Do You Hoop?

[ABM]

I mean, like, backyard pickup, local organized, church league, or such?

If so, what's your best position, and are you decent/good? BB style-wise, which Blazer might you most aligned with - past or present?

 

[ABM]

Rumor has it, Eric is a closet hooper. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Chris Craig]

Yep. I sometimes play organized at the gym. Haven't been in awhile. Play pick up games at the nearby court. During the summer I meet up with peeps on here and play.

Guard. I can guard bigger people though. Im not as good as I used to be, but I can still shoot the three pretty well. More so when someone is in my face.

 

[Chris Craig]

Rumor has it, Eric is a closet hooper. I could be wrong, though.

Which Eric?

 

[ABM]

I used to play church league. Was a guard, Pretty good assist guy. Decent shot. But, again, pretty good assist guy.

One thing I learned about church league: Brutal. These guys play for keeps.

 

[ABM]

Which Eric?

Millegan.

 

[Chris Craig]

I used to play church league. Was a guard, Pretty good assist guy. Decent shot. But, again, pretty good assist guy.

One thing I learned about church league: Brutal. These guys play for keeps.

I grew up playing street ball. No fouls. Took some big hits. Played with broken fingers and toes and sprains and all sorts of injuries.

 

[Chris Craig]

Millegan.

He plays basketball. We play sometimes when he is around.

I don't care for your joke by the way.

 

[ABM]

I grew up playing street ball. No fouls. Took some big hits. Played with broken fingers and toes and sprains and all sorts of injuries.

Man, that's rough. LOL

I played a lot of 3-on-3 halfcourt. Had to always take it beyond the halfcourt line on change of possession. That's a pretty fun game right there. Used to play pickup games at Greenway Park (SW Greenway near Hall Blvd.) in Tigard. Those were some fantastic times!

 

[Mediocre Man]

He plays basketball. We play sometimes when he is around.

I don't care for your joke by the way.

About Eric being a closeted hooper?

Funny. I think the humor is in the fact Eric himself came in here and said he had sex, or “hooped” with an NBA player. Eric is very open about his sexuality, which is fantastic.

As for hooping, I am in a local 50 and older league here. Also an adult hockey league

 

[ABM]

As for hooping, I am in a local 50 and older league here. Also an adult hockey league

You sound like the perfect candidate for church league.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

As for hooping, I am in a local 50 and older league here. Also an adult hockey league

I will keep to myself all the double-entendres about "adult hockey" that came flooding to my mind, but rest assured that they are numerous.

 

[bigbailes]

Haven't played in awhile but when I did it was an undersized post, think a Charles Barkley type with .000001% of the athleticism of the Round Mound. Not much of an outside shot but ok from midrange and around the basket on the roll after setting a mean pick and loved to make the extra pass out of the PnR for an easier shot. Should also mention I played offensive line and most of my basketball game resembled that more than real skill. Haven't played in probably 5-6 years (working 70 hours a week will do that) but would love to get back at it, even in my early 40's.

 

[ABM]

I will keep to myself all the double-entendres about "adult hockey" that came flooding to my mind, but rest assured that they are numerous.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/810667-a-benders-dictionary-hockey-slang-you-may-or-may-not-know

 

[tlongII]

I haven’t played since my mid-40’s and I’m 64 now. I was pretty good though.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Haven't played in awhile but when I did it was an undersized post, think a Charles Barkley type with .000001% of the athleticism of the Round Mound. Not much of an outside shot but ok from midrange and around the basket on the roll after setting a mean pick and loved to make the extra pass out of the PnR for an easier shot. Should also mention I played offensive line and most of my basketball game resembled that more than real skill. Haven't played in probably 5-6 years (working 70 hours a week will do that) but would love to get back at it, even in my early 40's.

Much of this is me, but I'm less an undersized post so much as a typical unathletic white stiff (people called me "Dudley" in high school for obvious reasons). Love to defend (post and perimeter), rebound, block shots, and I have decent court vision for a big guy, but I am pretty inept offensively.

 

[ABM]

Haven't played in awhile but when I did it was an undersized post, think a Charles Barkley type with .000001% of the athleticism of the Round Mound. Not much of an outside shot but ok from midrange and around the basket on the roll after setting a mean pick and loved to make the extra pass out of the PnR for an easier shot. Should also mention I played offensive line and most of my basketball game resembled that more than real skill. Haven't played in probably 5-6 years (working 70 hours a week will do that) but would love to get back at it, even in my early 40's.

Do you remember "Bottom"? IIRC, that was his nickname). Heh.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I mean, like, backyard pickup, local organized, church league, or such?

If so, what's your best position, and are you decent/good? BB style-wise, which Blazer might you most aligned with - past or present?

I coach my kids and sometimes get roped into playing. Sometimes play with the guys at Oregon City Church of the Nazarene Saturday mornings.

I'm not terrible if I play regularly, but I don't know how to take it easy (and I'm over 300lbs). So if I play regularly for a week or more (enough time to get more competitive and forget to take it easy) I just wind up with an injury. And now I take forever to heal. So I try to avoid live action unless I happen to be there and a sub is needed.

If anybody is looking for pickup games on Saturdays there is usually a good group of guys (sometimes gals as well) playing at Oregon City Church of the Nazarene Saturday mornings at 10am.

 

[ABM]

I Coach my kids and sometimes get roped into playing. Sometimes play with the guys at Oregon City Church of the Nazarene Saturday mornings.

I'm not terrible if I play regularly, but I don't know how to take it easy (and I'm over 300lbs). So if I play regularly for a week or more (enough time to get more competitive and forget to take it easy) I just wind up with an injury. And now I take forever to heal. So I try to avoid live action unless I happen to be there and a sub is needed.

If anybody is available on Saturdays there is usually a good group of guys (sometimes gals as well) playing at Oregon City Church of the Nazarene Saturday mornings at 10am

Here's a little trick: Don't cut your hair. You'll be virtually invincible!

 

[Phatguysrule]

Here's a little trick: Don't cut your hair. You'll be virtually invincible!

I've had a buzz cut since 3rd grade. I hate hair.

 

[ABM]

I've had a buzz cut since 3rd grade. I hate hair.

No worries. It was a silly play on Samson - a Nazirite.

 

[Hoopguru]

At 72 all I do now is shoot some at 24hr after I work out. Ive got two new knees which prevents me from running.
I played Milwaukie Elks league till mid 40's.
Started in Gray Y at Ockley Green late 50's.

 

[MickZagger]

At 72 all I do now is shoot some at 24hr after I work out. Ive got two new knees which prevents me from running.
I played Milwaukie Elks league till mid 40's.
Started in Gray Y at Ockley Green late 50's.

You play against Terry Baker?

 

[Hoopguru]

You play against Terry Baker?

Lived close by but he was older.

 

[tlongII]

At 72 all I do now is shoot some at 24hr after I work out. Ive got two new knees which prevents me from running.
I played Milwaukie Elks league till mid 40's.
Started in Gray Y at Ockley Green late 50's.

I just got a new left knee Friday. This might be the most painful thing I’ve ever dealt with!

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Much of this is me, but I'm less an undersized post so much as a typical unathletic white stiff (people called me "Dudley" in high school for obvious reasons). Love to defend (post and perimeter), rebound, block shots, and I have decent court vision for a big guy, but I am pretty inept offensively.

I question some of this!!!!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I question some of this!!!!

Question away!

 

[STOMP]

I was a basketball junkie playing 4-5 times a week on various rec league teams around the Bay Area and the best pick up games I could find from my late teens until my late 40s. I'm 5'10 and was a good enough athlete to grab the rim, run a 5 minute mile and played with/against many college and pro players. My main skill was my J which I could comfortably shoot pulling up off the dribble going left or right. While I often started games trying to be a playmaker/PG, I was a scorer at heart and would revert to form as soon as the endorphins hit.

Both knees have now been scoped, so Bball is behind me. I miss it tremendously.

STOMP

 

[wizenheimer]

I just got a new left knee Friday. This might be the most painful thing I’ve ever dealt with!

I haven't had a knee replacement, but I know plenty of people who have, including my wife. And they agree: the recovery is painful and difficult

from what I have seen you have to 'power thru' the pain. You have to keep moving and flexing the knee; don't settle for long periods of no-motion. My wife didn't move the new knee enough and scar tissue built up making the new joint less flexible than it should be. She had to go in for a follow up procedure that flexed the knee to extreme angles, under direct pressures, breaking up the scar tissue. Then, for 3 weeks she had to spend 2 hours at a time, 3 times a day, strapped to a knee flexion machine which kept bending and unbending her knee so the scar tissue would be absorbed instead of forming again. Misery squared

good luck on your recovery. You need to have two functioning knees so you can bow down to the Ducks in an appropriate fashion...

 

[Hoopguru]

I just got a new left knee Friday. This might be the most painful thing I’ve ever dealt with!

Its a pretty gruesome procedure and extremely painful for the first few weeks. Stay in front of the pain.
I wish I had dome mine a fews years earlier. Im very pleased with mine.
Hang in there and do those exercises. My wife had one done last year and there was so much scar tissue from previous surgeries they had to put her out again and manipulate/break it up which was a tough ordeal for her.