thinking, jeez nick, give em a break they cant be that bad...

Heh well stfu!

Seriously, there's this one guy, he plays like a retard. Harsh, i know, but it's just ridiculous. He wears glasses, runs like his legs are made from two planks of would nailed together attached to a small remote control car engine. if i pass him the ball, he just catches it (if he can, 1/2 the time he fumbles it out of bounds) and shoots it, it's lucky to even hit the backboard, THAT is how fucked up he is. he just lobs it and it bounces on the top of the backboard and out...or either falls into the other players hands in an airball... I HATE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, good win steve.

[Jackal]

Seriously, there's this one guy, he plays like a retard. Harsh, i know, but it's just ridiculous. He wears glasses, runs like his legs are made from two planks of would nailed together attached to a small remote control car engine. if i pass him the ball, he just catches it (if he can, 1/2 the time he fumbles it out of bounds) and shoots it, it's lucky to even hit the backboard, THAT is how fucked up he is. he just lobs it and it bounces on the top of the backboard and out...or either falls into the other players hands in an airball... I HATE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't be mad at me, I cant help I suck. ( )

Good game Stevan.

[MC Hao]

hey whats up with everybody having a game last night?

well, my rec basketball league started last night, and i played my first game, i locked in 10 minutes or so, i scored 3 points and a couple rebounds, got raped a couple times and didnt get no calls. anyway, my 3 points were sweet, i got the inbound pass on the left baseline and pulled up for the 3, and BOOM, it went in. i was like, "OH YEAH!"

my team won by like 15 points or so.

[Stevan]

Barnsey plays with Steve Urkel, and Stevie Wonder on his team, otherwise known as Gimpy and Blindy! I feel for ya Barnsey, I mean shit, what are the options? Throw it to Gimpy and he'll fumble the ball and somehow find a way to set the stadium on fire lieterally... throw the ball to Blindy and it'll hit him in the face 9 out of 10 times

And then there's Psycho "Johnny" Jackal... don't get me started on him!

hey whats up with everybody having a game last night?

well, my rec basketball league started last night, and i played my first game, i locked in 10 minutes or so, i scored 3 points and a couple rebounds, got raped a couple times and didnt get no calls. anyway, my 3 points were sweet, i got the inbound pass on the left baseline and pulled up for the 3, and BOOM, it went in. i was like, "OH YEAH!"

my team won by like 15 points or so.

Good job man. Take some initiative, fluke a great performance like me! I should be a motivational speaker... the next Tony Robbins!

I have another game tonight, in a tougher league, let's hope I can delivere the goods, because one of the guys on the other team has a sexy ass girl friend. He is on my hitlist of people I'm going to reject Then I'll blow her a kiss before fleeing to my car like Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in "White Men Can't Jump"

[Matt]

i start on Jan 3rd, i should be out on the court right now but instead i'm here on the net, ehehe, i gotta get into fitness cos i only lasted 5mins in a pickup game. Later on though i played 40mins straight which was good. This season i'm looking for a few things in my game
1. Intense D, i wanna be the guy the opposition fears on D
2. better dribbling, if i could dribble with me left hand well then i could take guys on all the time cos of my speed, but im good with right hand so im predictable (thats why moving to SG still makes me v dangerous)
3. better leadership, "pass the fucking ball" won't do this season

our team will struggle to make the playoffs, out of the last 5 finals we were in 4 (missed out on the last) and won 2 but as long as we have fun then its all good

[Filip]

Man, this topic makes me wish that I was on a team again.
I was like 12 years old last time I played in a team, with my bro as coach.
It was great. I've tried to jumped into other teams but it's no fun when you don't know anyone .

Anyway, I've to wait to spring before I can play again

[Matt]

well that sux, i have like 3 seasons each year, so i play ever month exepct 1/2 of Nov and all of Dec

[Stevan]

Well I had my game last night, another 17 point performance, only this time I was all over the boards... and yet we lost by about 10 points. We were down 8 midway through the second half and went on a 7 or 8 to 2 run and got right back in the game, and hung around for a while before our legs gave out. We only had 5 players, and it was absolutely stinking hot in the stadium! They won't even open the back doors to let some air in.

I have another game there tonight, only it's an earlier game which = hotter/stinkier conditons! It's the last game for me before the christmas/new years break which lasts for about 5-ish weeks. Thank god for that. Last Sunday I weighed 79 kilos, and now I'm floating between 76 and 77 because I'm sweating so much in games. I feel fitter though. If it was colder I think I could run the full 40 minutes without a hitch...

Tonight I play against one of my best mates! Should be hella fun, hope to reject his ass into the third row!

[Colin]

two games ago the other team was an absolute terrible team and we ended up winning 99-44 (25 then 20 minute halves) I had 24 points, 8 assists, 6 boards and 4 steals. Ca-ching! Too bad nobody ever watches them. And my high school team is getting started and I had 4 points in the last game (I only took 4 shots, missed a wide-open three and a pull-up in the lane I got hacked on, and made a nifty reverse lay-up and a wide-open jumper) 3 boards and an assist. In 8 minutes (4 8 minute quarters.) But the coach keeps starting this crap player ahead of the 4 guards that are better then him (including me, the guys terrible.)
That's enough bragging for today.

[Stevan]

haha, nice job Colin.

I played my last game, 15 points for me. We only had 4 players. I'm glad it's over for the next month and a half. This weather is killing the game for me right now.

[Andreas Dahl]

well, last night i didn't have a game, i just had a pracice, but i felt real good, even though i hadn't praciced real for a few weeks...
and i managed to throw a few nice dunks down (one tomahawk) during the warmups, it felt realy nice

although later, one player threw me an alley-oop pass, with i failed misserably at completing
hehe. i banged the ball off the rim

[Matt]

don't be such a pussy Stevan, its only a little warm weather, lol
nah, i prefer playing in hot conditions than in cooler ones, somehow i manage to play a full game w/o getting tired. Its harder in winter to play a full game. Sometimes we play in temps of 40C but you don't feel it when your playing, you just get on with the game. I wouldnt be able to have a 5 week break from bball ( i had a 2 month break but it wasnt during the hols), it'd just kill me. Anyway, ive been pumping iron on the benchpress i have in my room so that i can get bigger and stronger and bully ppl around i'll probly start the season sluggishly but at the end of January i should be in full flight. Or maybe not, in last years first 15 games i made 14 3's (4th in league) and in the next 5 i made 21 3's, including 1 game where i made a career high 7 (from 12 attempts, also scored a career high 28pnts)

[Stevan]

don't be such a pussy Stevan, its only a little warm weather, lol
nah, i prefer playing in hot conditions than in cooler ones, somehow i manage to play a full game w/o getting tired. Its harder in winter to play a full game. Sometimes we play in temps of 40C but you don't feel it when your playing, you just get on with the game. I wouldnt be able to have a 5 week break from bball ( i had a 2 month break but it wasnt during the hols), it'd just kill me. Anyway, ive been pumping iron on the benchpress i have in my room so that i can get bigger and stronger and bully ppl around i'll probly start the season sluggishly but at the end of January i should be in full flight. Or maybe not, in last years first 15 games i made 14 3's (4th in league) and in the next 5 i made 21 3's, including 1 game where i made a career high 7 (from 12 attempts, also scored a career high 28pnts)

Recently I've been playing 3 games a week, and with the heat, with not having a job and not having money to throw around, with losing, with struggling to get descent players on my Tuesday team, and playing again Wednesdays for an undermanned team, and with a whole set of other issues and problems to deal with, I'm fucking glad to have a break for a month+. I can get all my shit together, play a bit of ball without the pressure, and then get back to it.
The only thing that sucks is that I was hitting some good form recently.

The heat is a bitch man. There's no ventilation in any of the stadiums. You sweat like a fuckin pig, lose weight, ball's all wet, all the other guys are dripping with sweat, lol dont wanna touch nobody! Even the refs are fuckin lazy. If I see another bad call because of bad positioning by the refs, somebody's going to find a turd on their whistle.

I'm starting at a new uni next year, trying to get another degree packed into 18 months, and I'm thinking of playing ball once a week, if at all - though I don't think I can quit, gotta stay in touch with the game

sorry to rant ladies.

PS: Good to see you around here Matt. Also good to see you working on your game. The weight pumping reminds me of Seinfeld when Kramer sells his suit to that annoying comdian Jerry doesn't like, who's your average looking schmo but says "I've been working out... I'm huge"

[Matt]

our rec centre got 2 fans put up in the roof, but there so high you don't feel anything, although u do notice it when you walk in, its kinda fresher

eeewwwwww, i hate it when the ball is wet, that just gross. Our refs have a towel 2 wipe it though so im glad, and yeah players are all sweaty and festy but as long as you don't have to play post D your OK
I'd like to play 3 times a week, that'd be cool, but only for one team. This will be my last season in the Youth League, i'm quitting it and starting a new team of my own and entering it to the Mens league. ATM, nobody on my team knows/ wants 2 set a screen for me. I put mi fist up in the air which means i'm calling for a screen and it never comes. A friend of mine that is on a diff team, in practice always does the pick & roll with me which is wat we'll do a lot of. It's easy pnts cos he's a good shooter for a PF. Our C will be this guy that likes to shoot 3's but doesnt make them (aka Toine) but he's not a ball hog and he rebounds and hurts ppl so thats cool. Our PG/SG/SF is a good 3 pnt shooter, i was guarding him, i gave him space and he shoots a 30 foot 3, next play he does the same. He made both of them damnit. and we need a 5th guy, somebody that passes the ball and doesnt like to shoot but plays D and rebounds and fetches the water for everyone else...... anyways u can probly tell that i have a lot of time on my hands