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[GGGG]

Be more specific. Are you good at behind the back passes? How do you wear your socks? Elliot Perry style? Do you like to go up and under in the post or shoot a fade-away? Were MU players impressed with your game? Which intramural league, A or B?

The humor is in the absurd details.

I wear long socks low...I never shoot a fade away...I don't really like to post up much because I'm kind of an Amare like kitten.

It was the B league.  We won as sophomores, but were unable to defend our title because we had to forfeit the semifinal game for arguing with the refs.  And it wasn't just any ref...it was the girlfriend of one of our players...and he was screaming at her more than anyone.  They didn't last much longer after that...and by "much longer" I mean two minutes.

[MerrittsMustache]

6'3" and couldn't dunk? What about with a girls ball? Everyone over 6'0" should be able to throw down at least a girls' ball 

I was 4 for 5 on in-game dunks during my illustrious high school career. Unfortunately, none of my friends ever wanted to talk about the 4 successful attempts. I also once bloodied the nose of a female spectator with a behind the back pass while playing at the Rec Center. In my defense, she shouldn't have been standing there.

[MUCam]

You people need to step down from the self-promotion platform and let a real champ take position up there.

Can you say 111-23 NES Double Dribble Score? Boston v. Chicago. That is skill.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I knew choosing to follow the "goodgreatgrand" NYC playground legend down the path of skillz dropping would be sure to result in entertainment and ridicule..just glad that I wasn't the original poster to start the skill dropping...

Feel free to pile on all Scoopers..I fully realize I opened myself up for some ridicule..but it is all worth it to illustrate how ridiculous it was for "goodgreatgrand" Syracuse fan to start the skillz dropping.

Just to be clear, I'm not taking a personal shot at anybody... just laughing at the absurdity of intramural washouts boasting about their basketball ability. I'm picturing chubby white guys at keyboards remembering the days when they could cross over guys at the rec.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I wear long socks low...I never shoot a fade away...I don't really like to post up much because I'm kind of an Amare like kitten.

It was the B league.  We won as sophomores, but were unable to defend our title because we had to forfeit the semifinal game for arguing with the refs.  And it wasn't just any ref...it was the girlfriend of one of our players...and he was screaming at her more than anyone.  They didn't last much longer after that...and by "much longer" I mean two minutes.

That's a great story. Please tell me you still rip on that guy for this. 

[GGGG]

6'3" and couldn't dunk? What about with a girls ball? Everyone over 6'0" should be able to throw down at least a girls' ball 

I have the hands...just not the ups.  The best I could ever do is curl the tips of my fingers over the rim. 

[GGGG]

That's a great story. Please tell me you still rip on that guy for this. 

Well, we have some laughs over a few beers whenever we talk about it.  He lives about 400 miles from me and neither of us are near Milwaukee so I haven't seen him in about 3 years. 

It ended well because his next girlfriend was way prettier and way nicer.  They're married with a bunch of kids.

[NersEllenson]

It ended well because his next girlfriend was way prettier and way nicer.  They're married with a bunch of kids.

Yeah...as I think about it...a girl that is into refereeing basketball..probably isn't the sexiest thing ever..and quite possibly she would have changed teams on your friend down the road..for the girls team.

[reinko]

Just wasted a good 5 minutes on youtube...here is the best fail IMHO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlZhVcErrGE

[Skatastrophy]

I'm 6'3"...42 yo....could never dunk....still play a couple times a week.

But I won a intramural championship as a sophomore.

Does that thrill you 2002???

I won the Innertube Water Polo championship my freshman year.

What this means... I'm not quite sure.  Only time will tell.

[thanooj]

5'10"
b league 3 on 3 champs
b league 5 on 5 champs

played at rec freshman year and had to "guard" tony miller.  that was ugly.
same game - my 6'2" teammate and roommate got back picked and switch and wound up on the receiving end of a Ron Curry drop step posterizing dunk.  Damon Key turns around and says to him, "Man, play some post defense!"  AWESOME!!

[jtrash37]

5' 8" white guy, never dunked.

I got posterized on a Bruce Hayes to Ty Baldwin alley-oop at the Rec center. 

Ners = Mark Harris????

[NersEllenson]

5' 8" white guy, never dunked.

I got posterized on a Bruce Hayes to Ty Baldwin alley-oop at the Rec center. 

Ners = Mark Harris????

Nope - However, Mark and I played alot of Rec Ball together...Mark's only 5'8"..and his hops were slightly better than mine..his signature was the 2-hand reverse dunk.  There were about 5 of us "civilians" who played a lot at the Rec who could throw down pretty well..between 1993-1997...a kid from the Appleton area by the name of Brad...a kid from the Germantown area by the name of Skow..myself..and a couple of other guys...

[tower912]

5'10 white guy.   Touched rim but never dunked.   <6' champs freshman year, B-dorm champs Soph, B- Open champs Junior, senioritis senior year.    Rec center highlight, yelling at Paul Molitor to get his ass back on defense.   

[Slim]

I once made a shot off the chimney hanging out my bedroom window in a game of horse.

[4everwarriors]

I'm 6'3"...42 yo....could never dunk....still play a couple times a week.

But I won a intramural championship as a sophomore.

Does that thrill you 2002???

You don't average more than 22 putts/round do you?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I dunked while getting a bj from a hot chick.

True story. 

[drewm88]

I was the 2nd kid in my class to touch the net back in grade school. 

[Pakuni]

I dunked while getting a bj from a hot chick.

True story. 

Well, I believe the dunking part.

[4everwarriors]

I don't believe any of it.

[Dawson Rental]

Find the kid a JC and sign him up to be the next warrior!

I'm guessing that you're the kind of guy who when he narrowly misses getting into a car accident, backs his car up and speeds as fast as he can into the pile up.

[MUBurrow]

my 4th grade team played in a 5th grade tournament and i had 11 points in a game including 6 on three pointers. well, they would have been six but 5th grade basketball only gives two points for threes to discourage kids from hoisting them - no wonder USA basketball is going to crap vs the int'l game.  i am 100% convinced that if i had been given 6 instead of 4, i would have become the american hedo turkoglu.

[QuetteHoops]

5'9'' any dunk you want...still.

I don't mean to brag

[reinko]

5'9'' any dunk you want...still.

I don't mean to brag
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Brag, by all means...a clip of you doing any of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVC3yBHjNvo

[mikem91288]

it really takes something special to not qualify at an SEC school. Maybe he just skipped all of high school.