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He was at the YMCA, with an assistant coach (maybe trainer?), and some other guy. He's amazing and it was a really cool experience, he killed me of course. So quick, and strong. The assistant coach was this white guy, about 50, and he was amazing. So fundamentally sound, he was schooling Lawson on a few plays. They were doing drills and played a few games against the guys there. I figured since I frequent this site I would share, he gave some guy court-side seats to the game against the Raps as well which was nice.

I told him I watched him, Ellington, and Handsbrough at NC and even though I'm a Ohio State fan, I couldn't help rooting for them. I also told him I think Handsbrough is going to be a bust and got drafted way to high. He laughed and said that he agreed with me. The assistant soach said that a rebounder, and high energy, unselfish player like that will always find a way to help a team. Lawson laughed and said "unselfish"??

That's pretty cool. Where was this? It surprises me that they'd be playing at the YMCA when they could be practicing with NBAers. Maybe he needs a confidence boost?

Damn that's awesome. Do you know why he gave courtside seats to that guy?

Double Helix wrote:That's pretty cool. Where was this? It surprises me that they'd be playing at the YMCA when they could be practicing with NBAers. Maybe he needs a confidence boost?

the birdman proposed him cocaine he got scared

Metro YMCA. He said he was injured and I was surprised he was there as well. He’s like 5’11, and isn't known to be a strong NBA shooter. He was hitting shot after shot after shot, during their drills.

Boobs wrote:Damn that's awesome. Do you know why he gave courtside seats to that guy?

Ya he was

a. sucking up

b. got off the court when they came. I was like **** that I'm never going to get a shot at playing an NBA player again so what the hell.

Hansborough is most definitely not a bust, he put up a solid rookie season and should be a great 6th man/3rd big for years to come.

BlackIce wrote:Metro YMCA. He said he was injured and I was surprised he was there as well. He’s like 5’11, and isn't known to be a strong NBA shooter. He was hitting shot after shot after shot, during their drills.

Sounded like a memorable experience.

As for the shooting, that doesn't surprise me. Most if not all NBA players can nail a majority of their shots during drills, practice, etc. When Pops was on the team, you'd always see him in the background on Raptors Today hitting shots during a drill like it was absolutely nothing.

GamePoint wrote:

BlackIce wrote:Metro YMCA. He said he was injured and I was surprised he was there as well. He’s like 5’11, and isn't known to be a strong NBA shooter. He was hitting shot after shot after shot, during their drills.

Sounded like a memorable experience.

As for the shooting, that doesn't surprise me. Most if not all NBA players can nail a majority of their shots during drills, practice, etc. When Pops was on the team, you'd always see him in the background on Raptors Today hitting shots during a drill like it was absolutely nothing.

Pops is an NBA player?

Nice. It sounds like he's a real chill dude.

I'm guessing this was taken at the YMCA:

http://tweetphoto.com/15782287

BlackIce wrote:He was at the YMCA, with an assistant coach (maybe trainer?), and some other guy. He's amazing and it was a really cool experience, he killed me of course. So quick, and strong. The assistant coach was this white guy, about 50, and he was amazing. So fundamentally sound, he was schooling Lawson on a few plays. They were doing drills and played a few games against the guys there. I figured since I frequent this site I would share, he gave some guy court-side seats to the game against the Raps as well which was nice.

I told him I watched him, Ellington, and Handsbrough at NC and even though I'm a Ohio State fan, I couldn't help rooting for them. I also told him I think Handsbrough is going to be a bust and got drafted way to high. He laughed and said that he agreed with me. The assistant soach said that a rebounder, and high energy, unselfish player like that will always find a way to help a team. Lawson laughed and said "unselfish"??

Sick story homie. Did you score on him a few times?

thanks for sharing bro.

must be an awesome experience

Man some of you guys are just lucky. Living in downtown Toronto like that.

Avenger wrote:Hansborough is most definitely not a bust, he put up a solid rookie season and should be a great 6th man/3rd big for years to come.

He shot 36%...

^Man most of you guys are lucky living Toronto. I live in Edmonton. Get me outta here or bring NBA to Van-City!!

youngLion wrote:

Avenger wrote:Hansborough is most definitely not a bust, he put up a solid rookie season and should be a great 6th man/3rd big for years to come.

He shot 36%...

HAHA just what I was going to say. No matter how you slice it that's not a good rookie season.

I doubt he'd say that Hansborough is a bust strictly because he wouldn't need to slander his friend to some random.

Your story is a bust.

Rapcity_11 wrote:

youngLion wrote:

Avenger wrote:Hansborough is most definitely not a bust, he put up a solid rookie season and should be a great 6th man/3rd big for years to come.

He shot 36%...

HAHA just what I was going to say. No matter how you slice it that's not a good rookie season.

He might have shot 36% but the guy is really really good at drawing fouls. His FTA/36 is 8, for comparisons sake Chris Bosh's career average is 7.2 and career high is 8.4. Yeah his FG% is bad but if you include his FTA his efficiency becomes really bad instead of Horrendous like his FG% suggests, . He's a monster on the offensive glass, i dunno where he ranks but he should be up there, his offensive rebounding rate is higher than Dwight's. He also keeps his turnovers down and plays underrated defence. Yeah he needs to finish inside much better but he's not a bust guys, his offensive rebounding and ability to draw fouls alone is gonna keep him in the league for a long time.

yeah the downtown atmosphere is pretty crazy, you never know who you will run into. I ran into Sonny Weems just last week randomly. Didn't bother to make a thread though, kind of like a regular thing you know?

WesWesley wrote:I doubt he'd say that Hansborough is a bust strictly because he wouldn't need to slander his friend to some random.

Your story is a bust.

thats what i thought. but maybe lawson was like, hahah, whatever kid.