How close were YOU to the NBA?

[lakerman34]

7th and 8th grade I was in the paper as "THE NEXT GREAT PLAYER FROM EMMAUS?"
I averaged 21points,11rebounds,7assists,4blocks,3steals
Then, my AAU team 8th grade made me a defender, and I was scoring about 10 a game, but my rebounds, blocks, steals went up.
I used to be made fun of my jumper cuz it looked unorthodox, but I was hitting 3 3s a game. So, in camp, they changed my J and it "looked" better, but it wasn't falling.
Then, freshman year, we had a group of kids who COULDN'T play. I was primarily a defender, only averaged 8 PPG, but averaged 6 steals, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 7 assists. I was primarily a guard.
Sophomore year, the coach told me he was looking forward for me to play big minutes on JV, I played 2 minutes a night, every time I went in I scored right away and defended well, and the coaches STILL benched me. I was on the craziest AAU team I was ever on the next summer, and I came into summer league IN THE BEST SHAPE OF MY LIFE, was nailing every shot, SO CLOSE to dunking in game, and the coaches, again, even though I scored 10 points in garbage time, refused to play me. So I quit.

 

[JCB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jul 4 2008, 01:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 3 2008, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I've dunked on Kid Chocolate before.</div>


That's a lie.

4 years of D-1 college ball.
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Nice. KC is Pat Calathes.

I've played on the CAA/Izod Center floor two times before.

 

[cpawfan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jdroma @ Jul 4 2008, 05:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When I was in elementary school My high school team played against Tim Thomas and he scored 51 points against us (This was in Nutley BTW. We were horrible and we were in a strong division)

In high school I played 1 year of varsity as point guard and that is pretty much it.

oh yeah, a few months ago, I served food for a few Nets players (Kidd, VC, Krstic, Diop, etc) in TGIF by Clifton.

A couple months later at the end of the NBA season, I served food for Marcus Williams. He is an asshole and he didn't give a lot of tip.</div>

Who knew Marcus Williams was such a Scottie Pippen fan?

Seriously though, I find poor tipping to be a huge character flaw.

 

[tim]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jul 4 2008, 12:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 3 2008, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I've dunked on Kid Chocolate before.</div>


That's a lie.

4 years of D-1 college ball.
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Whereat?

 

[JCB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tim @ Jul 4 2008, 06:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jul 4 2008, 12:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 3 2008, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I've dunked on Kid Chocolate before.</div>


That's a lie.

4 years of D-1 college ball.
</div>
Whereat?
</div>

In-His-Dreams State University.

 

[Kid Chocolate]

Penn.

I'm smart, too.

 

[GMJ]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jul 4 2008, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Penn.

I'm smart, too.</div>

haha liar. Well I'll give you smart, but you're not modest. I can't believe you're wearing a sig featuring yourself.