Me and my two best friends played B Team basketball together. All three of us were third team on a 2-14 team. We were mostly observers of the horror. Our team once scored no field goals in a game!
We would get in games when we were down by 30. We would pull each other's clothes back to not have to throw the ball in when we went in with five or ten seconds to go in games. We wanted the ball. We were starved for the ball in play.
I remember one game when one of them was screaming at me throwing the ball in....six seconds to go....actually saying on the court "my girlfriend's here, throw me the ball." Of course I was mad, so he never saw her again.
Among our accomplishments was always riding behind the last seat, sitting on ball bags, in the team van and wearing the last three available uniforms, which were three sizes too big. Hard to shoot with one hand pulling up your pants.
I should have known early on. Game one, the three of us near the end of the bench. Coach looks up...hey 24 (that was me, he did not know my name)....my buddies looked at me with wide, bright eyes...."you're going in". I stood up and replied " Yes sir", and he enthusiastically yelled, "move down one seat, I want 14 to sit beside me.". I.....we....were crushed, but today, in our sixties, we still laugh out loud about those days.
We would get in games when we were down by 30. We would pull each other's clothes back to not have to throw the ball in when we went in with five or ten seconds to go in games. We wanted the ball. We were starved for the ball in play.
I remember one game when one of them was screaming at me throwing the ball in....six seconds to go....actually saying on the court "my girlfriend's here, throw me the ball." Of course I was mad, so he never saw her again.
Among our accomplishments was always riding behind the last seat, sitting on ball bags, in the team van and wearing the last three available uniforms, which were three sizes too big. Hard to shoot with one hand pulling up your pants.
I should have known early on. Game one, the three of us near the end of the bench. Coach looks up...hey 24 (that was me, he did not know my name)....my buddies looked at me with wide, bright eyes...."you're going in". I stood up and replied " Yes sir", and he enthusiastically yelled, "move down one seat, I want 14 to sit beside me.". I.....we....were crushed, but today, in our sixties, we still laugh out loud about those days.