It’s the weekend. You figure it’s a great day for basketball. You grab your gear. Rush towards the court. You get there just in time. Ten people, 5 on each side. Life is beautiful. Everything’s in its place. Then you play the game.
You get the teammates from hell…the AI wannabe (a.k.a. bwakaw) the guy who just got fouled (again), the coach on the floor, playground ‘Sheed. If you’ve played enough, you know what I mean. Let ESPN.com take you on a trip with these pick-up players we’d love to hate.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/090702/pickup1
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/070517
Funny thing…wherever you go, wherever you play, you get to play with at least one of these characters.
October 7, 2009 at 8:33 am
Yeah, I can totally relate to this.
ever wondered why the guy who always calls for a foul is called ‘nana’?
May 21, 2010 at 7:49 pm
The only way to deal with a Nana is to foul him hard and tell him that’s a foul hahaha
February 11, 2011 at 6:56 am
if you think a player who always calls for a foul or any violation when the ball is in his possession is bad, how about those who calls your offensive violations (even if they weren’t) every time? I call them “bad playing referee”. Believe it or not, even as young as 8 year old is guilty of this. “Maduga” is what kids in our area call these types of court mischiefs.