02-04-2008, 06:59 PM | #31 | |
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Neither do I, so we have that in common. Of course, I don't at any other time or palce, either.
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02-04-2008, 07:19 PM | #33 |
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Best defense I've ever seen used to keep guys off of you in the post was employed by a good friend of mine.
Kid was huge - probably only 6'2, but weighed a good 245, and MOST of it was solid muscle (especially after he discovered wrestling & football late in High School). At any rate, the kid would, after only five minutes of playing, completely drench his shirt in sweat. To the point where sweat was dripping off of him. NO ONE would touch the kid when he was that soaked except for me (and keep in mind, I was 5'10, and weighed 145 on a good day). And let me tell you, when guarding the point, and taking a screen from the kid where my open mouth ended up smack in the middle of his man-boobs, I decided to stop playing him quite so physically. The NEXT-best (or perhaps even better) method was one I employed. I went out to play some pick-up ball with my brother at a local church. My wife had fed me an hour or so before I left. She'd made Salmon-Loaf. It had a certain digestive reaction, producing a smell that was just short of lethal when escaping from either end. I chose to employ the toxin at the offensive end of the court. For the next five minutes, I was the only person willing to come within 20 feet of the basket. |
02-04-2008, 07:23 PM | #34 |
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Along those same lines, I once played pickup against a guy with a prosthetic arm.
It's one thing to get hacked by a normal person, it's quite another to get hacked by a club posing as an arm. I didn't want to get near him after that. Another time I played against a guy with really bad psoriasis on his arms. They were rough, scabby, and just about bleeding everywhere. I could still "feel" his arms rubbing against mine the whole way home. It was hard to mentally shake off. |
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I employ Spaz's defense. I sweat like crazy. Nobody posts me up.
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02-06-2008, 07:54 PM | #36 |
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The guy whose nose I broke--he has been getting chippy recently.
Last week, as I was guarding him, he took a little Karl Malone swing with his elbow, sort of as a warning and then said if I had my head down, I was getting an elbow. I said bring it on. (I already mentioned this I think, but background is necessary). So this week, he is driving to the basket and totally throws himself at me getting an elbow in. I was playing straight up D. He did a similar thing last week as well. So I got a little hot and told him "I see how it is." He was now entering cheap shot territory by purposefully trying to get in shots. Whereas, for example, when I broke his nose, it was on a loose ball, ball going out of bounds, full-speed, and he was behind me out of sight. So I'm getting a little hot. After a couple of possessions he tells me "I was wrong." And then after the games were done, apologized to me saying "I have been playing scared, and I was wrong." I love competition. |
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See, that's what I'm talking about.
Be careful Mike. I like you and wouldn't want anything bad happen to you.
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