Yes, you read right. I am coming out of basketball retirement. I honestly thought my basketball playing days were done. Sure, I subbed a few times since I retired but I hardly played in those games and my role was truly just a sub.
Coach Ron called me up and told me that they needed me to play to make 5. If I play then he would scrounge up 2 other players to round out the team. I suppose Jeff is the GM or the moneyman because as a signing bonus I got Tigers Woods 2007 on PS2.
I figured I owed it to Ron and Jeff to come out and play since they were having trouble fielding a team. For the past two days, I started working out again. Really, how much rust could there be from not playing in 9 months?
Umm, running is a problem. I have zero stamina, zero heart. I am like fat 10 year old, who has been smoking for 40 years. Granted, I hate running so I moved on to touching a basketball.
You know it is not a good sign, when you are walking up a hill, bouncing a ball and then losing control of the ball, causing it to go down a hill...where I have to chase a ball....and then am so tired from that brief sprint that I debated to go home or go back to the court.
I managed to hoof it up to the court where I proceed to air ball my first shot (from 6 feet away). I then try the infamous Tim Duncan bank shot. Um, yeah...ever see a ball not bank towards the basket but richochet in some unknown or unexplainable direction? Yeah, that was shot 4 or 5.
I then try to 'imagine' game situations and shots that I would want to take. It looked like I never shot a ball in my life. To the casual watcher, it may have looked like I was practicing banking in EVERY shot from every angle. It seemed as if I banked everything or airballed everything. In addition, while 'imagining' these game situations, I dribbled the ball off my foot more times than I can count. Any spin move and the ball was lost. I chaulked those up to behind the back pass practices though.
Rust. Age. Not a pretty picture. Next time, just as a suggestion...Ron, you may want to scout out retired players before needing them to play. I got 4 more days to shake off the rest.
5 days ago
2 comments:
"Scout our retired players before needing them to play???"
....You doubting my fantasy GM abilities? I usually do pretty well in all my fantasy basketball leagues since I know how to pick players who produce good stats (even retired ones) and that's definitely you!!!
Thanks for coming out of retirement!
ron-
not doubting your fantasy GM abilities. you have proven you kick my butt at that every season.
doubting your real life GM abilities. i have been shooting the ball really bad...against MYSELF the past two days.
i think the rust has welded on to my old body!
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