Types of guys you will always find playing pick-up ball

The guy that plays with people that are less talented than him to make himself look good...

The guy that tries to fit into the older and more talented groups, but then fails hard.

The kid that claims that his shot is off, when really, he just plain sucks.

The kid that gets so pumped up over a pick-up game and after he wins, he parades around the court and acts all tough.

 

What about "Hand clap guy/whistle guy" The guy who regardless of position claps his hands and or whistles for you to get him the ball.

"Don't judge a book by it's cover guy" I fit in into this category, maybe Hispanic or white usually not very tall or quick looking. Usually never get's picked up(Unless someone seen him play before) but waits his next and when he steps on the court his game speaks volumes.

"Get mad a teamate for his bad play guy" Blames every mistake on his teamates!! Pass over your head? "Where you at!!" He get's took "Where's my help D at?"

"Missing layups guy" Spoonfed by others or in a breakaway this guy will not make a layup...ever!! Hell catching the ball is an accomplisment.

"No layups guy" Usually of Cuban decent, overplays you on D and will hand check you out of bounds. You will NOT, I mean NOT score a layup on him(That's what I hear). You can listen to "No layups guy" on 1560 on your am dial.

 

The sucky annoying guy that tries to pick up only guys that look like they can play on his squad.... Then he proceeds to try and throw a telegraphed ally-oop every friggin time to the dude he picked up even if he can't ball for ****.

 

The fatguy who thinks he's athletic.

The guy who is playing pick up games with is son, so all you hear is "come on son"

 

no one's mentioned this yet...

Serious Streetball Showboater : Particurly the And-1 type thugs. The one's that want to iso you 1 on 1 and embarrass you with some move they saw on the mixtapes. And they HAVE to let you know thats how they do it on the blacktops.

Nothing wrong with rubbing it in. Nothing wrong with fancying the game up and putting some swag into it. If you get beat bad, you suck. Lots of those guys are good ballers.

Its when it becomes all about them and doing things to get their boys approval. And everyone HAS to laugh out LOUD and dance and do all kinds of over-the-top celebration. And it turns the actual game into a complete joke of a sideshow, and everyone stops playing hard cuz no one's talking it seriously anymore. Sometimes in streetball you get the best and the worst.

 

"Tranny" guy?

 

i hate guys who keep cussing after every missed shot b/c it's their "off" days. in reality, they just suck.

me personally, im the 3pt man. love draining those 3s.

 

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And I quote Marc Jackson "Luis Scola: he's like the old guy at the Y, he just finds ways to beat you".

 

Marc Jackson would get beat by an old guy at the Y...

 

Mark Jackson IS the old guy at the Y.

 

What's so failing about someone who tries to better themselves with better competition? I guess you're the guy who plays with lesser skilled players so you can feel better about yourself. I'm just saying, you could have left out the "but" part.

 

The black hole on offense. Any basketball in his hands will not see his teammates again for that possession unless they can somehow steal it from him.

Combine this guy with the one that always calls fouls and you have one of the scourges I always gotta play with. What an awful combination.

 

This guy is hilarious
cause it is incredulous when you call him for PALMING
when he takes 8 steps between dribbles
or
double dribbling because he picks up the ball for 5 seconds between dribbles.



There is the guy that just likes to dunk . . . cause he just figured out how or something

Then their is the guy that falls alot .. dunno why but every play he ends up on the ground

Rocket River

 

The Pointy Guy
You know, the ultra skinny guy with the razor sharp elbows, knees, hips, etc... Every time he drives on you/posts up, you get one of his needle-like joints piercing into your ribs/face/back/legs etc...

I HATE that guy!

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Yeah that's the thing. If you can beat me and be flashy that's fine. You're just good. If you're traveling all over the place, I have a problem.

And, usually it's the young guy who hasn't quite figured out the and1 moves, screws it up, and wants you to let him continue dribbling.

 

I don't like the athletic guy who tries to shoot himself into the game even though his form is awful.

The guy who can actually create some space for himself and then jacks up the worse shot imaginable. A jumper that isn't even close, but everyone else just keeps giving him the ball because they think he must be a good shooter because he can get himself a shot.

 

Tmac?

DD

 

An extension of Black Hole Guy is Home Run Pass Guy, he only passes to cutters and only for homerun assists, if he cant find anyone doing that, he'll jack the shot up

I love that he's yelling to the whole team to CUT and it makes the other team know what to expect