Comments on: Pick-up Basketball: A Confession

By: TheCanadian

TheCanadian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:42:14 +0000

I too played high school ball. Needless to say, at 5’8″ and about 135 lbs at the time, I wasn’t the center. I wasn’t much of a shooter but I could dish and dribble like a white Curly Neal. I also played b-ball like Darcy Tucker plays (played?) hockey. After an embarrassing 2 seasons of being fouled out nearly every game, , I decided to stick to hockey.

By: Reader Stories and Tips For Hillen | Bourne's Blog

Reader Stories and Tips For Hillen | Bourne's Blog — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:03:48 +0000

[...] If you didn’t catch it, yesterday’s post on my buddy Neil owning me at basketball came with one of the best stories of all-time in the comment section. I suggest you check out the comment by The Franchise here. [...]

By: Will77

Will77 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:28:01 +0000

Awesome story by the Franchise, and I noticed the tags afterward and got a good chuckle. Before I hit the age of reason (or noticed a “theme” with NBA players), my dream until age 12 was to play pro ball. I was actually one of the best 3 players growing up in our town leagues and in middle school. As a note, our diversity level was about the same as your Alaska games, instead of “West” in my town name we were called “White”. Suddenly I got to HS, and the other teams got waaaayyyy taller, and wayyyyy more, um, tan. And thats when I decided to start playing ice hockey lol

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:58:50 +0000

Little disappointed nobody (but Koharski) caught the tags. Neil beat me in fantasy hockey this week. Sadly, reality isn’t much different than the post – Neil was a baller. Honorable ghettoball mention: Jordan Coble, Jordan Parro, Beckmann, the Wills twins (grrr), Carly Beaton… (okay, I’m half-cut and thought she’d be a funny name to add).

By: Jbrown

Jbrown — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:11:14 +0000

JTB, if it makes you feel any better, Neil is REALLY bad at co-ed rec soccer. Oh wait.

Goddamn you Neil.

By: Char

Char — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:43:17 +0000

Happy birthday, Brianna!

Ugh, I hate basketball. Any sport that requires hand/eye coordination (as opposed to hand/stick or hand/racquet) is a major FAIL.

By: Koharski

Koharski — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:36:24 +0000

PVeltkamp: You’re probably right. I’ve never played squash or known anyone who did but it’s basically the same, except in the street you play with a softer ball. You tweak the rules using lines in the sidewalk for boundaries, you can reverse the rules and play Chinese handball, play Suicide if you have 10 or more people, Asses Up which involves everyone getting a free shot at the player who is out, it’s good stuff.

Great Story from the Franchise. It reminds me of Chappelle’s show when Charlie Murphy gets challenged by Prince and his band, and they globetrotter all over him.

By: minnesotagirl71

minnesotagirl71 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:25:09 +0000

Guys are supposed to get permission from their spouse before joining a pick up game? Crap – what did I do wrong? My hubby plays twice a week all winter – all plans are formed around the basketball schedule. I almost divorced/killed/neutered/maimed/took all his money and ran off with a hockey player a few years ago when he asked “You don’t really want to celebrate your birthday ON your birthday, right?” Of course not love-of-my-life I know it’s a basketball night….sigh. If he played hockey – at least I would enjoy going to watch the games!

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:17:07 +0000

That’s a great story Franchise, we definitely had a similar thing going on in Kelowna where the Christian schools seemed to have really friggin good basketball teams, usually with one kid that went on to play Div. 3 at Fresno until he realized he was 90 miles behind the average U.S. player.
lol Hampson your no-look watch-your-face pass was deadly, I totally forgot about that. wicked
Fucking Atkin… I swear to God the guy would drain three’s all day shooting with TWO HANDS, not one for guidance and the other for shooting, but literally, the “I’ve never played before but I think this is how you do it” two-handed shot, and he killed us with humility and kindess while doing it. Asshole.
As for my clearly superior skill… well, let’s just say, I’m assuming it would only take me a year or two in the gym to become a better hockey player too.

By: PVeltkamp

PVeltkamp — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:37 +0000

Is it just me or does American Handball look like squash but only if you can’t afford the racket?

Great tags Bourne.