See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Let me try to be a little clearer with my points ... it's fair that I've been responding to different aspects and points and likely not solidified any real opinion in full so let me be clear
1) There's plenty of evidence to suggest that there are NBA caliber players that come out of Seattle and Washington St
2) UW has historically not done well keeping in-state players at UW
3) Many of the recent players coming out of the Seattle area and AAU scene over the last 10 years or so has been iffy IMO in terms of doing much of anything (I think this coincides with the FOH vs Seattle Rotary world)
Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been a total of 61 players that have either played in the NBA and/or ABA and of those 61, 29 of those started in the NBA in the last 20 years (https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=WA). It's probably missing a few local kids that have been born outside of the area, but it's a decent list to start the discussion.
Sorting the list by the top 20 scorers (overall points), only 6 of the 20 played college hoops at UW (James Edwards, IT, Nate, BRoy, and Spencer/Steve Hawes).
When you look at the list, what you see is a bunch of dudes that left the area for college: Jamal Crawford (Michigan), Jason Terry (Arizona), Marvin Williams (UNC), Doug Christie (Pepperdine), Avery Bradley (Texas), Aaron Brooks (Oregon), and Zach LaVine (UCLA). This list isn't including guys off the top of my head that I know were Western Washington guys that left like Michael Dickerson and Luke Ridnour.
If we go more recently of guys that we missed on not previously mentioned you can add to the list guys like Kevin Porter (USC), Allonzo Trier (Arizona), Peyton Siva (Louisville), and Terrence Williams (Louisville) over the last 10 years
So my point on the Seattle/Washington recruiting base is that while I have no problem acknowledging that there's talent, there's really not a huge amount of evidence to suggest that local kids are looking to stay home. In fact, the evidence suggests more often than not that they are prepared to leave home.
And to this idea that Hop hasn't recruited locally is one that doesn't really resonate with me ... in last year's class he signed McDaniels (Federal Way), Battle (Marysville Pilchuck), and Tsohonis (Portland) ... so when you are getting 3 guys from essentially your NW footprint, that's telling me that you're recruiting locally.
Someone mentioned that the 2020 class is pretty much trash locally ... and it's showing in that we've got nothing. We went for more big time recruits and we've failed big time there. This is where not having a recruiting strategy that hits internationally, etc. becomes a major issue.
I'm not trying to doog here but I really don't know what people are expecting out of Hopkins ... it seems like a massive amount of Monday Morning QB'ing to me. This year has sucked ... no question. But nobody would have looked at the recruiting class for this year and been disappointed in terms of quality or attention locally. The question for me is how he pivots off of this year whether it be one and done's vs widening his net for years where the local base isn't worth a damn, etc. Does he focus on recruiting the best talent possible and trying to figure it out or does he focus more on culture and fits? Is targeting more 3 and 4 year players going forward?
There's a whole laundry list of items to look at in terms of the on court product. I think @RoadDawg55 is on to something in saying that I think one of Hop's big misses (and this is a consistent Syracuse issue) is that he leaned more to long and lanky athletes instead of guys that can shoot. The game has shifted to the ability to space the court and shoot being the most important skill in the game (followed closely on being able to penetrate and create shots for others). We all can bitch at scheme but ultimately at some point players have to play with effort and execute. I've seen way too many examples of guys making selfish plays and creating difficult situations for themselves to just sit there and not say that the players have some accountability for it.
As for the season, my explanation for what has gone wrong is as follows:
1) Quade Green being academically ineligible
The team was 11-4 with Green and is 1-10 since then. When you look at the numbers, it makes a ton of sense as to why as Quade had the highest offensive rating of anybody on the roster and was the only significant player that had a defensive rating over 100 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/washington/2020.html). It's fair to be critical of Quade for not only not handling his business, but also to question what oversight was in place to prevent this from happening. It's impossible not to see how important Green's absence is when 7 of the 10 losses since Quade has been ineligible have been by 6 points or less.
2) Lack of defense/effort = immaturity
Everybody wants to play offense ... it's a sign of any young and immature player at any level of play in any sport. They want the glory that comes with the highlight and getting points. Anybody that has played any amount of sports knows that games are one through details and effort. Anybody that has played hoops knows the importance of getting on the ground for loose balls. We don't do that ... we waist bend. It's like people are afraid to get hurt. But the defense is bad. The hustle back is bad. The defensive rating on this team is putrid. Stewart is at 92.9, McDaniels at 94.2, and Carter at 94.5. When your 3 best players aren't putting in a great work rate defensively, it's going to filter across the team.
3) Naz wasn't able to take the leap
One of the areas that was required for this team to take a leap forward this year was Naz taking a leap forward and getting into a leadership role as a Junior. Instead of taking the reigns and running, particularly after Green got suspended, he's pretty much turned into a guy that is a high end role player at best as every single metric for him is either the same or worst this year. His shooting % is down as his shot selection isn't great. He remains a low 60% FT shooter. His scoring per 40 minutes is at comparable levels even though he's in theory being given more opportunities. His rating on both ends of the floor have taken dramatic dips. Not taking a step up to at least an honorable conference level, he's basically just turned into a supporting piece and shifted the brunt of the burden on the shoulders of young players that aren't ready to handle it.
The Improbable come from behind victory against Baylor showed a grit and determination that erased any doubt the young freshman wouldn't be ready for prime time.
Now a double digits lead in the second half is a guaranteed collapse.
Probably a pretty uncomfortable locker room. Stewart is one of my favorite Huskies of all time, too bad it had to be like this.
What's crazy is they still have the talent to win the P12 tourney.
Exactly
They could just as easily be at the top of the P12 as the bottom of it
Ummm, you haven't watched the last 10 games.
Talent isn’t why they are where they are
They’ve been in positions to win basically every game they’ve played
I don’t expect them to do much of anything going forward
I do think they probably win 2 of their last 3 at home
spoken like a true Coug
By your standards Derek, that's a pretty good one
Only problem is that since Quade got suspended and UW has gone 1-10 since then, 7 of their 10 losses have been by 6 or less points. The only game where they were legitimately blown out was at Colorado.
The day that this site actually looks at things objectively instead of wanting to scorch the earth on everything will be the day that Hell Freezes Over and the USA turns into the United Socialists of America
Have to say this: nobody hangs on to a bad argument with the tenacity of Tequilla. Mad respeck broh.
Let me try to be a little clearer with my points ... it's fair that I've been responding to different aspects and points and likely not solidified any real opinion in full so let me be clear
1) There's plenty of evidence to suggest that there are NBA caliber players that come out of Seattle and Washington St
2) UW has historically not done well keeping in-state players at UW
3) Many of the recent players coming out of the Seattle area and AAU scene over the last 10 years or so has been iffy IMO in terms of doing much of anything (I think this coincides with the FOH vs Seattle Rotary world)
Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been a total of 61 players that have either played in the NBA and/or ABA and of those 61, 29 of those started in the NBA in the last 20 years (https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=WA). It's probably missing a few local kids that have been born outside of the area, but it's a decent list to start the discussion.
Sorting the list by the top 20 scorers (overall points), only 6 of the 20 played college hoops at UW (James Edwards, IT, Nate, BRoy, and Spencer/Steve Hawes).
When you look at the list, what you see is a bunch of dudes that left the area for college: Jamal Crawford (Michigan), Jason Terry (Arizona), Marvin Williams (UNC), Doug Christie (Pepperdine), Avery Bradley (Texas), Aaron Brooks (Oregon), and Zach LaVine (UCLA). This list isn't including guys off the top of my head that I know were Western Washington guys that left like Michael Dickerson and Luke Ridnour.
If we go more recently of guys that we missed on not previously mentioned you can add to the list guys like Kevin Porter (USC), Allonzo Trier (Arizona), Peyton Siva (Louisville), and Terrence Williams (Louisville) over the last 10 years
So my point on the Seattle/Washington recruiting base is that while I have no problem acknowledging that there's talent, there's really not a huge amount of evidence to suggest that local kids are looking to stay home. In fact, the evidence suggests more often than not that they are prepared to leave home.
And to this idea that Hop hasn't recruited locally is one that doesn't really resonate with me ... in last year's class he signed McDaniels (Federal Way), Battle (Marysville Pilchuck), and Tsohonis (Portland) ... so when you are getting 3 guys from essentially your NW footprint, that's telling me that you're recruiting locally.
Someone mentioned that the 2020 class is pretty much trash locally ... and it's showing in that we've got nothing. We went for more big time recruits and we've failed big time there. This is where not having a recruiting strategy that hits internationally, etc. becomes a major issue.
I'm not trying to doog here but I really don't know what people are expecting out of Hopkins ... it seems like a massive amount of Monday Morning QB'ing to me. This year has sucked ... no question. But nobody would have looked at the recruiting class for this year and been disappointed in terms of quality or attention locally. The question for me is how he pivots off of this year whether it be one and done's vs widening his net for years where the local base isn't worth a damn, etc. Does he focus on recruiting the best talent possible and trying to figure it out or does he focus more on culture and fits? Is targeting more 3 and 4 year players going forward?
There's a whole laundry list of items to look at in terms of the on court product. I think @RoadDawg55 is on to something in saying that I think one of Hop's big misses (and this is a consistent Syracuse issue) is that he leaned more to long and lanky athletes instead of guys that can shoot. The game has shifted to the ability to space the court and shoot being the most important skill in the game (followed closely on being able to penetrate and create shots for others). We all can bitch at scheme but ultimately at some point players have to play with effort and execute. I've seen way too many examples of guys making selfish plays and creating difficult situations for themselves to just sit there and not say that the players have some accountability for it.
As for the season, my explanation for what has gone wrong is as follows:
1) Quade Green being academically ineligible
The team was 11-4 with Green and is 1-10 since then. When you look at the numbers, it makes a ton of sense as to why as Quade had the highest offensive rating of anybody on the roster and was the only significant player that had a defensive rating over 100 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/washington/2020.html). It's fair to be critical of Quade for not only not handling his business, but also to question what oversight was in place to prevent this from happening. It's impossible not to see how important Green's absence is when 7 of the 10 losses since Quade has been ineligible have been by 6 points or less.
2) Lack of defense/effort = immaturity
Everybody wants to play offense ... it's a sign of any young and immature player at any level of play in any sport. They want the glory that comes with the highlight and getting points. Anybody that has played any amount of sports knows that games are one through details and effort. Anybody that has played hoops knows the importance of getting on the ground for loose balls. We don't do that ... we waist bend. It's like people are afraid to get hurt. But the defense is bad. The hustle back is bad. The defensive rating on this team is putrid. Stewart is at 92.9, McDaniels at 94.2, and Carter at 94.5. When your 3 best players aren't putting in a great work rate defensively, it's going to filter across the team.
3) Naz wasn't able to take the leap
One of the areas that was required for this team to take a leap forward this year was Naz taking a leap forward and getting into a leadership role as a Junior. Instead of taking the reigns and running, particularly after Green got suspended, he's pretty much turned into a guy that is a high end role player at best as every single metric for him is either the same or worst this year. His shooting % is down as his shot selection isn't great. He remains a low 60% FT shooter. His scoring per 40 minutes is at comparable levels even though he's in theory being given more opportunities. His rating on both ends of the floor have taken dramatic dips. Not taking a step up to at least an honorable conference level, he's basically just turned into a supporting piece and shifted the brunt of the burden on the shoulders of young players that aren't ready to handle it.
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
The dude that’s always getting beat is ALWAYS the one crying about switching to zone. Or the fat guy. Sometimes they’re the same person
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
The dude that’s always getting beat is ALWAYS the one crying about switching to zone. Or the fat guy. Sometimes they’re the same person
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
The dude that’s always getting beat is ALWAYS the one crying about switching to zone. Or the fat guy. Sometimes they’re the same person
It’s pick up. Man the fuck up.
Abundance on occasion but I've never suggested switching to zone.
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
Since we are all just telling pointless long IMA basketball stories I wanted to share...
Once I was playing basketball at the IMA.
IT showed up and schooled everyone, he gave my friend a blackeye and dunked on my face for fun. We chatted a bit, was a good guy but definitely not the type you would want your daughter to date.
That night I got drunk and found myself, 2:30 am, outside the Jack in the box (you know which one) vomiting my brains out into a bush. A purple dodge challenger pulls up and rolls down the window and its IT.
He recognized me, laughed, and asked if I was alright, I mumbled "yeah my friends are inside or something". He asked if I wanted a ride, I drunkenly stumbled into his car and tried to tell him where I was living, I distinctly remember him driving on the wrong side of the ave because Im pretty sure he was drunk too and I was thinking it would be funny if I died in a drunken car accident with IT on the ave.
I couldnt find my place so he ended up pulling up to some apartments and Taylor Romar was outside, she let me in, Gant and some other cheerleaders were drinking but it was a very chill relaxed atmosphere, I chatted up some other cheerleader, I ended up disappointing her in the bathroom because the whiskey dick game was too strong that night. But I did obtain the n-word pass for a glorious few hours so not everything was bad.
After the disappointment/failure, sometime after 4am I stumbled home. I got back to my apartment, somehow, I have no idea. I opened the door, surprised I didnt lock it and there was some dude I had never seen before in my apartment. I thought about fighting him for a split second but I was too drunk. He helped me over to the couch and said its cool. I thought it was funny but promptly passed out on the couch.
I woke up a few hours later confused out of my mind. My apartment had different decor and the TV was missing. At first I figured the guy took the TV while I was drunk but when I got up to grab some water and Advil and the contents of my fridge were completely different. Still drunk, standing in the kitchen, I realized I was not in my apartment. I quietly let myself out of apartment #208 and made my way to my apartment #308.
I never saw #208 guy again, despite living there for another 6 months, but he was a chill guy that let me sleep on his couch, and for that he will always be remembered whenever people talk about their IMA basketball glory days.
As a few others have stated here, chasing one and done's is simply not a recipe for success in the college game. This is especially true for a school like Washington, but it even still applies to the "Blue blood programs".
Kentucky is a perfect example of this. Over the last 10 years, Kentucky has never finished lower than #2 in the final recruiting rankings, yet for all those stellar classes, they have but 1 national title to show for it, in the year when they had Anthony Davis who is just a freak, and only three Final 4 appearances, and none of those coming since 2015 Now, don't get me wrong, i'd run over my own mother for Washington to win 1 national title and make 2 other Final 4's in a 10 year span, but the expectations at a place like Kentucky and a place like Washington are a lot different.
As a few others have stated here, chasing one and done's is simply not a recipe for success in the college game. This is especially true for a school like Washington, but it even still applies to the "Blue blood programs".
Kentucky is a perfect example of this. Over the last 10 years, Kentucky has never finished lower than #2 in the final recruiting rankings, yet for all those stellar classes, they have but 1 national title to show for it, in the year when they had Anthony Davis who is just a freak, and only three Final 4 appearances, and none of those coming since 2015 Now, don't get me wrong, i'd run over my own mother for Washington to win 1 national title and make 2 other Final 4's in a 10 year span, but the expectations at a place like Kentucky and a place like Washington are a lot different.
They also had other 5 star freshmen, Terrence Jones as a sophomore, and Darius Miller. I e been harping on it for awhile, one and dones are extremely overrated.
Zion didn’t win a natty. John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, and DaMarcus Cousins didn’t either.
Duke and Kentucky are the only one and done type schools to win a natty and both also had a couple upperclassmen and multiple lottery/first round picks.
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
sure.gif
D1 athletes would knock you the fuck out playing zone in pick up ball. Don't run that bullshit.
You have no idea what my basketball background is. Quit embarrassing yourself.
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
sure.gif
D1 athletes would knock you the fuck out playing zone in pick up ball. Don't run that bullshit.
You have no idea what my basketball background is. Quit embarrassing yourself.
You have no idea my background ... so fuck off with your assumptions
What I do know is that the guys I’ve played with have been on the same court and beat NBA players ... guys I’ve played with regularly played with the UW team over the summer
I’ve spent a lot of time talking with a lot of players in the college/pro caliber back in the day ... the only thing that gets you in trouble is foolishly undercutting someone on purpose.
If you’re playing with idiots ... then just about anything will get you punched
See 54 new posts in the "Hop sucks donkey balls" thread.
Hope all the activity means Hop's been fired.
Read thread.
Remember why I rarely come to the b-ball bored.
Look for bleach and a shot glass.
50+ new comments!!!!
Here I thought there would be some new take or information about Hop leaving or something, instead its Tommy trying to run Teq's ass and a "discussion" on the local talent UW doesnt recruit
Thread plays out as about the same as the basketball season did; decent start, issues but still some promise, absolute shit show collapse, Roadie trying to carry the thread like Stewart, more collapse, apathy
I just like to help doogs find their way back home to Doogman where they can really shine.
To put this in perspective, this squad would give its left nut for a Ryan Appleby right now.
Think about that. Ryan Fucking Appleby is a value-add to the shit show that Hop has cobbled together.
I mean, I love me some gritty whiteboy guards but when Apples is what you'd plug in right this second as an upgrade, that's just wrong.
Before CJ Wilcox he was the best 3 point shooter in school history, hell maybe the best considering he had fewer seasons at UW, I don’t care enough to check. I don’t think that’s saying a lot that he would be an upgrade on a team with only 1 actual shooter, who also happens to be a true freshman playing limited minutes. Apples was a valued piece on one of our best teams. I’d take an Appleby type every year if I could. Teams that can’t shoot suck. This team can’t shoot.
BRoy, Appleby, Burmeister, Brockman, Wolfinger, Wallace, Gasser - all local boys. Sweet 16.
Year before - BRoy, Simmons, Nate, Conroy, Jensen.....Sweet 16
But 'historically' the local talent sucks. Right?
You're really citing Burmeister, Wolfinger, Wallace, and Gasser as proof of local talent = Sweet 16?
Get the fuck out with that take ... that's terrible
CAREER point/rebound/assist totals for those JAGs at Washington
Burmeister: 178/67/44
Wolfinger: 144/56/8
Wallace: 239/207/35
Gasser: 193/124/38
Wolfinger was never on a Sweet 16 team ... I think you're confusing him with Zane Potter
Two sweet 16s. STFU
Only a scrub poster would cite scrubs as backing up his shitty ass points
So those two Sweet 16's didn't exist?
Broy didn't go to Garfield? Simmons? Conroy?
Those squads were built on local kids - fuck off if you can't live with that reality.
Fuck off any way.
A guy that plays zone in pickup and brags about it....scrub indeed. That's rich. Fucking delicious.
I'm not talking about BRoy and Nate and Will
I'm talking about your preposterous inclusion of the scrub bench mob as evidence
Getting to the Sweet 16 in hoops is like bragging about going to the Alamo Bowl ... and I'm called out for Coug talking points
I don't brag about playing zone in pickup hoops ... I laugh about it ... get that part straight.
You played zone in pickup. Nuff said. Don't try to be a revisionist.
That's a bitch move.
If I stayed on the court 4 hours a day 5 days a week and idiots like you couldn't beat me when we either a) didn't play defense or b) played a soft bitch ass zone ... then who is the soft bitch?
Work smarter not harder bitch
Playing zone in pick up is a bitch move. You're not playing with any level of competition with that. That's old man with boxers hanging out of their shorts noon ball shit.
You have no fucking clue what you are talking about
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
sure.gif
D1 athletes would knock you the fuck out playing zone in pick up ball. Don't run that bullshit.
You have no idea what my basketball background is. Quit embarrassing yourself.
You have no idea my background ... so fuck off with your assumptions
What I do know is that the guys I’ve played with have been on the same court and beat NBA players ... guys I’ve played with regularly played with the UW team over the summer
I’ve spent a lot of time talking with a lot of players in the college/pro caliber back in the day ... the only thing that gets you in trouble is foolishly undercutting someone on purpose.
If you’re playing with idiots ... then just about anything will get you punched
No- you've revelled us with your glory days repeatedly. You have fun with that, Teen Wolf.
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Work smarter not harder bitch
It’s pick up. Man the fuck up.
Fuck that noise.
In college the guys I ran with were regularly beating teams full of football players. The football players that could ball would play with us instead of their teammates because we always won and the goal was to stay on the court instead of sitting 45 minutes.
We beat dudes that played for UW hoops ... we beat dudes that played in college ... we beat dudes that were playing overseas.
If we played some scrubs we’d junk it up a bit to get a bit of rest ... sometimes it was a stupid passive zone sometimes we’d blatantly cherry pick. If we dumbed it down and still kicked the shit out of who we played then the egg was on your face.
And when we played guys that we couldn’t realistically guard instead of shrugging shoulders and saying shit we are going to lose ... we’d change things up and try to figure out what would give a better chance to win. Sometimes that was a zone ... sometimes it was hard doubles to get the ball out of people’s hands on the perimeters ... sometimes it was me trying to get under 6’10 dudes to push them out a step or two and rely on our bigger guys to come over and either block shots or get rebounds easier.
Idiots that took my highly joking comment about zones out of context are the definition of fucktarded
Why are you doing this to yourself...
Since we are all just telling pointless long IMA basketball stories I wanted to share...
Once I was playing basketball at the IMA.
IT showed up and schooled everyone, he gave my friend a blackeye and dunked on my face for fun. We chatted a bit, was a good guy but definitely not the type you would want your daughter to date.
That night I got drunk and found myself, 2:30 am, outside the Jack in the box (you know which one) vomiting my brains out into a bush. A purple dodge challenger pulls up and rolls down the window and its IT.
He recognized me, laughed, and asked if I was alright, I mumbled "yeah my friends are inside or something". He asked if I wanted a ride, I drunkenly stumbled into his car and tried to tell him where I was living, I distinctly remember him driving on the wrong side of the ave because Im pretty sure he was drunk too and I was thinking it would be funny if I died in a drunken car accident with IT on the ave.
I couldnt find my place so he ended up pulling up to some apartments and Taylor Romar was outside, she let me in, Gant and some other cheerleaders were drinking but it was a very chill relaxed atmosphere, I chatted up some other cheerleader, I ended up disappointing her in the bathroom because the whiskey dick game was too strong that night. But I did obtain the n-word pass for a glorious few hours so not everything was bad.
After the disappointment/failure, sometime after 4am I stumbled home. I got back to my apartment, somehow, I have no idea. I opened the door, surprised I didnt lock it and there was some dude I had never seen before in my apartment. I thought about fighting him for a split second but I was too drunk. He helped me over to the couch and said its cool. I thought it was funny but promptly passed out on the couch.
I woke up a few hours later confused out of my mind. My apartment had different decor and the TV was missing. At first I figured the guy took the TV while I was drunk but when I got up to grab some water and Advil and the contents of my fridge were completely different. Still drunk, standing in the kitchen, I realized I was not in my apartment. I quietly let myself out of apartment #208 and made my way to my apartment #308.
I never saw #208 guy again, despite living there for another 6 months, but he was a chill guy that let me sleep on his couch, and for that he will always be remembered whenever people talk about their IMA basketball glory days.
True Story.
Kentucky is a perfect example of this. Over the last 10 years, Kentucky has never finished lower than #2 in the final recruiting rankings, yet for all those stellar classes, they have but 1 national title to show for it, in the year when they had Anthony Davis who is just a freak, and only three Final 4 appearances, and none of those coming since 2015
Now, don't get me wrong, i'd run over my own mother for Washington to win 1 national title and make 2 other Final 4's in a 10 year span, but the expectations at a place like Kentucky and a place like Washington are a lot different.
Zion didn’t win a natty. John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, and DaMarcus Cousins didn’t either.
Duke and Kentucky are the only one and done type schools to win a natty and both also had a couple upperclassmen and multiple lottery/first round picks.
D1 athletes would knock you the fuck out playing zone in pick up ball. Don't run that bullshit.
You have no idea what my basketball background is. Quit embarrassing yourself.
What I do know is that the guys I’ve played with have been on the same court and beat NBA players ... guys I’ve played with regularly played with the UW team over the summer
I’ve spent a lot of time talking with a lot of players in the college/pro caliber back in the day ... the only thing that gets you in trouble is foolishly undercutting someone on purpose.
If you’re playing with idiots ... then just about anything will get you punched