Darkwing Duck
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Beantown strikes me as a rules/foul guy. Played a lot with one guy we just call "Duke" because we really don't want to call him by name and he wore a Duke jersey.
Scary how true this is.
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Beantown
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To be honest I am the "my bad guy"... not to get cocky or anything but I shoot probably 75% from three point land during games. Seems like every game I'm about 3-4 from downtown. But its literally ALL I can do besides some passing and drive and dish. So when I do I miss I always feel bad and apologize because people just start to expect me to hit that shot.
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I'm the football player.
I hate calling fouls so as a result ill usually expect guys to let things go. What's the use of slowing thegame down by calling a foul every time down the court? Besides, I play more down low these days rather than out on the perimeter with my bad ankle.
I hate.... Hate... The foul guy. A while ago we played against this guy at a church who even got his own teammates turned against him because he would try and drive down the key, chuck up some crap, and call a foul. Once he drove the lane, I was getting pissed, and so I actually jumped and destroyed the ball. No contact whatsoever. He requested a foul to which one of his teammates even said, "dude, you just got stuffed." It was so annoying.
In jan/feb I was the victim of a no win situation. We were at Golds near the University Mall in Orem. Often, girl ballers from UVU or BYU will come play. These girls don't suck at all. And they have a chip on their shoulders so they'll try and score all the time. I was guarding one of them. I couldn't get physical or play any real defense. Yet, this girl was in constant attack mode. In order to stop her I would have had to play real tough defense. Which... Myself and the other guy on our team wouldn't do.
Worst.
Game.
Ever.
We literally played 3 on 5 the whole time. We couldn't play our normal games because we would look like jerks. Yet, these girls were taking it to us knowing the no one was going to rough them up or challenge their shots.
Sigh
We ended up losing 8-11. I think I made a miracle 3 at the end. But that is clearly not my game anymore. Yet, I couldn't take her into the post. Essentially, I just ran up and down the court watching these 2 girls kick our butts.
I hate calling fouls so as a result ill usually expect guys to let things go. What's the use of slowing thegame down by calling a foul every time down the court? Besides, I play more down low these days rather than out on the perimeter with my bad ankle.
I hate.... Hate... The foul guy. A while ago we played against this guy at a church who even got his own teammates turned against him because he would try and drive down the key, chuck up some crap, and call a foul. Once he drove the lane, I was getting pissed, and so I actually jumped and destroyed the ball. No contact whatsoever. He requested a foul to which one of his teammates even said, "dude, you just got stuffed." It was so annoying.
In jan/feb I was the victim of a no win situation. We were at Golds near the University Mall in Orem. Often, girl ballers from UVU or BYU will come play. These girls don't suck at all. And they have a chip on their shoulders so they'll try and score all the time. I was guarding one of them. I couldn't get physical or play any real defense. Yet, this girl was in constant attack mode. In order to stop her I would have had to play real tough defense. Which... Myself and the other guy on our team wouldn't do.
Worst.
Game.
Ever.
We literally played 3 on 5 the whole time. We couldn't play our normal games because we would look like jerks. Yet, these girls were taking it to us knowing the no one was going to rough them up or challenge their shots.
Sigh
We ended up losing 8-11. I think I made a miracle 3 at the end. But that is clearly not my game anymore. Yet, I couldn't take her into the post. Essentially, I just ran up and down the court watching these 2 girls kick our butts.
Jazz4ever
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Eh....wait til you get an injury that puts you in a cast from a reckless player, then you will be that guy.
There was a very similar video that made the rounds for a few years that featured my personal favorites "bad equipment guy" and "baller the kid." Among the archetypes in this video I know that I was the pants guy in college.
EDIT: Found it. Several are the same. Although I think I honestly prefer the original. I totally forgot about Dr. Quick Skins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZ-KQKrzZ0
EDIT: Found it. Several are the same. Although I think I honestly prefer the original. I totally forgot about Dr. Quick Skins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZ-KQKrzZ0
As one who balled(still do at times) a lot with the other gender lemme tell give you that advice:
Most girls who compete don't even like it when you play like a *****.
The rules to which I play against them:
1) Contest all shots, but block only layup attempts(softly, not Javale style) -> She must beat you with a fake to get easy layups. Once a game I usually pretend to fall for a head fake to make me not look to douchey if she can't get me off my feet by herself. Play a lot of helpdefensive if she doesn't have the ball. This way she can stay away from the basket and get good looks while you can play full force for some time on the dude.
2) On offense operate from the highpost. If you slash full speed from the perimeter you look too "abusive". 2 quick steps from the high post maintain gentleman reputation. Don't score layups when you beat her 1v1. Either settle for a low range pull up or runner or my secret advice: Pass the ball if your teammates move properly and you can command a double team from that move. Or even hit them with a str8 pass from the free throw line if they can gain space. Your size advantage gives you perfect vision.
3) Score layups only when playing off the ball on cuts or after offensive boards.
If you can stick to these points you'll give her plenty opportunities to play and score plus you don't feel limited in impacting the game w/o looking like a tryhard.
Btw: If you play vs youth national team talent you most likely won't need to contain yourself...
Beantown
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A lil bit.
When I was in Missouri for school we had a league and there was typically one girl on each team of about 8 or so. There was a guy who was a real D-bag who ran the league and the rest of his buddies were on the team. Anyway, he had a quick temper and I loved playing him physical because of how pissed he'd get, especially as he was "commissioner" of the league. So most of the game is put effort into pissing him off and didn't let anything else get in my mind because he tended to make his team suck when he got all pissy. So the girl started screening for him (WTH?) and the first time I had no idea who it was and I plowed through it. She kept setting screens (like 5-6 of them). They seemed to be annoyed because I wouldn't walk on egg shells through her screen (I didn't knock her over or was over physical, but I wasn't going to just give him an open driving lane because she's a girl and she is choosing to set the screen.
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If I remember right this came up in a conversation about Hayward, that he was baller the kid.
The new video is just a knock off of this.
Good to see your around Kicky. But without you to put me in my place all the time people are taking my opinions seriously. It's weird.
Beantown
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It might be a knockoff but it's a funnier knockoff