When I Played Basketball

[DJShocker10]

I didn't play basketball, but I was the janitor for a really big college. I was never a student, but I felt I was smarter than most of the other kids that went there. And when no one was around I would solve really complex math equations. My best friend at that time was Ben Affleck.....

Boats and hoes...

[wusphlash]

When I played basketball you had to be careful not to get a splinter when removing the ball from the basket. A favorite ploy of the opposition was to distract us by having their cheerleaders show some ankle.

[WstateU]

Boats and hoes...

[Shocker-maniac]

I didn't play basketball often, but when I did I wasn't very good.

[Singeril]

I started playing organized ball when I was in 4th grade. I loved playing basketball all through junior high and high school and was named honorable mention All-State in Illinois. I went to a Division 3 college but couldn't go out for the team as there is no way I could fit it into my schedule. I did play IM ball--our team won the IM tournament one year. It was fun but we were lucky. Since then, I've enjoyed playing with my kids---My youngest son, who is now 18, still hasn't beat me in H-O-R-S-E. When I was a WSU student, I loved Friday morning pick-up games on the floor of Henry Levitt. This was before there was a Heskett Center. My ankles can't handle pick up games anymore---and I've gotten too fat!

[shockrah]

I'm a grumpy old man. I don't like the way things are now, they were better the way they used to be.
Why, in my day we didn't have no fancy schmancy basket and balls.
We'd had to find the tire rim we rolled down the street with a stick, take off the spokes and nail it to a tree. Then we'd dig up some old body and use the skull for a ball.
And we'd say, "Wohoo, look at me, I'm throwing a human skull through a rim I nailed to a tree.".
And we LIKED it!

[im4wsu]

I'm a grumpy old man. I don't like the way things are now, they were better the way they used to be.
Why, in my day we didn't have no fancy schmancy basket and balls.
We'd had to find the tire rim we rolled down the street with a stick, take off the spokes and nail it to a tree. Then we'd dig up some old body and use the skull for a ball.
And we'd say, "Wohoo, look at me, I'm throwing a human skull through a rim I nailed to a tree.".
And we LIKED it!

Wow, they had cars way back then...and humans?

[MoValley John]

Wow, they had cars way back then...and humans?

Those were horse carriage rims.

[KC Shox]

When I played basketball, I've sustained two ankle sprains on the same leg severe enough to make my skin turn black and blue from my toe nails to just underneath my knee cap. Both instances were due to landing on the other player's foot. I also broke my nose, (the bridge/bone in three places), while standing over a guy grabbing for a loose ball underneath the rim and he suddenly jumped up to put back the shot and the back of his head impacted my nose.

Never quite good enough to make the team for one simple reason, dribbling with my left hand needed work. Not terrible, but the higher level of basketball you get to, that weakness will be exposed. Parents, make sure your kids practice twice as much on dribbling with their off hand.

[DUShock]

In high school I was a shitty point guard on a bad basketball team, so I will differ to those more knowledgable. I would be the perfect HCGM player for those callers concerned about free throws, I was daggers but that was the peak of skillz. As the Gin Blossoms sang "If you don't expect too much from me then you might not be let down." For me basketball was fun but more something to do between football and track seasons.

I will say that when I played in the late 80's if you "touched" another player, it was a foul. The game has changed quite a bit from my days.

Go Shocks!

[DUShock]

A link to a pick-up game using Naismith's original rules:

https://youtu.be/0fL1TAp4VjQ

[Dan]

When I played basketball, I've sustained two ankle sprains on the same leg severe enough to make my skin turn black and blue from my toe nails to just underneath my knee cap. Both instances were due to landing on the other player's foot. I also broke my nose, (the bridge/bone in three places), while standing over a guy grabbing for a loose ball underneath the rim and he suddenly jumped up to put back the shot and the back of his head impacted my nose.

Never quite good enough to make the team for one simple reason, dribbling with my left hand needed work. Not terrible, but the higher level of basketball you get to, that weakness will be exposed. Parents, make sure your kids practice twice as much on dribbling with their off hand.

. Wes Washpun would disagree

[molly jabali]

I needed the early morning laugh...THANK YOU ALL!!!

[atlwsu]

I played BB at Horace Mann. My wife (we met at WSU), went to John Marshall. Her parents and her friends parents would not let them go to the game because they thought it was too dangerous because we were a bunch of thugs.

[ShockdaWorld]

High School basketball was a fun time in my life. Man that was a long time ago.