Yeah, I'm a smoker + I hairline fractured my right ankle a couple years ago and never really had it treated = I will probably never play in a pickup game again in my life. Which sucks.
― Clay, Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i've probably fractured mine or worse half a dozen times, i don't know what it would take to actually have them looked at by a doctor, now one of my ankles clicks just about every step i take but it doesn't really hurt anymore. last week i thought about picking up some 9.99 starburys to replace my tim duncans (!), i don't learn i guess. can't bring myself to buy nikes but the non-sweatshop shits suck for the most part.
― tremendoid, Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
god, mine still hurts like hell, particularly in the winter and occasionally just fucking buckles on me and I nearly fall over. This is most awesome when crossing streets.
― Clay, Saturday, 26 April 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i play when i can, which isn't much these days. my handle has left me completely. more than one dribble with the left is an adventure.
― hytop, Saturday, 26 April 2008 02:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i use the racquetball court at a gym that doubles as a b-ball half-court. i'd rather use an outdoor court but i don't know of one near me. hadn't really played in years but my shot came back pretty quick
― am0n, Saturday, 26 April 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i love playing pickup basketball #1 advantage of free gym @ college
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 26 April 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i am only okay but soooo much fun
actually i just thought of one court that i could probably walk to. just need a ball pump
― am0n, Saturday, 26 April 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm saving my body for old age. Hard cuts to the basket are not part of the program. I like to walk too much to chance it.
― Aimless, Saturday, 26 April 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
just camp out and shoot threes
― hytop, Saturday, 26 April 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I will fuck you all up. I hadn't played all that much in the last few years , but started playing more often recently with this dude from work. He works out every day and runs full court games at his gym 6X/week. I SUCK at decision-making in a 5on5 game, but made him eat his trash-talking words in 1on1. He's Mr Testosterone and takes shit way too seriously, which is pretty annoying but I still have fun.
― Granny Dainger, Saturday, 26 April 2008 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
just remembered this is like a 5 min from me but the names on the wall make it look like some "locals only" shit.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/442365195_d1b606bf52_o.jpg
― am0n, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
lol n e 1 here got mad ups??? i'll be the first to admit i can't even come close to dunking
― am0n, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/11/WMCJ.jpg
― am0n, Sunday, 27 April 2008 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i can barely touch rim and my hands are smaller than 95% of girls I've known. So nope, can't dunk neither.
― Granny Dainger, Sunday, 27 April 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
melo's old cloverdale court is featured in nba street
http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/746/746257/carmelo-anthony-street-cred-20061115032614378-000.jpg
http://sports.ign.com/articles/746/746257p1.html http://www.baltimorestories.com/main.cfm?nid=1&tid=291
― am0n, Sunday, 27 April 2008 07:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i can get like halfway up the net or some shit on a good day
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 April 2008 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i once did like a rub dunk on a crooked outdoor rim. it was not pretty. my brothers got the good genes.
― hytop, Sunday, 27 April 2008 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
thread title makes me think of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0yoPVAOJTk
― am0n, Sunday, 27 April 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
grazed the rim once or twice back in high school days. how tall are u guys? i'm about 5'11 and i can probably barely touch the net now
― 6335, Sunday, 27 April 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
oh come on, even a 5'11" with laimbeer hops could easily touch net. (I'm 6ft, 170. Just like AI!)
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 28 April 2008 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I rolled my ankle something fierce at a pick up game on saturday. swelling is down now but I’m still listed as day to day.
― carne asada, Monday, 28 April 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
last week i thought about picking up some 9.99 starburys to replace my tim duncans (!), i don't learn i guess. can't bring myself to buy nikes but the non-sweatshop shits suck for the most part.
-- tremendoid, Friday, April 25, 2008 9:55 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link
dude no youve probably heard this but everyone says those shits fuck up yr feet
its pretty sad cause what a great - lol right after they came out and people started complaining abt their feet marbury was all wtf i wear them theyre great - of course he was out w/a foot injury at the time
shaq has some wicked cheap shoes too http://payless.resultspage.com/shoes/Shaquille
my current dedicated basketball intended for tennis foot environment http://i30.tinypic.com/rbilbn.jpg
― jhøshea, Monday, 28 April 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i played almost everyday from 8 to 19 but the last time i played was about 13 years ago in york beach, maine. i was abused by some 6' 7" 17 year old. my tar-coated lungs just couldn't get it done. it was embarrassing.
my heart would probably explode if i tried to play a full court game today.
― chicago kevin, Monday, 28 April 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
eh yr a wirey guy right - i bet you could get back in shape pretty easily - it the extra weight thatll really hold you back
― jhøshea, Monday, 28 April 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
wiry, skeletal, whatever. mid 30s, smoking for over half my life now, not sure i could actually get back in shape. i'll bet i could still nail the open j though.
― chicago kevin, Monday, 28 April 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"either you slangin' crack-rock or you got a wicked jump shot"
― carne asada, Monday, 28 April 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
annoying playground ball trend, pt 1: you score 15 or so quick points in 21 or 32, and then mofos start playing "defense" on you ie hacking like mad annoying playground ball trend, pt 2: 3 other dudes playing, you come in, and no one wants to play 2 on 2, just 1 on 1 b.s.
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
omg ive been so on fire the last couple days - yesterday i mustve shot like 15/22 over the course of three games of 4 on 4 to 16 - hitting crazy threes off the dribble off balance floaters layups high of the glass everything - against good players too!
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 13:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm going to try and get back out there this weekend. hope the ankle holds up.
― carne asada, Thursday, 8 May 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
do you have any sort of brace? i bought one a couple years ago, but I think it's too small cause there's more pain with wearing it than without.
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yah prob too small - do you do any sort of strengthening exercises? def worthwhile. weird muscular over compensation/weakening as the result of a single injury is often what leads to the chronic variety.
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't have a brace. i was just gonna go with a tape wrap and see how it feels.
― carne asada, Thursday, 8 May 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
it doesnt count if u only play against white ppl btw
― cankles, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
well duh
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL! i play against a lot of filipinos. i dominate the boards but the dudes kill me with their quicks. i pretty much suck. it all about the cardio workout for me anyways.
― carne asada, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
for the record canky where i play its abt 50/50 white/black w/one puerto rican dude whos better than everyone
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"some of my best teammates have been black!!"
― am0n, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
haaaaaaaaa
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Other than games I or a friend organize, I'm usually the only white dude at the courts. Last week, this white dude I didn't know approached me and wanted to play against two black dudes who were at the adjacent court. They scored the first 5 buckets, and then my "teammate" goes "oh that's it. I quit. I thought I could still play, but I can't". MOTHERFUCKER! What kind of person does that?!? I'm competitive enough of a person for that to drive me up a wall. The other dudes were good (one was a dead ringer--style-wise and body type-wise--for Grandmama. plays on his JUCO team), but they weren't THAT good. I didn't even get a chance to make halftime adjustments, dammit.
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
quiting halfway through whaaaa - sometimes you lose - then you just play again wtf
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
exactly. it's not even like we were getting all our shots blocked/our cookies tooken or something. played make it/take it, so we only had about 2 offensive possessions. Larry Johnson Jr whupped my ass in 21 and 32 (is this just a Chicago thing? same as 21 one but w/o free throws. we didn't play it when I was young, but it's very prevalent now). But I didn't care, I like trying to defend someone 1on1 who's too black, too strong.
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
ive never heard of 32 - hows that different from 1 on 1?
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
you've heard of 21, tho, right? one on x? make a shot, you get either 3 free throws (3 n out) or unlimited (all day). 32 is obv up to 32, no FTs. Perfect for those who love to ball handle and drive but have no shot, even from 15 ft and uncontested.
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
ah yah i was forgetting abt the multiple player dynamic
― jhøshea, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
we called that 21 game 'poison' for some reason
― 6335, Friday, 9 May 2008 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
see we called poison the version where you'd go back down to zero if someone tipped in one of your misses (obv stopped playing that once we hit puberty and tip ins were no big deal)
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Does "NO B.S.A.!!" ring a bell for anyone?
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Boy Scouts of America?
― Aimless, Friday, 9 May 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
that version of poison reminds me of what we used to call 'tip-in', which starts w/ free throws (1 pt apiece) and then tip-ins were worth 2, but all tips had to be made in the air. scoring a tip-in got you to the line no matter who was next, but anytime the ball was grounded it would then rotate to the next player in line. if you went over 21 then you went back to 11 or 0, depending on who you were playing with
― 6335, Friday, 9 May 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
also a 20fter is a three on most courts
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
ah true good point
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
sometimes over lunch i walk past this court outside a junior high, and sometimes the kids are out playing pickup -- except all they do is heave threes that most of them can't even get to the basket
steph curry is hurting america's children
― mookieproof, Tuesday, January 15, 2019 10:24 PM (four years ago)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
Everyone chucks cos 1) they are lazy and/or not in good shape 2) even if you make like one out of four it’s a good shot cos in most pickup games it’s worth twice as many points as any other shot
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 12 February 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link
It's funny because when I was a kid everyone just wanted to do reverse windmill layups and no one cared about long ball.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 12 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
high school line aka the top of the key line was added in the late 80s and thats around when they started painting them on every court everywhere, since then its been a three party baby, you cant see the line and not want to shoot from it
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 February 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, February 12, 2023 5:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
exactly, it’s super valuable in pickup
― k3vin k., Monday, 13 February 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
2x zero. I'm sure that on at least a few of those plays someone could have driven and made a layup
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
playing by ones and twos is lame imo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:28 (one year ago) link
no its good it encourages hoisting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:44 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KCEm704.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 20 February 2023 21:05 (one year ago) link
My kid has got into it in a big way. He's 12, and at 5'9" is not afraid to play with adults. He's made me remember how much I enjoy playing, even though I've never been that good.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 20 February 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
I broke my wrist last night, fell back and used it to save my head from a concussion, but it paid the price. Displaced fracture, lucky it didn’t break skin. Bummed, this might be it for me.
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 17 March 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
fuuuuuck sorry to hear that man
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 17 March 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
oh no sorry! you can bounce back tho, i broke my wrist, got a steel plate, all that stuff and it's been fine for 20+ years.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 March 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
noooo spottie I’m sorry
― k3vin k., Friday, 17 March 2023 18:45 (one year ago) link
I recently had to go to two ankle braces from just one, father time is undefeated
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 17 March 2023 18:49 (one year ago) link
yeah i followed the same path (and injured myself basically the same way breaking a fall)--set in the ER, give it a few days and then assess with the orthopedist. mine wasn't going to heal right. surgery is obviously not pleasant but you get a more certain outcome i think.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 March 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
I’ll say this… ketamine is a helluva drug
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 17 March 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
hell yeah
― k3vin k., Friday, 17 March 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
Damn spottie I’m bummed for you. I was just asking my dad how old he was when he tore his achilles which shut him down for life and he was just 5 years older than I am now. On the other hand some dude that must be in his 70s balls with us now and then so who knows
― Heez, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
I said I’d never play again after I tore my achilles but the hoops spirits are persuasive and I was lured back after a few years.
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 17 March 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
Wow, Spottie good luck on the recovery.
― awaiting the ILX acquihire (PBKR), Saturday, 18 March 2023 11:28 (one year ago) link
Ty friends
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 19 March 2023 02:18 (one year ago) link
damn man heres to healing up as fast and good as possible
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 March 2023 03:43 (one year ago) link
Here’s my X-ray for a jump scare https://imgur.com/a/qz9LUOx
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 19 March 2023 04:59 (one year ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/qz9LUOx
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, 19 March 2023 05:00 (one year ago) link
o shit thats gnarly
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 March 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
now, im not a doctor, but if i had to guess u probably got a diagnosis of "fucked up bones syndrome" right there
(get well soon spottie)
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Sunday, 19 March 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
the er doc did mention FUBS as a diagnosis.
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 20 March 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
I snapped the very tip of my pinkie back 90 degrees playing hoops 22 years ago. Can't even imagine the entire wrist - getting shivers right now thinking about it.
― can i play with march madness? (PBKR), Monday, 20 March 2023 12:28 (one year ago) link
Are you rehabbing with Iggy?
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Monday, 20 March 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
I wish
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 20 March 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
my weekly monday night game now features a dude who played 3 years in the NFL and another who was an all-american cornerback for Maryland but blew his knee out on pro day. they are both prob 10 years younger than me. it's a blast
― Heez, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
When I hear Jones say this phrase, I imagine that I'm playing basketball on a Sunday morning on the good courts at Roosevelt Park in Sacramento. It is not yet 9 a.m., but the June sun has already begun to bake the asphalt, trees, and detritus, an ominous sensation you smell more than feel. I have already played two games to 15 and am sapped to exhaustion when a new player joins the run, someone whose presence instantly heightens the game's tension. On every possession, they talk to themselves and their opponents. They hit beautiful swishes with an ugly jumper, and they staunchly refuse to call a foul even when they're thumped. They are making a really stupid ball fake work. They score the last bucket. Nobody sees them arrive; nobody sees them leave. They are wearing black Air Force 1s.
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 April 2023 03:12 (eleven months ago) link
i was taking my child to the playground today and we have to walk by some basketball courts to get there. there was a one-on-one game happening between a couple of teens, one very lithe and muscular but small and one who was just enormous, not in shape at all but with an offensive lineman's body. i watched the bigger kid mercilessly back down the smaller kid and make an ugly layup adjacent to the rim, and a third kid who was watching yelled at the smaller kid about the quality of his defense. the smaller kid looked at the spectator with complete disgust and anger and said "he's 6'5", what do you want me to do?"
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 16 April 2023 03:04 (eleven months ago) link
lol
― Spottie, Sunday, 16 April 2023 05:52 (eleven months ago) link