http://thesportsgeeks.com/2009/11/24/common-pick-up-basketball-players-and-who-to-avoid/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:38:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thesportsgeeks.com/2009/11/24/common-pick-up-basketball-players-and-who-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-427 lathamtbelcher Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:08:49 +0000 http://thesportsgeeks.com/?p=940#comment-427 Can we add another category? It should be the Overly Intense Player. You know, the one who thinks he should bring Kevin Garnett Playoff Game 7 intensity to a pickup game. He's always beating his chest, giving taunting stares to the opponent, and DEMANDING the ball be put in his hands on the offensive end. On the flip side, he usually is a great rebounder and gets up and down the floor well. We should choose him, just to avoid the taunting stares and threats of being out-rebounded. I would give him a Teammate rating of 6 out of 10. Can we add another category? It should be the Overly Intense Player. You know, the one who thinks he should bring Kevin Garnett Playoff Game 7 intensity to a pickup game. He's always beating his chest, giving taunting stares to the opponent, and DEMANDING the ball be put in his hands on the offensive end. On the flip side, he usually is a great rebounder and gets up and down the floor well. We should choose him, just to avoid the taunting stares and threats of being out-rebounded. I would give him a Teammate rating of 6 out of 10.

]]> http://thesportsgeeks.com/2009/11/24/common-pick-up-basketball-players-and-who-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-406 lathamtbelcher Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:08:49 +0000 http://thesportsgeeks.com/?p=940#comment-406 Can we add another category? It should be the Overly Intense Player. You know, the one who thinks he should bring Kevin Garnett Playoff Game 7 intensity to a pickup game. He's always beating his chest, giving taunting stares to the opponent, and DEMANDING the ball be put in his hands on the offensive end. On the flip side, he usually is a great rebounder and gets up and down the floor well. We should choose him, just to avoid the taunting stares and threats of being out-rebounded. I would give him a Teammate rating of 6 out of 10. Can we add another category? It should be the Overly Intense Player. You know, the one who thinks he should bring Kevin Garnett Playoff Game 7 intensity to a pickup game. He's always beating his chest, giving taunting stares to the opponent, and DEMANDING the ball be put in his hands on the offensive end. On the flip side, he usually is a great rebounder and gets up and down the floor well. We should choose him, just to avoid the taunting stares and threats of being out-rebounded. I would give him a Teammate rating of 6 out of 10.

]]> http://thesportsgeeks.com/2009/11/24/common-pick-up-basketball-players-and-who-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-401 seowebmaster Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:23 +0000 http://thesportsgeeks.com/?p=940#comment-401 Playing a game of pick-up basketball is a right of passage for many young athletes who want to test their skills against others when it may not be basketball season or they aren’t on an official team and just want to play. Not many sports lend themselves to a pick-up game like basketball does and if you know where to look, you can find a game just about anywhere. I’ve played pick-up games of all varieties in many places, including some great games in China, and there’s something inherently great about meeting up with friends and strangers to play a game where you set your own rules, police yourself, and aren’t restrained by coaches and other pressures that come with organized games. There’s a freedom to it and connecting almost telepathically with a teammate that you have never played with before is a thing of beauty. Playing a game of pick-up basketball is a right of passage for many young athletes who want to test their skills against others when it may not be basketball season or they aren’t on an official team and just want to play. Not many sports lend themselves to a pick-up game like basketball does and if you know where to look, you can find a game just about anywhere. I’ve played pick-up games of all varieties in many places, including some great games in China, and there’s something inherently great about meeting up with friends and strangers to play a game where you set your own rules, police yourself, and aren’t restrained by coaches and other pressures that come with organized games. There’s a freedom to it and connecting almost telepathically with a teammate that you have never played with before is a thing of beauty.

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