You should of tried, there are other leagues besides the NBA.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
[quote]lavi wrote:
[quote]sardines12 wrote:
Who has no work ethic in the NBA? (Besided a handful of players)[/quote]
that is the most retarded question ever.[/quote]
its referred to me.
Don’t take it so literal. My point was that some players get away with murder in the nba(not practicing nearly as much as others) and they still get to be starters cause they’re so damn good. These players don’t work nearly as half as kobe bryant,and that i do mean literally. [/quote]
We need to look at this realistically, War. When we hear things like “doesn’t take practice seriously” about guys like JR Rider or Iverson, that is in comparison to guys like Bryant or Jordan. The amount of work the supposed “slackers” put into their games would still blow most people away. These dudes have played A LOT of ball throughout their lives and spent a lot of time when they were younger working on moves, even if they didn’t consider it “practicing”. That was my problem. I had a lot of natural talent and athletic ability but I never really wanted to work for it. And the fact that I didn’t do anything with it is entirely my fault. That’s why my goal is to open a gym catering to highschool kids, so the kids who are willing to work for it, can.
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That’s all I was trying to get across.
[quote]sardines12 wrote:
You should of tried, there are other leagues besides the NBA. [/quote]
Trust me man, if I had it to do all over again things would be different. That ain’t how life works though. On the bright side I found T-Nation and I get to talk ball with y’all knotty headed motherfuckers, so things could be worse!
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
great post!!
wow… its kinda sad knowing that you can work 10 times harder than everybody else but at the end of the day, the player with the “genetics” and absolutely no work ethic will be starting.
That was nice of Tony to give you a shot at becoming a “pro” why didn’t you take it?!!! also, did you play him one on one? what happened?? [/quote]
It wasn’t necessarily a shot to go pro, it was a shot to tryout for various small schools around the south. You know man, I’ve thought a lot lately about why I didn’t take it and where my life would be. It wasn’t just him who tried to help me. A guy who trained several pro players [among them coincidentally enough was Kenny Smith] who saw me play at a high level rec league tried as well. There were a few guys who had connections who were down to help me. I think back and I realize I was lazy and scared of failure, or maybe even of success. I just didn’t want to work for anything. As sad as this sounds [and is to admit] I’d trade 20 years off the back end of my life to go back 10 from where I am right now. But, I have to live with the choices I’ve made. I posted about my gym idea for the future. If I see anyone with any kind of talent and no work ethic I’d like to take 'em under my wing and help them.[/quote]
I re-read… i though you said, nbdl. sorry. Doesnt the nbdl have try outs or something? have you though about going just for the fuck of it? i mean your 28,no? you can get yourself ready for a few months then go. I dont know… im crazy.
hey post those vids of you dunking!!
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
great post!!
wow… its kinda sad knowing that you can work 10 times harder than everybody else but at the end of the day, the player with the “genetics” and absolutely no work ethic will be starting.
That was nice of Tony to give you a shot at becoming a “pro” why didn’t you take it?!!! also, did you play him one on one? what happened?? [/quote]
It wasn’t necessarily a shot to go pro, it was a shot to tryout for various small schools around the south. You know man, I’ve thought a lot lately about why I didn’t take it and where my life would be. It wasn’t just him who tried to help me. A guy who trained several pro players [among them coincidentally enough was Kenny Smith] who saw me play at a high level rec league tried as well. There were a few guys who had connections who were down to help me. I think back and I realize I was lazy and scared of failure, or maybe even of success. I just didn’t want to work for anything. As sad as this sounds [and is to admit] I’d trade 20 years off the back end of my life to go back 10 from where I am right now. But, I have to live with the choices I’ve made. I posted about my gym idea for the future. If I see anyone with any kind of talent and no work ethic I’d like to take 'em under my wing and help them.[/quote]
I re-read… i though you said, nbdl. sorry. Doesnt the nbdl have try outs or something? have you though about going just for the fuck of it? i mean your 28,no? you can get yourself ready for a few months then go. I dont know… im crazy.
hey post those vids of you dunking!!
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I’ve had one knee surgery and been diagnosed with severe tendonitis in the other. If I could ever figure out this tendonitis thing then I’d be down to give it one more shot. As it is my knee is fucking killing me just sitting here typing. I can still dunk fairly easily though, and on certain days can do some fairly nice dunks. Other days I can’t walk without a limp. Here’s a simple 2-hander 3 or 4 months after my surgery.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
great post!!
wow… its kinda sad knowing that you can work 10 times harder than everybody else but at the end of the day, the player with the “genetics” and absolutely no work ethic will be starting.
That was nice of Tony to give you a shot at becoming a “pro” why didn’t you take it?!!! also, did you play him one on one? what happened?? [/quote]
It wasn’t necessarily a shot to go pro, it was a shot to tryout for various small schools around the south. You know man, I’ve thought a lot lately about why I didn’t take it and where my life would be. It wasn’t just him who tried to help me. A guy who trained several pro players [among them coincidentally enough was Kenny Smith] who saw me play at a high level rec league tried as well. There were a few guys who had connections who were down to help me. I think back and I realize I was lazy and scared of failure, or maybe even of success. I just didn’t want to work for anything. As sad as this sounds [and is to admit] I’d trade 20 years off the back end of my life to go back 10 from where I am right now. But, I have to live with the choices I’ve made. I posted about my gym idea for the future. If I see anyone with any kind of talent and no work ethic I’d like to take 'em under my wing and help them.[/quote]
I re-read… i though you said, nbdl. sorry. Doesnt the nbdl have try outs or something? have you though about going just for the fuck of it? i mean your 28,no? you can get yourself ready for a few months then go. I dont know… im crazy.
hey post those vids of you dunking!!
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I’ve had one knee surgery and been diagnosed with severe tendonitis in the other. If I could ever figure out this tendonitis thing then I’d be down to give it one more shot. As it is my knee is fucking killing me just sitting here typing. I can still dunk fairly easily though, and on certain days can do some fairly nice dunks. Other days I can’t walk without a limp. Here’s a simple 2-hander 3 or 4 months after my surgery.
thats some cat-like reflexes,son! after the surgery huh? how long ago was this? when was your first dunk? at your height, this is very impressive shit.
^^^ Thanks man. Yeah, wish I had some vids of when I was really playing before the surgery. I could do some pretty nice dunks. I can still put down a reverse and do some semi-nice stuff off of self lobs. If I can ever get this tendonitis under control I feel like I can get pretty close to where I was. My first dunk was at 16 or 17 at about 5’7".
EDIT: The surgery was late February of last year, so about a year and a half ago. That knee feels ok most of the time. It’s the other knee that has the bad tendonitis and that shit’s damn near crippling. I’m almost convinced it’s something way worse than tendonitis that the MRI missed. Probably me just being a baby.