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Is John Ross back to 100%?

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  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622

    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    Under Neu Ty and Sark yes, under Lambright and James no
    James did NOT want his players playing hoops in the offseason.
  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,425
    who is middle aged
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,257
    Gladstone said:

    who is middle aged

    I am ... @Gladstone is still close enough to his prime
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,257
    Gladstone said:

    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

    source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago
    Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

    That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.
  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    edited January 2016
    He's 100%. He probably could have come back towards the end of last season.

    One thing to watch for, he was 179 in 2014. He was up to 192 on the last roster. So he should have more strength and be able to break more tackles than a did early in his career.
  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    Wut? Would you prefer he never did anything so he didn't get hurt?
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,257

    Tequilla said:

    Gladstone said:

    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

    source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago
    Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

    That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.
    Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?
    Why would I?

    I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.
  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 6,017
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Gladstone said:

    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

    source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago
    Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

    That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.
    Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?
    Why would I?

    I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Gladstone said:

    Passion said:

    Tequilla said:

    I played hoops with Ross a few weeks ago ... he physically looked to be as quick and explosive with his jumping ability as I would have expected him to be. Talking with him he said that he was 100% and now just looking to get his legs back under him, built up, and strong.

    I would be very surprised if he wasn't a full go for Spring.

    Awesome, but why the fuck is he playing basketball? That's how half of these morons get hurt in the offseason...at least when I was at UW.
    nah he doesn't slash or anything, just gets a run in and jacks up 3s and plays lazy d.

    source: played with him at ima a few weeks ago
    Pretty much this ... he'll jump around a bit (which my buddy and I got on him about for being stupid in doing this and he was like nah I'm under control when I do it) and will try to play some aggressive defense if he thinks he can take the ball away ... but he shoots a ton of long jumpers (not a great shooter to begin with) and it's pretty clear that basketball isn't his day job.

    That being said, he's very talkative and definitely not an idiot ... most of the guys that I've played with over the last almost 20 years at the IMA that have gotten hurt do so because they play like idiots and just run around without control. That's not Ross at all.
    Do you not feel a tab bit creepy as a 30-40 something hanging out at the IMA?
    Why would I?

    I enjoy playing basketball and playing at the IMA is one of the best places to play in Seattle.

    Why do you hate Greenlake. But seriously, if you can get on base, there's some real games going on there.