The Last Dance: In Praise of One Lone Gold Hoop Earring

i dont remember if we played w the kids size ball when i was in the lil ymca leagues, i think maybe not, def played full size hoop, think i started that when i was 8 or 9

Laimbeer enjoyed being loathed; it seemed to be his main goal in playing, even more so than winning the game. He succeeded. The entire league and most of the fans loathed him.

he still loves it:


https://nypost.com/2020/04/28/the-last-dance-bill-laimbeer-escalates-feud-with-whining-bulls/

still going at it bird too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

we're gonna have some rules around this beef house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?

― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:23 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

my son has been playing organized hoops since he was 4 or so. the 2-5 league is just for giggles, hoop was 7.5-8' and they played with the mini ball. w few exceptions, you needed kindergarteners on your team or else you had no chance of hitting shots. this made defense v v important, tho kids at that age dont have the abstract idea of "someone else besides the ballhandler might get the ball later and i should not just pay attention to the one with the ball."

he's in the 6-7 league now which is still 7.5-8' but a larger ball. they move up to a 10' hoop in the 8-9 age group.

I feel lagoon never got to experience feeling cool and awesome dunking on a 7 ft hoop

ha they were def around in fact my school often had lowered hoops in da gym just never had one myskelf

+ i did have the ultimate dunk xperince.....nerf hoop bitches

i have dunked on the child's rim, it was Good

coincidentally ive been shooting around on an adjustable portable unit that is totally trashed from youths dunking on it

i live in London so.. no basketball close by but my kids do have the classic toy-backboard-hanging-from-a-door setup. i don't know how it's not broken yet.

u need to start a movement for public courts there so yr and all kids can grow up right

plenty of public hoops in Paris, time to head south

/no rona

paris knows whats up

For awhile this guy was coming to my open gym who had grown up with Laimbeer. Played little league together. He said he was a good dude, guessed that he adopted the Asshole persona as a coping mechanism for being a target on the court (ie rich white guy) and just went down that rabbit hole.

Laimbeer went to Notre Dame. He's just like every other person I've met that went there.

The only cool thing Bill Laimbeer did in his life was play a Sleestak on Land of the Lost when he was a kid.

Bill Laimbeer and Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It All are just like every other person I've met that went there.

is there something bad i don't know about laimbeer's lengthy and championship winning run as a coach in the wnba?

I will be happy to accept my place as a Bill Laimbeer of ILX

fred is the laimbeer of ILX

well really I just mean GO IRISH

>:[

blue & gold to the bone, baby

actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that

there"s a place called "barnaby"s beef bar" near campus where we discuss who we"re beefin" with. rn i"m beefin" with apostrophes.

beef bar, pizza kitchen

didn't I say once on ilx that I called Barnaby's once to ask what a beef bar is, like, was it a buffet that served beef, and they didn't understand the question, and I kept trying to clarify, and they just couldn't answer

well I pledge to you all not to do that on ilx

actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that

― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

it’s true, most notre dame athletes are not nearly as successful as laimbeer

fuck

that's a beefy chili or a chilly beef. either way, i've lost my picnic spirit.

actually excited to see new eps tonight!

yeah thank God for this show

actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that

― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

it’s true, most notre dame athletes are not nearly as successful as laimbeer

― sleight return (voodoo chili), Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

the only ND alum i know was the academic dean of the HS i teach at, shes cool

notre dame more like notre lame lol faced

french for "our lame"

more spin than rod strickland

buncha hunchbacks

christian laettner trending in anticipation of dream team ep tonight, cannot wait to watch behind the scenes shootarounds with these guys

only laettner could steal the hatred away from laimbeer

Laettner & Laimbeer join together to form the most evil Voltron in basketball

Please don’t compare Laettner to laimbeer. Laettner was an arrogant guy who didn’t mind people thinking he was gay, which is a cool combo. Laimbeer was a criminal essentially

a criminal champion

agree that laettner didnt deserve the hate except that he did choose to play for duke so he kinda did

he went from college superstar to nba role player and didnt seem to mind

he did start to do some drugs about it

laettner was a #3 draft pick, but he was never good enough to justify going that high. if he had insisted on being paid like an nba star he would have ended up playing somewhere in Europe, because he was only suited to be a role player and the league knew that after two or three seasons of trying to elevate him to a star.

i completely forgot laettner got suspended for weed late in his career
anytime i think of that guy i think of him sticking his tongue out at the crowd and throwing up devil horns; how come i can't readily find a gif of that

I don't like Laetner but he was better than a role player. That 1992 draft class was 2 hall of famers and a handful of regular contributors, including Laetner. Maybe he wouldn't be #3 in a re-do, but he's in the top 5 or 6 in that class. He's just not a player you build a team around.