NLSC Basketball Profiles

[Fresh8]

Let's have a bit of fun. We've prob done this before.. but let's do it!

Name: Sit
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 61 Kgs (Not sure bout pounds)
Age: 16
Location: Brissie

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 4 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Kobe Bryant
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Steve Francis, because I'm a streaky scorer and I reakon I got hops for a short guy

Strengths: Driving/Slahsing, Basketball IQ and awareness
Weaknesses: Height, streaky shooter

Favourite move you can do: Reverse layups past big men!

Favourite move you've done once: Up and under a double team, drove in and faked up, somehow got under the arms of the players and then going back up to score

Favourite place to shoot: Top of the key

Biggest shot you've made: In a game, team down by 1. Got ball on inbound and took two dribble past halfway and pumpfaked. Shot over 6'3" guy who was definitely the best player in the game to win at the buzzer

Best game you've played: When I scored 15 points in the middle of my first club season- first start of the season also! After that game I was a bench warmer no more! (Hit a three in some guy's face)

Most satisfying moment: When we came first last season for school...

Most shameful moment: Lost the game for my team by shooting a fadeaway with 10 seconds left on the clock... and then letting the other team score at the buzzer

Most regretted moment: Letting my best friend who was injured go on the court while we were winning. I scored 20 ponits but we let them catch up in the fourth and win 37-33... and we didn't win a game that year...

Most painful moment: Getting killed by some massive guy!

Basketball Goals for the future: Make the 1sts team this year!

[Matthew]

If this gets a decent amount of replies I'll sticky this for the future..

[Nick]

Name: Cecil
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 70kgs
Age: 17
Location: Melb, Aus

Preferred Position: Point-Forward
Playing Position: Point-Forward
Experience: 7 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Amare Stoudemire
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Bruce Bowen, minus the defense.

Strengths: Defense, court vision, shooting, hustle
Weaknesses: Not a superstar mind, get banged around on the boards.

Favourite move you can do: Err dunno.. Blocking somebody is my favourite thing to do

Favourite move you've done once: Blocking this dudes fast break layup from behind with my left hand. Maaaaaan...

Favourite place to shoot: Mid-range

Biggest shot you've made: I'm getting old, losing my memory

Best game you've played: For some reason my best games are my debuts (first game with a team, first game of the season) And sometimes when there's somebody in the crowd i'm trying to impress, i work harder.

Most satisfying moment: See "Fav move you've done once"

Most shameful moment: Fouling a guy who made the basket to win the game of the Grand Final. Ouch!

Most regretted moment: Isn't this kind of the same question as the last?

Most painful moment: I don't feel pain. In other words i can't remember

Basketball Goals for the future: To kick yo ass, dawg!

[.]

Name: Seb
Height: 6-2
Weight: 82 Kgs
Age: 18
Location: NL

Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: SF, SG
Experience: 10 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Kobe Bryant
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Early Glen Robinson, good outside shot and can get to the hoop. Can also grab boards.

Strengths: Rebounding, driving, jumping.
Weaknesses: Ball handling, forcing.

Favourite move you can do: Post up and take a fallaway shot.

Favourite move you've done once: I went up for a simple power lay-up, but I got fouled from behind as someone pulled my shooting arm bakwards, somehow the ball went in while it shouldnt.

Favourite place to shoot: Elbow.

Biggest shot you've made: game winning 3-point shot at the buzzer. We won by 1 point. I made them cry.

Best game you've played: 2 years ago I scored 30+ points and grabbed 20+ boards.

Most satisfying moment: Making my first dunk when I was 15, my teammate missed a dunk and I jammed it back in with 2 hands.

Most shameful moment: I went up for a layup and got blocked by a player and the ball ended somewhere in the crowd.

Most regretted moment: Not going for dunks while I had the chance.

Most painful moment: Dislocating my shoulder during practice. Mentally would be 2 years ago when my coach played me for only 2 seconds or something because he claimed that I was "nervous" before the game, that was so fucked up.

Basketball Goals for the future: I practice daily with our proffesional team, hopefully I can make the team within the next 2 or 3 years.

[Jowe]

Name: Jowe
Height: 5'10
Weight: 72 Kgs
Age: 20
Location: Sydney

Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 8 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Kobe Bryant
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Bruce Bowen

Strengths: Rebounding, Defence, court vision. and leading the break.
Weaknesses: Streaky shooter.

Favourite move you can do: Floaters from mid range, scoop shots.

Favourite move you've done once: Crossover from the behind hte 3pt line, faked right, went left. Two steps, floater with the right over 2 defenders and the centre. Swish.
Did it on teh next possession too, but with out the crossover. On the same guy.

Favourite place to shoot: Left side of the court. Mid Range.

Biggest shot you've made:
Team down by 3, semi finals of interschool comp. Hit 3 from the right baseline.

Best game you've played: scoring 23 pts and filled out the various other stats out, in a nice team win.

Most satisfying moment: MIP in 2nd year of organised ball. Getting 3 steals on consecutive opposition possessions when team needed a stop.

Most shameful moment:
Got ball stripped then opposing player went on a fast break, chased him down and tripped him on purpose. Suspended for a couple of games.

Most regretted moment: Trying to dunk on a 6'8 Centre...

Most painful moment: read above

Basketball Goals for the future: Make a comeback from retirement.

[Matt]

Name: Matt
Height: 5'8
Weight: 55kgs
Age: 19
Location: Perth, Aus

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: PG/SG
Experience: 8 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Ben Wallace
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): RIP Hamilton when i play SG, when i play PG i can't think of anyone really....i'd be a mix of players.

Strengths: Defense, court vision, shooting, hustle, passing
Weaknesses: Dribbling

Favourite move you can do: 1. Running lane jumper ala Steve Nash; post up like GP

Favourite move you've done once: blocking someones shot against the backboard; blowing past 4 defenders, getting fouled and scoring w/o looking at the hoop

Favourite place to shoot: Mid-range from baseline, 3 pnt from wings

Biggest shot you've made: 1. Once we were down by 17 and i made 3 consecutive 3's on consecutive posessions for a comeback In a Final isolated my man, took him baseline and hit a clutch MJ fadeaway that sealed the win.

Best game you've played: One game in Mens i scored 28pnts whilst dishing out a few assists, getting rebounds....i shot 50% and knocked down 7 of 12 3 pointers.

Most satisfying moment: winning first of 2 championships/ RU MVP

Most shameful moment: Fouling a guy (flagrant foul ) in the last minute of the game that they won....had i not fouled we could have won....we lost by 1

Most regretted moment: Last 20 secs of a game, i was bringing the ball upcourt and i apparently "carried" which is BS because i didn't We lost by 1 to the same team again

Most painful moment: losing to the same team 3 times straight by one point.....later though (2yrs ahead) we went literally basket for basket in the Semi-Finals and pulled off a 4pnt win./ Getting pushed by some retard on a fast break and in mid air and landing head first

Basketball Goals for the future: Get back to playing level...so unfit now

[The X]

Name: X
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 102 kg (225lbs) NB: was 30kgs lighter in my high school playing days
Age: 23
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: PF/SF
Experience: 7 Years (13-20)
Favourite NBA Player: Cedric Ceballos
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Austin Croshere

Strengths: 3 point shooting (I can hit out to NBA range), mid-range shooting, half-court offense, Defense & general court awareness.
Weaknesses: Lack of killer instinct. Like Croshere, I had a habit of disappearing for stretches in a game because of that lack of killer instinct & assertiveness.

Favourite move you can do: Stutter step at the elbow which ends in a step-back jumper which hits nothing but the bottom of the net. I learnt this one by repeatedly watching a 5-10 second clip of Jordan and his footwork when he did this move. What's funny with this move is that I can almost get it off despite my lack of footspeed. Guess the side-stepping in rugby helped.

Favourite move you've done once: I'll edit this later to add one once I can think of one.

Favourite place to shoot: 3pt line on angle from left side of the court. From the elbow.

Biggest shot you've made: Team down by like 12pts against arch rivals, and we were starting to dig in defensively and started fast-breaking and cut it to like 5 or 6. Then with shot clock running down, coach said shoot it, squared up from about 24 feet and drilled a 3 right in his face. We ended up losing by a couple of points but was a memorable game.

Best game you've played: had crap 1st half, only played a couple of minutes....but stepped it up in 2nd half as I scored 18pts which included 4/4 on 3pters.....probably added about 8 or 9 boards, a few dimes, a couple of steals, a block and no TO's. We ran away with game in 2nd half.

Most satisfying moment: Captaining team to championship. Playing in front of a crowd of about 500 in a tiny gym. Atmosphere was nice. Playing against Canterbury Rams pro team (included a guy who had gone to my school and played a couple of games for NZ National Team). That game was a good measuring stick against fringe US college-level talent. There skills weren't any better, they were just a few inches taller and more athletic.

Most shameful moment:
This happened when I first started playing when I was like 13 or something. Basically, I wasn't paying attention to an outlet pass and the guy passed it into the back of my head , which taught me a valuable bball lesson. Always keep one eye on where the ball is at all times.

Most regretted moment: Just not having aggressiveness. I know now with an extra 30kgs I could get in there and throw people out of the way.

Most painful moment: going for rebound and landing on a teammate's foot....a nicely sprained ankle ....not to mention the countless elbows to the face and especially the nose that you take....

Basketball Goals for the future: Make a return to bball this winter in a social grade

[thegreatdivide]

Name: Tony
Height: 6'5
Weight: 88kgs
Age: 22
Location: Perth, WA

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: SG on offense, C on Defence
Experience: 14 years
Favourite NBA Player: Jason Kidd because he does everything.
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Grant Hill - I have been hampered by ankle injuries..gamewise because I can read the game/floor well...just like Grant.

Strengths: 3pt shooting, defence
Weaknesses: not the quickest runner because of my ankle injuries...can still beat a man off the dribble, but i get more technical about it rather than use just speed.

Favourite move you can do: reverse dunks

Favourite move you've done once: starting to play basketball

Favourite place to shoot: 3 pointers on the wings

Biggest shot you've made: game winning 3 from the left wing...got the ball from my mate with about 2 secs left, took a quick dribble, set, shot..arm raised ala wesley snipes in white men cant jump...swish.

Best game you've played: 44 point junior state league game...everything went right...killed the other team.

Most satisfying moment: pickup games with mates...or meeting lindsay gaze at an arizona wildcats training session at perry lakes when i was about 12 and having him compliment my skills and give me some one on one coaching...(my dad was a coach and knew lindsay and alan black and martin cattalini so i met them a few times.)

Most shameful moment: running backwards on D in a 2 on 1 situation...i fell over so the guy got an EASY layup.

Most regretted moment: i ALWAYS want the ball at the end of the game if we are down...one time in state ball we were down 2 and i got the ball and took a 3 over my defender and missed...that one still cuts...but i still ask for the ball in those situations.

Most painful moment: breaking my left ankle (AGAIN), two weeks before scheduled to go over east for a basketball tournament against travelling american teams and other state teams...chance to impress college recruiters.

Basketball Goals for the future: none...im getting too old now to break into any pro teams...plus my ankle still kinda plays up (some days i can jump like a motherfucker...others i can barely touch the ring)....mostly just wanna do it for fun with mates.

[Heiks]

Name: Heiks
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 79 Kgs
Age: 16 (17 in a week)
Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Preferred Position: SF/SG
Playing Position: under-sized PF
Experience: 6.5 Years
Favourite NBA Players: Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant a la '96-'99
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): couldn't say, somebody who isn't that good (isn't a talent) but still loves the game and keeps doing his best (any suggestions???)

Strengths: Defending taller players, rebounds, plays (i seem to be the only one one the team who doesn't forget them!?!)

Weaknesses: shooting (not bad but could be better), passing (i see the court well, but the technique...), stealing, blocking (both miss-timed)

Favourite move you can do: i use the spinmove and the crossover a lot, but taking a offensive rebound and putting the ball back in is the best

Favourite move you've done once: cleanly blocked a 6'7'' guy's shot under the hoop

Favourite place to shoot: around the freethow sector

Biggest shot you've made: hit a out of balance 3-pointer that tied the game with 14 secs remaining
(a teammate stole the ball after that and nailed a last second short-range shot)

Best game you've played: scored 38 in a cup semifinal

Most satisfying moment: when you have given all you got all game long, relaxing in the changeroom
Most shameful moment: coming second in the playoffs or the cup (too many times...[3])
i probably could put all the missed dunk attepts in a game here too... there's like 10 of them...

Most regretted moment: nah

Most painful moment: loosing in the finals to a team you have won every time in the last two seasons

Basketball Goals for the future: be in Estonian U-18 team next year

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Name: Desmond Jackson
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 146 pounds
Age: 16
Location: Memphis, Tn

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: PG/SG
Experience: 13 years (Played organized basketball since 3 years old)
Favourite NBA Player: Tracy McGrady
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Joe Johnson, I have the ability to run the PG position as a SG and can shoot lights out. I can also penetrate to the basket to draw fouls.

Strengths: Excellent Basketball IQ/Sharp Shooter/Slasher/Good Passer
Weaknesses: Turnover Prone/Nervous On Double Teams

Favourite move you can do: On a fastbreak, fake like I'm going to throw it behind my back and then lay it in

Favourite move you've done once: Split two defenders on the baseline, faked like I was going to pass it then did a reverse layup on a big man

Favourite place to shoot: On the Wing

Biggest shot you've made: In my freshman year, I hit a one hand runner from the FT-line with 11 seconds left to seal the game for my team because we were only up by 3, then when I hit the shot it was 58-53 and I scored 27 points in that game.

Best game you've played: Scored 29 points in a freshman game (career-high), while hitting 4 3's.

Most satisfying moment: This year, when my HS beat Whitestation which gave us the no.1 record in the city at 19-3 and 8-0 in conferencep lay

Most shameful moment: I was running up the court on a fastbreak and when I saw one of the big men on my team open, I was about to pass it, then all of a sudden I saw a defender running by like he was going to pick the pass off so I tripped and threw the ball at the goal and it hit the backboard real hard.

Most regretted moment: Not shooting when I had to shoot instead of trying to be a team player too much. Like when I get the ball and the coach will say shoot while a defender is getting ready to run at me, I look for a teammate instead instead of shooting and I see that some of my teammates shoot the ball when defenders on them.

Most painful moment: Some sorry white guy on a team that shoot with two hands bust a 3 in my face after I contested it.

Basketball Goals for the future: Become a star player on my school varsity team

[J@3]

Experience: 13 years (Played organized basketball since 3 years old)

Lol wtf

[Boyk]

Name: Chris Ladewig
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 66KG's(ive added muscle im so proud)
Age: 18
Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PG/SG
Experience: 10 years
Favourite NBA Player: Kobe Bryant
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Hmmm Chauncey Billups, I'd say im a lot better player with the ball in my hands, can penetrate at will, and i look to dish, hit big shots, but can be streaky

Strengths: Quickness,Speed,Mid-Range J and my handles,Solid Rebounder aswell, and my court vision
Weaknesses: Streaky Shooter, n My temper at times, i used to be a bad 1on1 defender, but ive much improved on that, still average though

Favourite move you can do: Earlier Kobe Bryant like crossover, usually to the left, penetrate, hop-step n either fake the defense n go for an up'n under, or just lay it in, or just dish to a big guy.

Favourite move you've done once: Crossing a guy over so badly, he fell over on the floor, and spotted up for a three n hit nuttin but net, he almost cried, coz on there offensive posession, i blocked him

Favourite place to shoot: Anywhere really, i like the elbow from mid range though.

Biggest shot you've made: Ahhhh we were down by 1 with about 6 seconds to go, n the coahc says we gotta foul, well on the inbound, i intercepted the pass, and drove thru 3 defenders and hit a tear drop on the buzzer, it was great.

Best game you've played: I posted 19pnts roughly 11asts and about 9 boards or so to go along with a stack of steals n a game-winning pass an almost triple-double heeh

Most satisfying moment: Getting called up to the SBL here in WA, im so happy , i may be on a website soon, wahooo www.goldfieldsgiants.com (it barely eva gets updated though)

Most shameful moment: gettin blocked three times in a row

Most regretted moment: Stopped playing basketball for 2 years wen i was 14,15

Most painful moment: Hyper-extending my knee, it wasnt really painful, just really scary, n hurt me mentally more than physically, just the feeling of it, and it being that close to my career fucked.

Basketball Goals for the future: To try my hardest and succeed in the SBL, and maybe get a shot at the NBL, long shot but im hoping

[cyanide]

Name: cyanide
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 193 lbs
Age: 21
Location: Canada

Preferred Position: SG
Playing Position: PG, SG, SF, PF (yeah, I played all of them. Hated the PF)
Experience: 9 years
Favourite NBA Player: It changes all the time.. Right now, I'd say LeBron
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Tough one. I'm a combination of many players. Maybe Jason Kidd for the versitality (sans passing), Iverson's ability to score in streaks, and Allan Houston's jump shooting stroke.

Strengths: Shooting, slashing, rebounding, offensive awareness, jumping and strength
Weaknesses: One-on-one defense, turnovers

Favourite move you can do: Reverse layups and three pointers

Favourite move you've done once: Made a huge crossover and scored a left handed layup (I'm a right hander) and the foul.

Favourite place to shoot: Three pointer on either side of the line.

Biggest shot you've made: A big reverse layup through two big men and the foul that forced a timeout and set the momentum for my first ever team tournament win and tournament MVP.

Best game you've played: Scored 48 points in my last community league game of the season, and scoring 18 points in one half in my high school team where I was the youngest player on the team.

Most satisfying moment: My first city championship win, the two division championships in community league where I won MVP for both, and winning MVP honors in grade 12.

Most shameful moment: When I missed a layup that could've won the game, but went into overtime and lost.

Most regretted moment: Playing when I should be resting my tendinitis in my knee.

Most painful moment: Grade 11 when I got jumper's knee and had trouble jumping. I lost a lot of hops that I was known for.

Basketball Goals for the future: Join a community league when I'm done with university.

[Ataraxia]

very nice thread Sit

Name: Najira
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 45 kgs/100lbs or so
Age: 17
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 2 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Andre Miller
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Andre Miller, well because I suck at threes and Im not spectacular and play more like a true PG.

Strengths: Rebounding, Quickness, Defense.

Favourite move you can do: Rebound from nowhere

Favourite move you've done once: Took a 3 ,ran in rebounded the ball and then hit a wackass wonky shot and got the shot to count

Favourite place to shoot: 1 Foot away from the basket

Biggest shot you've made: Never made big shots

Best game you've played: Well I had a game where I got 8 points, 21 boards and like 3 assists....a unusual stat for a guy thats 5'4" and plays the PG...

Most satisfying moment: Never had one since the teams Ive been on always sucked

Most shameful moment: Getting raped by my opponent, he completely destroyed me....

Most regretted moment: Believing I was gonna win a game by hitting a three ball....It became an airball and I got one of the biggest blastings of my life from the coach.

Most painful moment: diving for a outta bounds ball and ending up scrapping flesh off my elbows and knees....

Basketball Goals for the future: Ive retired

[8-Hype]

Great, I love those kinds of threads (but this one is really the best)! OK, let's get it started...

Name: Alexander Suesskind
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Weight: 148 lbs (67 kg)
Age: 16
Location: Kassel, Germany

Preferred Position: SF
Playing Position: C (hell yeah, I'm the biggest in our team!)
Experience: 5 years
Favourite NBA Player: Ricky Davis, Stromile Swift
Realistic NBA Comparison (and why): Jermaine O'Neal - I'm posting up, turning around, and hitting the shot. Plus grabbing offensive rebounds.

Strengths: shot blocking, rebounding (especially offensive), shooting from mid-range and low post, defense (keeping the big men away)
Weaknesses: tactics (sometimes), foul problems (always because of blocking atempts), catching the ball

Favourite move you can do: reverse layups, in-yo'-face-layups (really, when somebody stands in front of me I jump anyway)

Favourite move you've done once:
1. A player stole the ball from our team and was alone on his way to the easy basket, and I was down at the ground at that time... anyway, I got up and chased him down the court, and when he already got the ball out of the hands, I came right from behind to block the shot into the backboard real hard.
2. Got the ball downtown in a fast break situation, finding two man standing in front of me, went up for the layup, but the defender held my arms down (intentional foul), but splits of seconds before coming down I hit the shot anyway

Favourite place to shoot: low post

Biggest shot you've made: End of the 3rd period... 6 seconds left, teammate got the inbound and didn't know what to do, saw me at mid-court, passed, I got it with 1.5 seconds left, shot it but not really well (because I didn't have the time - looked like a tip shot), and hit it from mid-court.

Best game you've played: It was a game where I played just 20 minutes... I had 16 rebounds! I got fouled out in that game at the beginning of the fourth.

Most satisfying moment: when our team won against the leagues leader

Most shameful moment: I got the ball at the 3 point line entirely alone, hestitated a bit, and threw the air ball ... but I was really tired and not in good conditions in that game.

Most regretted moment: our best player got suspended by the coach for one game... and that was against his old team.

Most painful moment: Somebody got the ball at low post, and came from way behind and went up for the block... but he only faked. I had "high speed", crashed into the player just with my feet (because my upper body already went over him), turned around in the air, and suddenly found myself headlong falling towards the ground... and then... boom... man, I was lying there for 3 minutes.

Basketball goals for the future: dunk in someones face ... and my team not last in league (last year we came 1st)

I'll just add a new one:

Single game ('career') highs:
10 points
21 rebounds
5 blocks
10 assists

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Experience: 13 years (Played organized basketball since 3 years old)

Lol wtf

what? lol, i thought thats what experience meant. they had leagues for 3 yr olds in memphis a while back. then i played in a 5 year-old league when i was 4.

[Tuomas]

Name: tv
Height: 5'7" / 168cm
Weight: 58kg (pounds?)
Age: 18
Location: Rovaniemi

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 5 Years of streetball
Favourite NBA Player: Allen Iverson
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Earl Boykins, Rafer Alston and Allen Iverson. I can dribble quite well and I like passing and slashing.

Strengths: Handles and slashing to the hoop
Weaknesses: height, shooting touch depends on the day, strength

Favourite move you can do: crossover

Favourite move you've done once: mid-air behind-the-back layup

Favourite place to shoot: about 0,5 m behind free throw line

Biggest shot you've made: halfcourt streetball shots

Best game you've played: all last summer

Most satisfying moment: made a bumping adjusting layup in the face of a 6'4'' guy

Most shameful moment: every turnover

Most regretted moment: every turnover

Most painful moment: a 100kg fatso stepped on my toes

Basketball Goals for the future: have lots of fun

I'd like to add some more:

Preferred shoe brand: Nike

Preferred apparell brand: Nike, And 1

Favourite shoe you own: Nike Shox Elevate

Special gear (bands etc.): short socks, occasional headband

Indoor/outdoor preference: outdoor

Streetball/organized: streetball

[Indy]

Name: Isaac
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165 pounds
Age: 18
Location: Oak Park (right by chicago, literally a block)

Preferred Position: Shooting Guard
Playing Position: Shooting Guard
Experience: 12 years
Favourite NBA Player: Reggie Miller
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): a mix of reggie miller and shawn marion. I shoot a lot of threes and that is my main game, but i can get up there and dunk too.

Strengths: Shooting 3's, defense, i know the game, i can jump pretty well
Weaknesses: cant rebound well

Favourite move you can do: thuderous 1 hand slam

Favourite move you've done once: off the backboard alley oop to myself

Favourite place to shoot: corner three pointer

Biggest shot you've made: tie game in 2nd overtime i was a sophmore getting minutes on varsity because our best players had fouled out. i hit a three from about nba range with 4 seconds left that put us on top for good. man did that feel good...

Best game you've played: career high 41 points as a sophomore first game of the season. after that game they moved to varsity. i hit 9-11 threes.

Most satisfying moment: winning the national championship for travel team 3 years in a row.

Most shameful moment: bad pass with 10 seconds left in the game that allowed the other team to fast break and go up 4 for the win, that was the first conference game this season.

Most regretted moment: see above.

Most painful moment: read have you ever been injured.

Basketball Goals for the future: play college ball.

[Filip]

Name: Filip
Height: 6'1", 186cm
Weight: 160-165 lbs, 73-75 kg
Age: 20
Location: Sweden

Preferred Position: Don't play any position, but I would say SG
Playing Position: ^
Experience: About 9-10 years
Favourite NBA Player: -
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Allen Iverson, can drive aggresive & succefully to the hoop + see the height and weight ^

Strengths: Offensive rebounds, hookshots, close layups

Weaknesses: Gets tired fast (probably not an issue today, THANK YOU ARMY!), gets pissed easily, poor defense sometimes.

Favourite move you can do: Driving and jumping against the opponent to make a in-your-face-layup.

Favourite move you've done once: Probably a crazy layup that I did this summer.

Favourite place to shoot: Middle distance, or close hookshot.

Biggest shot you've made: Dunno, man I don't play that serious like in teams and stuff. Just playing on the streets with friends and strangers.

Best game you've played: ^

Most painful moment: Shoting a very important shot from middle distance and by accident landing on my oppents feets. It hurted so damn much that I had to break the nearest window with my bare hand to give vent to the pain I felt. (sorry school )

Basketball Goals for the future: Able to slam on a 10 feet basket offcourse

Preferred shoe brand: Nike
Preferred apparell brand: And 1

Favourite shoe you own: Nike air zoom lebron II
Special gear (bands etc.): Nike headband

Indoor/outdoor preference: Outdoor
Streetball/organized: Streetball

[Colin]

Name: Colin
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 130 lbs
Age: Almost 16
Location: Vancouver

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: SG
Experience: Been playing for 9 years
Favourite NBA Player: Steph Marbury
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): I can't think of one off hand, but someone that just goes out, does his thing, gets other people baskets and doesn't shoot a lot.

Strengths: Drive and dish, bounce passes into tight space, mid-range shot, basketball IQ
Weaknesses: Quickness, outside shot

Favourite move you can do: The no-look bounce between defenders on the break.

Favourite move you've done once: A series of plays where I had 2 steals and another fast break opportunity that all resulted in a lay-up and one. All in about 3 minutes.
Favourite place to shoot: 17 feet out at the 45

Biggest shot you've made: Freethrows at the end of a close game that put it away for good.

Best game you've played: I played in a youth bball league with no competition where I averaged about 20 and 8 but those don't count. In school games I rarely take over 5 shots a game, but I get lots of assists. In a game earlier this year playing against a senior team (16-18 year olds) I went 5-6 for 11 points and had 6 assists, 1 steal, 0 TO's, and a few rebounds. And no ones scored on me.

Most satisfying moment: Winning countless tournaments and leages

Most shameful moment: Turnovers eveyr time. They're unacceptable.

Most regretted moment: Letting my best friend who was injured go on the court while we were winning. I scored 20 ponits but we let them catch up in the fourth and win 37-33... and we didn't win a game that year...

Most painful moment: getting my feet stepped on and falling backwards. I nailed my head on the court.

Basketball Goals for the future: Who knows? My school's program is unbelieveably ghey so I'm not playing next year.

[Mazzocchi]

Name: John Mazz
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 137lbs
Age: 16
Location: Long Island, New York

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: SG
Experience: 3 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Dirk Nowitzki
Realistic NBA Comparison: If I were taller, Dirk Nowitzki. So Jason Williams, we can bolth shoot, and we bolth got handles, and of course were bolth white and blonde (although hes MUCH blonder than me)

Strengths: Handles, Shooting
Weaknesses: Height, Cant Rebound

Favourite move you can do: Reverse layups past big men!

Favourite move you've done once: Under The Leg Lay Up.

Favourite place to shoot: Corner of Court From 3-Point Range

Biggest shot you've made:

Best game you've played: I played a game where i scored 17, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and I blocked the crap out of someone while he was going up for a layup almost got a doubble-doubble(I played 2, 10 miniute quarters, and i didnt hog the ball so thats an accomplishment for me)

Most satisfying moment: Last week when we went 10-1

Most shameful moment: I was in basketball camp and I was on a break away and I went for a layup and this girl swatted me from behind

Most regretted moment: I had a wide open shot when we were down by one our first game, and i dished it to my friend instead and he missed the layup and we lost because they got the rebound and scored

Most painful moment: Getting denied by the girl up there ^

Basketball Goals for the future:Making the school team

(incase your windering, right now I play for PAL)

[The GOAT]

Name: Mike McKormick
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 92 pounds
Age: 12
Location: Long Island, New York

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 3 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Rafer Alston
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Iverson, because I love to drive and I can steal like crazy. I averaged 5 steals a game on the school team.

Strengths: Driving and Passing, but mostly awesome defense.
Weaknesses: Height, 3-pointers

Favourite move you can do: Through-the-legs layup

Favourite move you've done once: 360 through-the-legs layup IN A GAME!

Favourite place to shoot: Just inside the arc in the corner

Biggest shot you've made: Half court shot to win it

Best game you've played: My first game eer in an orginized league. I scored 24 points with 10 assists and 7 rebs. Our team had a total of 53 points.

Most satisfying moment: Remember the story of the 6'3" kid who ran out of the gym after leveling the trash-talking kid? When the kid came back, I stuffed him 3 straight times.

Most shameful moment: Airballing two straight freethrows (it was my first season)

Most regretted moment: Don't really have one yet.

Most painful moment: Gettiing my lip cut open on a layup, and the foul wasn't even called! The ref even saw the blood! It wasn't really that painful I was just angry...

Basketball Goals for the future: Starting PG for the school team next year.

[8-Hype]

Hey, G.O.A.T., that's not supposed to hurt you, but my brother is 12 and he's 5'9" and his weight is 170 pounds.

[c0nr4d]

Name: c0nr4d
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 170 pounds
Age: 19
Location: Seymour, TN

Preferred Position: PG/SG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: 11 Years
Favourite NBA Player: Pistons
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): White Iverson, cuz im quick, good crossover, but also can go on a cold streak

Strengths: Mid-range J, dribblin' skills
Weaknesses: Height for my age, D

Favourite move you can do: Through-the-legs layup

Favourite move you've done once: oop to myself layup

Favourite place to shoot: right side Mid Range area

Biggest shot you've made: Half court shot in like 3rd grade..

Best game you've played: high school rec league game. I scored 22 points (4 3s) with 7 rebs, and a couple assists.

Most satisfying moment: blocking 6'4" frat guy in intramural game

Most shameful moment: 0 pts in championship game we lost

Most regretted moment: not workin hard enuff on my game...

Most painful moment: Bruised my tailbone in HS game...couldn't move for a couple minutes and i missed the next couple games

Basketball Goals for the future: playing well in college intramurals

[Mikki]

Name: Mikki Dela Rea
Height: 5'2"
Weight: ???
Age: 16
Location: Manila, Philippines

Preferred Position: PG
Playing Position: PG
Experience: Since 5 Years Old, which is 11 years
Favourite NBA Player: LeBron James, Darius Miles, Ricky Davis, Ray Allen
Realistic NBA Comparison (And Why): Tony Parker, I can really make great passes and will find you on the court. I am also a decent shooter.

Strengths: Driving, Great Court Vision, Passing, Athletic, Decent Shooter.
Weaknesses: Height, Stamina (I have Asthma)

Favourite move you can do: Between the legs then One-Hand Bullet pass.

Favourite move you've done once: Blocked a 6 footer's Jump Shot.

Favourite place to shoot: Medium Range

Biggest shot you've made: 3-Point Shot to seal the Win in the Finals.

Best game you've played: I played a lot of games. I can't remember one.

Most satisfying moment: I won 3 straight 1-on-1 games with 5'10" and up players.

Most shameful moment: I didn't wear the jersey shorts in a game. Just used one of my own.

Most painful moment: When I went for a steal, I broke my arm while falling down. (I forgot what happened, I dunno why)

Basketball Goals for the future: Passing PGs should be credited, not just scorers and hogs.