Behold pick-up basketball in Berlin. Some kid shooting a soccer ball (that’s right I said soccer… what of it?) at a rim designed to withstand all manner of vandalism… as well as dunks, jump shots and lay-ups. It’s just about impossible to score on these cartoonishly deformed monstrosities.
I understand the decision to build basketball nets that are safe and durable — but they ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE BASKETBALL NETS!
Sadly if they keep this crazy shit up, there will never be another Deutschland basketball superstar like Dirk Nowitzki, Detlef Schrempf, or even 7’2″ Fredrick Wiess, whose greatest accomplishment was eating a mouthfull of Vince Carter’s junk during the 2000 Olympics.
[...] Lately I’ve been bringing things up in casual conversation that are ‘crazy’ just so I can wave my hand in front of my face. I use it on the basketball court as well, but not for the same reason. [...]
Since the Germans still lack an on-ice equivalent of Dirk Nowitzki (who, if he wasn’t playing ball for the Mavs would probably be on a Geiko commercial) it makes you wonder how their hockey nets are constructed. Well, it makes me wonder anyway.
That Carter dunk remains the best dunk ever.
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