yea i' need to find a legaue to play in..i'm gonna look for one this week....i played some pickup ball outside and couldnt loose....i forgot how good my fade away was i use to use it all the time but when i got older i got more athletic so i just used that to create a shot but i went back to my fade away today and the shot is so hard to stop....i also had an awesom reverse layup where i was fouled and got the bucket....it was like kobe;s in game 7 of the t-wplves series but they didnt foul me in the body....they fouled me right on the damn head
Sunday i played with the Liga Latina, and it was as bad as i'd feared...there were a lot of cheap shots, very little passing, and to top it all off, the game was called early because of a bench clearing fight. I stayed out of it, because what's the point of fighting for people that I don't even know?
Yesterday was better, I played some small sided games in the morning with the high schoolers (my team went undefeated), and at night, I played with my coed team. We were playing a team that had beat us the last three seasons in close games, but we added some better players this season--but so did they. It was a tough game, but we ended up winning 2-0, I scored a goal and then dropped back to play defense because they sent their really fast guy up front in an attempt to score.
Yesterday I played some really fun games of basketball. I got to play 21 with the top 2 players from the high school team (1 year younger than me). I played on the team with them in the past but they really improved. I started out well but they just wore me down. Then it seemed that all of the best players from the last several years showed up at the gym. For a while, my small 5'9" 140lb frame had to guard this 6'4-5" 330lb guy. I played well considering the size difference but I was getting mauled physically. I got poked in the eye while making a hook shot over him in the post which knocked out my contact. The next play he took a Malone elbow to my mouth in the post. I bit off a large chunk of my lip. It was like 3/4 inch by 1/4 inch. I had blood all the way down my chin and a little on my shirt. But I scored well whether he was guarding me or somebody else and my rebounding was superb (especially offensive).
Just curious wuTa and any other basketball players, what are your strengths and weaknesses in basketball?
Mine:
Strengths:
1. Athleticism- My speed as a sprinter and my jumping skills are tops. Whether I'm on or not I can use those over people.
2. Mid-range consistancing- I am very good mid range. I can hit the 3 and play well in the post, but mid-range is where I'm best. I often use the post to do a consistant turnaround that leaves me in the mid-range position.
3. Rebounding/Hustle- This is kind of because of my athleticism but its also because of strong mental play. I am very good at boxing out because I get my ass right at peoples knees giving them no chance to really even jump. I also crash the boards on offensive shots like no other. I don't fear taking a hit from larger guys so when they think they have an easy rebound, I launch from nowhere to get the board.
Weaknesses:
1. Fatigue- When fresh, I'm more athletic than most. But I tire easily. Thank god I adapt enough that if I'm tired, I can guard post players instead.
2. Size- Obviously size matters in basketball and I'm usually one of the smaller guys on the court if not the smallest. Luckily, I don't always play as small as I am because I can muscle with the heavy-weights and jump enough to rebound with them as well.
3. Dribbling skills- I can dribble fine but I really don't use it to break people. I don't do anything fancy so I don't have much to do if there is a double but pass out. When I drive, its usually just using speed to run by the guy, not ankle breaking moves.
strenghts:
size/athletism-i'm normally one of the tallest guys out there(6'3) but pretty quick so if i have to post up with someone whos stronger than me i'll use my quickness down low but if someone is as quick as i am there not normally as stong so i'll use strenght when that happens...i;m also pretty athletic..i jump pretty high so i love backdoor lobs if there down right there pretty much impossibe to stop
inside/outside-i love my game coz i can take you inside or shoot the ball outside i have very good range up to like 30ft
rebounding/defense/hustling-like you said even if your off you can rely on your rebounding, i'm the same way...its pretty hard to box me out coz i'll try and spin off your back and steal positoning...my hands in feet are quick so its tough to beat me off the dribble plus i use my size and athletism to block shots and i got no problem with diving for loose balls or running my ass off to try and stop a fast break
weaknesses:
passing-i love to pass and am actually a pretty good passer but sometimes i'll try and force the ball and will turn it over with a pass or i'll become too passive like grab an offensive board and instead of going up strong i'll kick it out up top
shoot selection-this can kill me espicially when i'm off...i mentioned that i have a good outside game but what i didnt mention is that i'm either hot or cold..and if i'm cold i tend to force way too many shots from the outside to try and get me warmed up
cramps-i can play basketball for hours and not got tired but intead of getting tired i'll get cramps and i'll get them in my calves or quad normally the calves but either way they slow me down
Originally posted by Linkalicious
what's with you guys playing 21 with 3 people?It makes it a pointless game. You have one player with the ball, one playing defense, and the 3rd is free to get the ball. The defender would almost never get a rebound.
I never bother playing 21 with less than 4. Boxing out is fun.
I never play 21 with anything but 3 people. If there is 4, we play 2 on 2. Usually you just ***** out the 3rd guy to help so there is a double team rather than let him take the easy way out.
Sunday i had another game the Liga Latina, and we went down 3-0 in the first 10 minutes, and I thought "Well, this sucks." Then our defense showed up (literally, our two best defenders showed up), and we started to play better. At halftime, it was 3-2, and I started the play on the second goal. In the second half, I got the ball on the left side of the box (even though I was playing right wing, i was on the left for some reason on that play), and I just flicked the ball with they outside of my foot, over the defender, over the keeper, and the forward finished with a diving header. We put another goal in and won 4-3.
On Monday, we had a much easier game with my Coed team. LEss than five minutes in, I hit a nice shot from about 20 yards out (the field was SO small, it almost seemed like it was from the halfline...) that curved right and dipped down behind the keeper for a goal. Then they scored to tie it, but before halftime, I put in a nice goal by outracing the keeper to a bouncing ball and lifting it over his head. Then I made a nice pass to another player in the center and he put it in right before the half time whistle. We finished up winning 8-2.
I usually play 2 on 2 basketball with friends or play 21.
My Strengths:
I'm a pretty good defender mostly because I get more enjoyment defending than being offensive.
I'm not a great passer, but I love passing so I usually make pretty good decisions.
I'm a pretty good rebounder even if I don't have great hops.
My weaknesses:
I have a extremely inconsistent shot. There are times I can hit five three's in a row and times I can miss 20 straight shots.
I suck at making layups.
My one weakness on defense is I am easy to post up since I'm not big or tall.
I guess I'm kind of a very very very poor man's Jason Kidd.
I also golf which I have a pretty good driving game, an okay putting game and a terrible short game.
My sport story for today:
I was playing a pick up game(basketball), nothing special, i wasn't even playing as good as i could have been, only made like 3 of 5. The thing is, we were playing with time, and we were down, by alot(i think at one point we were down 12) but we managed to come back! it was 31-31 with like 8 seconds left, and everyone TOLD our pointguard not to be a jackass, but that guy just doesnt listen. He tried pulling moves out of an And1 tape just trying to get down the court. the ball got stolen with 3 seconds left, and they chucked it downcourt, to a player that hadn't even MADE a shot the whole game(like 0-4 or something) and he put it in at the buzzer! 32-31 them.
well, that's my heartbreaker. we lost because some guy couldn't just play straight ball, and not be a showoff. grrr disgust