playing basketball

lol

it really is a different world

thank god he's not super tall (6'2") or I'd have no hope of defending him

There was an argument over whose ball it was. He said he'll shoot for it. I say uh yeah if you shoot from 3 with your left hand. He smiles at me and swishes it. "haha fuck you man" I say.

https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Swarm-in-SA-after-roster-shakeup-ends-losing-10907808.php

He's Cam. So 2.5 yrs ago was getting paid to play ball. I couldn't even make my middle school team lol (though I would've made his middle school team. less competition out here).

hype video!!

lol Killa Cam. Bet he gave himself that nickname.

Cacciatore huh? Harden should just let him have the cooking celebration with a name like that

This new guy showed up to invite-only run at this Mormon church. After 5 mins of full court action, he was totally gassed and sat out for a few minutes, then finished the game. Could tell he was still completely exhausted and trying to catch his breath. I stepped out to go blow my nose in bathroom, come back and dude is passed out on floor convulsing. Yeesh. Apparently he stood up and blacked out, crashed to the floor and smacked his head hard. Quite a bit of blood on the court.
He was fairly lucid by time paramedics arrived, and was able to walk out on his own and get driven to the hospital to stitch up the gash in back of his head. Crazy.

Some non-hooping Mormons came over to see what was going on, and offered to give him a blessing. He accepted. One of them had a lil vial of holy water that they splashed on him I think? Very bizarre thing to witness for someone like me who was raised without religion.

fuck

think i prob mentioned itt when it happened that i broke a guys nose w the top of my head driving to the hole

block or charge

think i prob mentioned itt when it happened that i broke a guys nose w the top of my head driving to the hole

― lag∞n, Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:38 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

did this to one of my best friends about a year ago tok

Damn hope that guy got checked out a bit beyond the stitches, convulsing after a blow to the back of the head is a bad sign.

sounds intense dang

damn that's really scary.

yeah I hope hospital staff were thorough, but he was answering all the paramedic's questions (eg what day of the week is it, what's your DOB, etc) correctly. I guess symptoms from a head injury can not show up days later tho? was just good to see him walking, giving everyone daps on the way out.

block or charge

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:59 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

think it was a block but tight call def

https://imgur.com/a/pp07rSh

dude was running from cops and gave himself up right in front of the hoops I was at yesterday. Sounded like caught soliciting underage sex. Yeesh stay classy Cottonwood.

So that guy who fainted and cut open his head last week died. Crazy. Apparently was headed to Phoenix for more testing and died en route. They think this head injury was the last straw following several of them when he was younger and played football. Such a sad story. If he didn't try standing up while lightheaded, would prob still be alive.

Died 2 days ago so it was several days after his injury.

holy cow

Wow man wtf that is insane

jeez

yeesh

Holy shit that’s awful

Have had 3 guys who haven't been at open gym in months reach out to me today asking if we're playing tonight. Ah New Year's resolutions.

be nice!

lol

I still keep thinking about that dude that died...

So there's action shot of me hoopin in the local paper. Showed it to Mr Semi-Pro, Cam. Then he shows me pic of him on a huge fucking billboard in Laredo TX lolol ok you win dude.

pics or it didnt happen

https://i.imgur.com/qqPFnfR.jpg

his pic is on his instagram but I'm not on instagram so don't know his account

Killer. But did it go in?

It had to have. I'm terrible at finishing except for my righty scoops and reverses from left side.

mind you I do usually use my left from the left side, but sometimes you gotta go righty to avoid defender blk attempt from behind

if dude on left looks high af, it's because he is

haha love it! ive tried hooping in hats before and cant do it. holds in too much heat for me. same with headbands.

I wear one when I need a haircut. I sweat a lot so it's basically there as a sweatband.

While ago this guy was clowning on me for it. Like in a mean way. I barely knew him so it wasn't friendly joshing. I go "seriously is that the best trash talk you got? That you don't approve of my hat as a fashion choice?". Many months later it was just him and I in the gym and we had a big long deep conversation. He apologized for how he acted towards me initially. Turns out he was scared of me, is a big Kobe fan, and so was trying to mentally fuck with me lol.

lmao random pick up ballers trying to adopt that #MambaMentality

lol ikr. I'm like uh you realize this is just a pickup game in small town Arizona right?? Around that time, this woman got super physical with me. Like going out of her way to take cheap shots at me. Turns out it was that dude's wife! She was pissed cause he and I were jawing that one time.

woww

if there's one thing you can do, it's finger-roll

hahah props to dudes wife tho sticking up for her man

Yep it was kinda cool actually. Except when I called her an idiot (after I called her out on the cheap shots she was all up in my face, yelling nonsense. I wanted to punch her so I felt she got off easy with a light insult), she threw out "you're a racist!". They're both native american. Lost any respect for her then.

imo invite them both over for brunch

Last week I had to suspend this kid for a couple months. He threw a vicious elbow 2 feet from me. After game he asks me what exactly he did wrong. I explained that no matter what he thought another player did to him, he can't respond that way. He kept trying to justify it. I said sorry man there's no justification, if another player is playing dirty or whatever, let me know and I'll address it. Then he just stares at me and goes "you know you're a bitch right?". Uh ok? "What're you gonna do about it? Call the police cause you're a lil bitch? Let's 'go outside' right now."
He's actually a pretty sweet guy off the court. I've given him rides to the gym several times. Just gets hot-headed on the court. Maybe a napoleon complex too. This was like the 4th incident with him wanting to fight someone. Straw that broke camel's back.

oh I'm totally cool with that native guy now. He hardly comes tho cause he lives up on the rez.