the thread about nothing...

[tokes99]

I will say this though. Playing basketball vs. anything other than a grown man puts you in a weird position competitively.

You can't go hard because you will be viewed as "trying too hard" but you also can't afford to take an L.

Yall can pretend I'm lying if you want but that's the reason I retired from playing In the techer/students basketball games at school.

The last one I played in I was just passing the ball around making "Safe CP3 passes."

maybe i'm just not that uber competitive type but i never really play to just win, of course that's the preferred outcome...sometimes it's just to play, practice a skill/skills (this makes playing against lesser comp way more challenging/fun), get a good run in...i could not care less about how someone interprets it, ain't no one getting paid outchea in the runs most of us participate in, only egos & pride are on the wood at this point...er'body takes an occasional L, you'll be aight

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[darthska]

Playing basketball vs. anything other than a grown man puts you in a weird position competitively.

You can't go hard because you will be viewed as "trying too hard" but you also can't afford to take an L.

Yall can pretend I'm lying

It's not 'lying', but no, it's not all completely accurate.

Also not completely wrong.

As most things in life, it's not simple enough for absolute thinkin. Reality lies somewhere in the middle of "It's either this, or it's that."

 

[DCAllAfrican]

maybe i'm just not that uber competitive type but i never really play to just win, of course that's the preferred outcome...sometimes it's just to play, practice a skill/skills (this makes playing against lesser comp way more challenging/fun), get a good run in...i could not care less about how someone interprets it, ain't no one getting paid outchea in the runs most of us participate in, only egos & pride are on the wood at this point...er'body takes an occasional L, you'll be aight

Yea if I'm spending my time playing basketball I'm scratching a competitive itch and not just out there for cardio. Ain't about whether or not I'm getting paid but sometimes people are IN THE WAY. Men, women, kids.

If I'm playing with dudes that ain't playing forreal and making the GaME Not fun anymore, I'll just say something and/or excuse myself. I don't have time to waste man

 

[darthska]

^ Absolutely same.
A major issue between me and my son growing up is in the fact that if I'm playing, I'm definitely playing to win, but he definitely plays to have fun, couldn't GAF about the score.
At least that's how we view sports.
When it comes to his performance with drumsticks in his hand, though, or when he's on a subpar drum line, or if the entire band isn't on top of their game, he gets pissed.
So he does have that competitive spirit; just definitely not with sports.
Weird.

 

[tokes99]

Yea if I'm spending my time playing basketball I'm scratching a competitive itch and not just out there for cardio. Ain't about whether or not I'm getting paid but sometimes people are IN THE WAY. Men, women, kids.

If I'm playing with dudes that ain't playing forreal and making the GaME Not fun anymore, I'll just say something and/or excuse myself. I don't have time to waste man

i can see that perspective...if folk can't play to certain level, aren't playing seriously, or at least in earnest attempt to, it can take away from the fun (conversely, folk being too serious & competitive also does this )

 

[ryda421]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Interesting folks

 

[robpzee612]

 

[ogbobbyjohnson773]

maybe i'm just not that uber competitive type but i never really play to just win, of course that's the preferred outcome...sometimes it's just to play, practice a skill/skills (this makes playing against lesser comp way more challenging/fun), get a good run in...i could not care less about how someone interprets it, ain't no one getting paid outchea in the runs most of us participate in, only egos & pride are on the wood at this point...er'body takes an occasional L, you'll be aight

I have no issue playing with women
its def not that serious

the worst for me though is that uncoordinated dude that plays physical and wants to prove something
i am not trying to get hurt out here for free


thats actually why I stopped playing pickup
been like 10 years
I got super paranoid about getting injured
a poke to the eye, twisting your ankle, elbow to the teeth
you can be as careful as possible, but things happen so fast, and youre bound to get hurt somehow

 

[DCAllAfrican]

^ Absolutely same.
A major issue between me and my son growing up is in the fact that if I'm plain, I'm definitely playing to win, but he definitely plays to have fun, couldn't GAF about the score.
At least that's how we view sports.
When it comes to his performance with drumsticks in his hand, though, or when he's on a subpar drum line, or if the entire band isn't on top of their game, he gets pissed.
So he does have that competitive spirit; just definitely not with sports.
Weird.

It's not weird at all, everyone is like that. We are competitive in things we think we have a chance of being competitive in.

If ELon challenged you to a "History of Mars" competition, you wouldn't give two damns about winning/losing to him. Why? BEcause you don't care about the subject matter.

 

[ogbobbyjohnson773]

teeth knocked out during a pickup game his freshman year at oklahoma

 

[tokes99]

wild channel

I have no issue playing with women
its def not that serious

the worst for me though is that uncoordinated dude that plays physical and wants to prove something
i am not trying to get hurt out here for free


thats actually why I stopped playing pickup
been like 10 years
I got super paranoid about getting injured
a poke to the eye, twisting your ankle, elbow to the teeth
you can be as careful as possible, but things happen so fast, and youre bound to get hurt somehow

yea…injured my achilles in 2015, so i definitely feel the injury paranoia so play way less than i’d really like to & i’m not the type to hop in an adult/men’s league, which is the move most make to get in some decent/organized run & avoid some level of them man that are too out of control/reckless…but then you get the problem of man that take it too serious because they either trying to prove their hoop dreams & they put money up to play

now i mostly do basketball adjacent tings, practice (trying to) dunks, make up drills to do or just get shots up but i’ll play occasionally or if they need one & adjust how i play depending on the level of the run, usually at 50-75% effort anything more & i’ gotta get out there , to make it interesting if the comp is low sometimes i pick a random skill to work on (only finish w/the off hand, shoot every shot as a fadeaway, floater, stepback, work on a move & counters off it, etc.) or play facilitator, i used to hate running 1s but now king of the court is like my favorite thing because it cuts out a lot of the chaos of a full game

 

[moderndarwin]

truly belief in a prize is in the process mentality good stuff

 

[darthska]

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[kdawg]

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[Frankie Blue]

 

[Dark Brandon]

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[kdawg]

Five Guys has dropped off around here. Got burgers recently and just got one regular fries for me and my wife - which used to be a bag full - got this.

What a joke. Should have looked in the bag before I left - but you used to always get such a large portion that I didn't think about it. That was $8 or something too!

 

[willypete]

Five Guys has dropped off around here. Got burgers recently and just got one regular fries for me and my wife - which used to be a bag full - got this.

What a joke. Should have looked in the bag before I left - but you used to always get such a large portion that I didn't think about it. That was $8 or something too!

Yeah I’ve had this happening a little too often in the last 2 years which is sad. If the bag isn’t greasy as hell and slightly ripping, you know you getting cheated

Were your fries extra salty? Been a few times I had to do no salt because it seemed like someone just held the shaker over for a min or two

 

[Frankie Blue]

 

[kdawg]

Yeah I’ve had this happening a little too often in the last 2 years which is sad. If the bag isn’t greasy as hell and slightly ripping, you know you getting cheated

Were your fries extra salty? Been a few times I had to do no salt because it seemed like someone just held the shaker over for a min or two

They've always been pretty salty as standard - seemed about the same.

 

[SC kid]

 

[703 hwy]

I have no issue playing with women
its def not that serious

the worst for me though is that uncoordinated dude that plays physical and wants to prove something
i am not trying to get hurt out here for free


thats actually why I stopped playing pickup
been like 10 years
I got super paranoid about getting injured
a poke to the eye, twisting your ankle, elbow to the teeth
you can be as careful as possible, but things happen so fast, and youre bound to get hurt somehow

Facts. My boy who just kinda plays semi serious. Didn’t play in HS but will play pick up to fill in if they’re down a man type. He ended up playing pickup and ruptured his Achilles at like 32