Pick up Basketball....what grinds your gears? vol. Illegal Defense

Im sorry but my pride will never allow me to play zone defense in a pick up game. Ive had people say lets play zone and I just look at them crazy and yell out who I got on D.
yes. i hate, HATE zone def in pick-up.
Don't get me wrong, I play with some girls on UCSB and they kill dudes. They are really good team players too. I'll take them over most dudes any day.
really? i'm not saying i'm crazy good, but i used to run with some girls on the duke bball team (and they were ranked in the top 5 at thetime), and they could hold their own, but they wouldn't kill dudes...

here's some of mine:
  1. people that don't let the ball fall through the hoop after they score. the worst is when they set the ball down on the baseline.
  2. the 5 dudes that got next talkin' crap and then losing the next game
  3. the desperation leg sweep when dudes get broken and fall
  4. the moper -- dude that makes a bad play and puts his head down and walks back
  5. the one guy that fullcourt presses the entire game
  6. 1s and 2s. play 2s and 3s to 21, win by 3 instead.
 
Illegal defense
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and with zone, ill do it in intramural playoffs but thats it
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I hate the big kid that stands outisde and shoot's 3's. (im 6'4 myself and will take 1 or 2, but I'll be in the paint the rest of the game)

and i go to school upsate, so..
The kid from New York City who tries to pull the Shamgod and acts like a fool for the entire game
 
Ill add another to the list. The kid that can't shoot for #*%% but stands on the wing wasting space because he thinks he is the greatest thing since potpie
 
i hate that fat dude who just sits in the key knowing damn well nobody calls 3 seconds in a pickup game
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Originally Posted by allen3xis

Illegal defense
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and with zone, ill do it in intramural playoffs but thats it
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I hate the big kid that stands outisde and shoot's 3's. (im 6'4 myself and will take 1 or 2, but I'll be in the paint the rest of the game)

and i go to school upsate, so..
The kid from New York City who tries to pull the Shamgod and acts like a fool for the entire game

Ahhh, this bring back a good memory of mine..

I was in Harlem for the summer, playing ball in Wagner PJ's, and I got caught with the shammgod a good.....6 times that day....
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I had never seen it before...

But I was practicing that #@%# that night, and I broke it out that next day for some get back...

Then when I got back to Charlotte....I was Killin n's with that for the whole summer...
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I still break it out every now and then for old times sake...
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--When guys pump fake, then WAIT for you to jump so they can come under your legs and take you out
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--The guy who gets fouled going to the hoop and misses, but waits to see if his team is gonna get the rebound before calling the foul. Most of the time yourteam is already on the other side for a fast break when dude strarts yelling 'yo i got that, foul'.
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--Players who don't call ANY fouls all game, then you tap them on a shot or lay-up when it's 14-14, yet it doesn't affect the release, and theywanna call foul.
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Originally Posted by demonbasketball04

--The guy who gets fouled going to the hoop and misses, but waits to see if his team is gonna get the rebound before calling the foul. Most of the time your team is already on the other side for a fast break when dude strarts yelling 'yo i got that, foul'.
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bingo.

and dwyane wades that call a foul everytime they missed even though nobody touched them.


last week this dude called phantom fouls two plays in a row - once when i reached and clearly cleanly swatted him, the second time he jumped between me and myteammate and neither of us touched him. he yelled foul before he even shot, i think.


it wouldn't be so bad but this guy hacks all the time - always trying to cherry pick by hacking hard on my arms when i get a defensive board, and gettingmad if i call that a foul (i didn't at first but realized how he always does that) - when he's the king of calling phantom fouls. it ain't myfault he's short. not to mention how he always tries to cheat a couple points on the score.


anyway, next time he came through the lane, i swatted him.. hard. my hand got the ball and my elbow got his face. needless to say, he didn't drive forthe rest of the night. just camped outside and shot 3s.
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Dre if you got hit with it 6 times, I'm guessing they tried it 100 times
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these guys will be playin in intramurals just out 40 ft trying to be a real life Harlem Globetrotter
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Originally Posted by SCuse7

Originally Posted by Not a sneak

I call carrying if it gets excessive.

I hate when someone tries to be the in-game ref. Calling the most random !$%%.

-Dudes trying to be SG#24 or MJ
-The kid who can't play ball with his Bruce Bowen D.
-Older dudes trying to "lead" the team
-The wanna be Superstar taking all the shots

and what grinds my gears the most is

-The dude who doesn't get back on D
-The Cherry picker.

Then when you don't give it up to them. They are mad.

then they say "yo man, i was wide open!" then he shakes his head at you as if you the one who doesnt know how to play
 
Originally Posted by allen3xis

Dre if you got hit with it 6 times, I'm guessing they tried it 100 times
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these guys will be playin in intramurals just out 40 ft trying to be a real life Harlem Globetrotter
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�Nah....These guys were efficient....
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Only reason they got me, was becuase I never saw it before and when I see the ball go away from the dribbler,my instinct is to go for it....

Now, it wasn't like when Bassy caught that one dude and he went flying, I just took a false step and dude went the other way....

But yeah, when the Shamm got popular....everybody was doing it......they OD'ed on it forreal...It was like, if they didn't get you with it the firsttime, they were determined to make sure they caught you before the game was over....
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Nevermind the fact that people was doing it all wrong....

The correct way....By the creator himself

Throw it with one hand....bring it back with the OTHER hand....

And you see how far he threw it out???? N's now make the move so compact, they throw the ball like a foot away from their body, don't even give thedefense a chance to react to it..
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--The 13 guys NOT playing in the game shooting around at the other end with poor reaction time as you come down for the fast break.

--When you and your friend are on a team with 3 other guys you don't really know, and they only pass it amongst themselves.

--The obligatory girl who thinks "playing with the big boys" just means hacking your body to pieces and playing dirty.

--Already mentioned, but the has-been 39 year old guy who has a shot just because he's practiced since 1977 but feels the need to flex his authority.

--Bickering that lasts for 5 minutes about who was out of bounds.

--Your man missed every shot he took so you back off him and the only one he makes is the game winner.


i hate that..

if one has game, the dudes who dont know u will pass u the ball no matter what

hack her back, shes on the court, fair game

tell ice man gervin to stop playin pick up games with his grandsons

bump those fools off who stay in a heated arguement

dont stop playin defense
 
I Know pickup ball isnt the NBA but I hate when there arent any type of plays being run. I'm not talkin the crucial plays like the triangle offense but Imtalkin about simple things like a pick, backdoor cuts, regular cuts to the baskets, things like that
 
Originally Posted by Craftsy21


there's some dirty people out there on rebounds that will wait for you to jump for a rebound and just shove you into the wall to get it themselves... what are you supposed to do about that if you can't call such things? (outside of throwing an elbow to their mouth and starting a fight)
I give what I get.

If you want to play that way, that's fine; I'll know to watch for it next time.

But you'd better believe that the instant you leave the floor for a rebound, I'm undercutting the hell out of you, and any foul call won't berespected.

Anyways, people who annoy me in pick-up ball...

- the "clear-out" superstar, who dribbles down to the right side of the court every time, waves everyone to the other side of the floor, and proceedsto re-enact his 20-second And1 mixtape audition, get nowhere, then hoists up a 25-foot jumper

- the phantom foul-caller; every brick is a foul call, every make is followed by an "and one" exclamation

- the dude who yells at you because the guy that you're guarding scored, but only because you left to come and help on his guy, who just happened to blow right by him
 
when fools hold you down or foul you when your about to dunk

been close to fighting alot of times cause of it
 
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