quick question for my hoopers...

are you as nice as you were back in the day?


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KingJay

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I think the SAME shyt breh

If I knew then what I knew now with the athleticism I had in those days I woulda been a problem

Given enough time to get in shape I think late thirties me could beat 18 yr old me

I think it'd be a good game right now :smugdraper:
Yeah, I didn't really play ball for real until my sophomore year of high school. If I started even in like 6th grade maybe my mental and physical would've properly overlapped with my skillset
 

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I stopped playing after I strained my ACL during senior year (4 years ago). I still have my trick handles and ball IQ, but if I was to go out and play right now, you could definitely see the 'rust'. But I'm gonna be back this summer tho :wow:
 

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Skill wise, I’m better now than I was when I was a teen but I’m fighting off the :flabbynsick:ness that I developed over the last couple years so I haven’t got the lift to dunk or finish in traffic if I’m tired currently. My midrange, handles, layups, playmaking and on-ball defence is pretty good but I’m too streaky of a three point shooter so I find people just stand off me now, or even worse, teams specifically play a 2-3 zone when I’m playing :childplease:.
 

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Skill wise, I’m better now than I was when I was a teen but I’m fighting off the :flabbynsick:ness that I developed over the last couple years so I haven’t got the lift to dunk or finish in traffic if I’m tired currently. My midrange, handles, layups, playmaking and on-ball defence is pretty good but I’m too streaky of a three point shooter so I find people just stand off me now, or even worse, teams specifically play a 2-3 zone when I’m playing :childplease:.
you play organized ball? what rec league team is playing zone :heh:

no shade :hubie:
 
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you play organized ball? what rec league team is playing zone :heh:

no shade :hubie:

The league I’m in is majority white and Asians and none of them ever want to guard me straight up. If I ever get the ball off a cut or I post up, I get triple teamed immediately :beli:

I’d prefer to play in a league with all brehs but these rec leagues have cornered the market here in London. I grew up playing as a combo guard but since I’m the second tallest on the team (6’5), I’m expected to be some low post anchor :snoop:
 

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and then just a simple drop step hook. and then counter move(up and under).


i could do this all day both hands. this is the only reason i'm able to play against young nikkas.
 

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Being washed but still being better than the average person is the worst, when I hoop with hoopers I can actually not worry about scoring and have fun, but when hooping with shytty dudes I feel forced to actually score and play hard.

I’m washed compare to what I was. I used to be able to get buckets on my college team, now I can’t even beat high school hoopers smh.
 

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Yeah I'm about finished with ball:flabbynsick:. Seemed like it happened overnight too, the worst thing I did was to stop hooping consistently though. That really did me in.

If I dedicate to getting back in shape cardio wise I can probably at least run full court again AND be effective.
 

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first off, how did you fukk up your hands so much :gucci:

second off, if you still play, do you compensate with experience and knowledge?

Like cp3 does , always ripping cats or attempting steals and fukking my fingers up

Kind of , I’m still athletic just no where like I use to be similar to wizards jordan.
 

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Used to play as PG and I modeled my game after the goat MJ, Magic that is.
Cause i always played like a pass first player .




Now i still play like that somehow, especially cause i can't shoot for shyt :flabbynsick:
 

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Been playing ball near 30 years and would shyt on everyone in this thread easily.
what would you do with your pet wolves breh?

they don't seem like the kind of animals that you could get a dog sitter for exactly :beli:

would you bring em to the court :lupe:

also @badboys11 are we still allies against this fool @CarbonBraddock? we gon keep our feet on his neck? :birdman:
 

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what would you do with your pet wolves breh?

they don't seem like the kind of animals that you could get a dog sitter for exactly :beli:

would you bring em to the court :lupe:

also @badboys11 are we still allies against this fool @CarbonBraddock? we gon keep our feet on his neck? :birdman:
Wolves would be the last thing on your mind when them buckets start being distributed.:adjfkd:
 
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