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May 11, 2005
Funny Shot Guy (Marion), Too Much Gear Guy (Rip) and Quick Foul Guy (Reggie Miller).: Identifying the pickup ball archetypes in the NBA playoffs.
posted by gspm to basketball at 03:18 PM - 4 comments
Oh man. That was fucking funny. I loved the Donkey line also, as well as "Guy who wants to play half court". This story reminds me of me. The gym I used to go to had ferocious lunch time pick up games. I never played, I was a decent enough ballplayer but I'd had a couple knee surgeries and was there to hit the iron. But afterwards I would go into the gym and do my sit-ups and watch the guys run. I did this for like 15 months straight, so that it got to the point where everybody knew me and said hi to me even though I never participated. One day they had nine guys, and they waited and waited for number ten while I did sit-ups, then crunches, then more sit-ups, then more crunches, til finally one dude comes over and asks me to run with them. I had on some black Tommy Hilfiger boots and a heavy sweatshirt and sweatpants, but I figured what the hell and joined them. That day, the ball was like an extension of my arm. I shot 8 for 8, assisted on the other 3 baskets, and had about 6 steals. On two occasions I made these ridiculous spin moves around defenders at half court that left me unmolested for layups. Everybody was looking at me and trying to figure out if they recognized me from local high school or college ball, despite how fucking stupid I looked in ankle length black work boots and 8 pounds of clothes. We won and held court but I had to leave and get to work. I never again played with them, just went right back to my situps. I always imagined they talked about me like some kind of ghost or legend. So I guess if I'm one of these guys it would be Earl "The Goat" Manigault.
posted by vito90 at 12:12 AM on May 12, 2005
Aw thats wicked - I had a game like that once too - though not as statistically impressive. But I did grab 3 offensive rebounds in succession and put them back - scored 12 of the first 14 points on my team and was just generally unstoppable. I promptly retired after the game.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 07:50 AM on May 12, 2005
I always hated the Quick Foul Guy.
posted by dusted at 10:32 PM on May 12, 2005
I love the fact that they call Damon Jones "Donkey"... as in Shaq (Shrek) and Donkey. How about Luke Ridnour? "White guy at park asked to play just to make the teams even".