i think all we have to do is tell other people politely that we're trying to prepare for a league and would like to play with our players only. i think they'd understand.
I guess i stayed quiet cause i was on that team and just tried to play ball and not start BS with people. If i was on the other team i am sure i would have said something. Sometimes you just wanna play and ignore even your team mates haha
I actually thought about this, but each team would need an someone to sit there and concentrate on keeping track of everyone and what they are doing all game, every game. I would be fun to post stats for everyone on here though.
I already know what my stats are in a game that goes to 15. Points: zero to two points. (mostly on putbacks) Rebounds: probably four or five. Assists: hmm, probably two or three. Steals: maybe one or two. usually when a big guy tries to drive it in the lane, and he has the ball low, i can try to atleast hit the ball away from him or force it away. Blocks: I am good for atleast one block per game. Back to last monday night. There was some other guy that talked some **** too. He was the primary ball handler. He was either Jewish or Arab/Palestine. When I guarded him on D, he would run and dribble with his face down, and just his eyes up, and he would do some crazy looking **** with his eyes. yup. About playing with other people. I guess we can all wait til we get five of us on one side, and another five of us on another side. so um. Monday Night, 6:30. Eight bucks.
The longer this goes on, the more and more it looks like the whole thing will implode. No one on our team posts at all and RocketsRedGlare, Macalu, my brother and I were the only ones to show up last Monday. This includes our only true big guy, YaoWink who hasn't posted in weeks. We seriously need to get this thing finalized and get going or (those who have paid already) need to get our money back. I hate to sound like an ass or too worrisome, but we have not made ANY progress or did anything contructive (other then playing some full court games) in three weeks. We NEED to get roster or rosters finalized, we NEED to get enrolled, we NEED to make a quick decision on unis (could take weeks to get them delivered) and we NEED to get our focus on getting ready for a league by playing with our teammates to get a little continuity and chemistry. Biggie, you have been mysteriously quiet recently, what is the status of everything? Where do we completely stand?
well i'm still here, just haven't had anything to post since i couldn't make it last week. are you guys gonna stick with UH again this week? from the sounds of it, didn't seem too productive or worth the trouble that was there. anyway, this'll probably sound bad but paying just to practice every week is kinda more than i had intended to do, as its just another added cost with the jerseys and league fees we'll have to pay. don't get me wrong i'm still in for league play, my budget just can't swallow too many more 8 dollar practices that take me 45 mins to get to. i've been out to every practice outside the first and last ones we've had, so i think you guys know i'll be there to play. biggie, i think if you could let us know what's going on and set some deadlines, we'll be good to go as far as knowing who's in or not.
I understand the distress over the money and the distance. Trust me I'm in the same boat as you guys as well. I have a 24 hour fitness membership that I pay for as well for the basketball gym on top of all of this. 8 bucks a week would get any one of you a gym membership. Of course it's a bit late for all of that now. But here we go. Since clubmonkey is still unsure of their location for the league I've come up with this league at the YMCA near the galleria. http://www.postoakysports.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?orgid=39&tabindex=3&tabid=9 Registration date has ended but I emailed the coordinator and he's still registering teams so we need to act fast. Also this league will save us some money as well as it is 65 dollars cheaper per team. They will still have referees as well. Please bring your money to UH today as this is final notice. People who said they will paypal me haven't as of yet either. Email for paypal is mptran@usa.net. For those who paid already by check I will bring checks so you can give me a new check and I can refund some cash to those who paid cash. 7 team roster will still land about 55-56 bucks for YMCA but an 8 man roster will be a bit less. We could start playing later in the night and play outdoors like at UH outdoors. Their outdoors court is pretty nice and good comp out there. Also outdoors at marathon as well. Any other outdoor full courts you guys know of please let us know and suggest. I know I'm not the only one who knows of courts. Let's get this done guys, otherwise I'm seriously thinking about dropping this to one team. I'd like everyone to have as much fun as possible but we need a bit more participation, though a lot of this has fallen on my shoulders for being unable to find another league and locales that will let us play for free.
Hey Biggie, First of all, thanks for the update. Secondly, are you still looking at Mondays with that YMCA league? Also, I may have mis-read their website, but it says that games start in June. Considering we only have a few days left until July, did their seasons get pushed back or what? I'm going to try and help find a court as well. There has got to be one somewhere that we can all agree on. Unless you guys want to take a drive down to Sugar Land and play on my goal in the cul-de-sac. LOL!!
I am in a league up here in Arkansas with several of my friends in a city called Paragould. We have won our first two games, the last one by 40.
thanks a lot for the update biggie, your work is very much appreciated. since i'm skipping my usual lunchbreak workout, i'll be there at UH with checkbook in hand. just for the record, today we'll still be at UH indoor courts at 6:30? me and my friend will be there.
That is correct. Also remembre guys. 8 bucks pays for use of the gym equipment and pool as well. Bring your swimming trunks and go for a swim or hit the weights. Some of you guys definitely need it tee hee!!
Hey Biggie, how positive are you about the ticketing up there? I actually spent the $2 last time and I plan to just re-hang the tag they gave me even though last Monday's date is stamped.
I'm positive as of 1999 I used to get tickets all the time from them as a student but since my car is not registered in their system they couldn't pin the ticket on me. Until they towed after several tickets. Of course things could have changed since then. It's summer time. I think they are really lenient since there is plenty of parking space
good games, y'all. two things i'm looking forward to... ...having refs to call everything. we seem to get out the habit of respecting a call (no matter how stupid of a call it may be). ...having people sub in. myself included, we need to get back on defense just as fast we run down to the offense end to try to score a bucket. is it fatigue? maybe, maybe no. anyway... i hope that i'm game for next week. wrong area got phocked up when i fell on the court in the last game. i'll save the details.
