PC Board OT thread

[Texas Chuck]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=1292999

Mock draft. Who would go #1 overall based on these scouting reports? Who would you rather build around - Texas Chuck or Quotatious?

hmmmmm one guy has superior size, athleticism and skills, and the other guy, uh, tries hard?

[Timmaytime]

Im not looking for rebounds Im looking for a guy willing to jack up shots at a rate that would make Kobe embarrassed. My scoring game is extremely limited. If I'm wide-open I can knock down my set-shot and Im okay at following up misses, but asking me to create my own shot against even the worst of defenders is dicey.

When I play at the offensive end I just want to set screens and crash the glass. So if you hate passing and love shooting, I'm your guy.

I don't chuck like Kobe but I chuck like JJ Redick, does that count?

[MacGill]

Glad this thread got created I remember asking Doc back in the day about a Bio-thread so this is perfect.

As for me, going to be 39 very soon and I too am 6'9 minus 10 inches for all you stat geeks on here...teehee LOLOL.
Been playing ball since I can remember and like Chuck, I am very used to playing much taller, bigger chaps. I am 5'11 and right now 218, although I've got my 5km time down to 27 minutes outdoors with a tough incline. My game weight is about 205 in prime. I also enjoy racing cars and while I don't partake in weightlifting anymore, I do enjoy staying fit and trying to nurse the injuries I have gotten from being younger and stupid 385 for 1 rep was my personal best bench press and because I hurt my knee as an early teen from breakdancing, ice hockey, I never worked my legs all that hard.

This is the best and only basketball forum that I am part of. Wouldn't have it any other way.......

[bondom34]

Damn, there are some tall people in this thread. Now I feel short and no, don't ask me how tall I am . I ain't telling all of you tall people.

I know how you feel, even if I was standing on a stack of phone books, I'd still be looking up at almost everyone in this thread.

Wow, always imagined you as a big guy (the screenname fooled me!). I'm a hair under 6 feet myself, so there's a few of us.

[ShaqAttack3234]

Wow, always imagined you as a big guy (the screenname fooled me!). I'm a hair under 6 feet myself, so there's a few of us.

You're not the first. In reality, I'm 5'8"-5'9" if I stretch, and my highest weight was close to 150 around 2005-2006.

Actually, it's kind of funny how I even became a Shaq fan. As mentioned, I was a big Starks fan was younger, Ewing as well, but particularly Starks for whatever reason because the Knicks had great teams, and it's funny thinking back that Starks was a borderline all-star because he seemed like a real star then, same with Allan Houston late 90's/early 00's, who I was also a big fan of. Anyway, I liked various NBA stars when I was young. Barkley was one of the 1st because I had an uncle in Phoenix at the time who watched those Suns teams and spoke about Barkley, and I did like Shaq in Orlando, but what's funny to me now is that I was actually a Penny guy, while a childhood friend of mine actually had the Shaq posters and everything. Despite the Knicks/Bulls thing, I was one of many kids who idolized Jordan, and liked Pippen too. Anyway, after Jordan retired, the reason I actually became a Shaq fan was because he was sort of the other big face/personality of the league. So basically, I became a Shaq fan as a bandwagoner looking to root for the next great player, and I really only became a big fan of his when he was in LA. Had nothing to do with anything other than his fame and dominance, but then watching him a lot, I developed a huge appreciation for post play, that has continued since. I mean, I had appreciated post play for a long time having seen Ewing and what not, and was still of the mindset that you HAD to have a great post player to win a title, except if you were Michael Jordan. Of course, I wasn't really aware of how the Bad Boys had won, which is why in hindsight it's funny that me and many others held that Jordan's Bulls were the exception to the big man rule when the Pistons had won the last 2 titles before them, nearly 3.

The more you know about the sport, it's funny looking back to when you were younger following it, and conversations you had with other fans outside of internet boards where the average poster is significantly more knowledgeable than the average fan on the street. For example, I had a friend who was the biggest Ewing fan imaginable to the point that I specifically remember him arguing that Ewing was STILL better in 2000 on the basis that Ewing could shoot jumpers while all Shaq could do was dunk. Of course, me and this same guy both were absolutely thrilled when Stephon Marbury was traded to New York. Thought he was going to form a lethal backcourt duo with Houston.

[tsherkin]

Hehehe.

I'm 6'2, 135. I did indeed take a BA in PoliSci, and I do work for the fire department here in Alberta. I have indeed been watching ball since before I learned how to read, thanks to my grandfather. I loved sharing sports with him. College ball, Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, the whole thing, it was amazing. Heck, I even watched football with him, and I'm not really a big fan of the sport. It was pretty amazing, finding something like that to share. Well, that and card games.

I haven't played ball in a while, but I was reasonably competitive in university at an extramural level, better as a coach than a player. I'm skinny as all get out, but I can move without the ball, pass really well and my post tricks screw everyone over because no one has any defensive discipline and I get all McHale/Olajuwon on people. Once they figure out they need to stay on the ground, I just go Old Man on them and skyhook until they scream. Heaven forbid I get shoved out past 15 feet, though, then I can only make baseline skyhooks or turnaround bank shots unless I catch a hot streak on my J. My handles are nothing to write home about and my base SUCKS, so I rely on just-in-time positioning, mismatches and PnRs to get post position. I drive pretty well and I make people remember Iceman with my finger rolls. I can still dunk, though nothing pretty. When I'm in shape and full of adrenaline, I can go for a two-hander, but mostly it's the same plain-looking one-hander.

Think of me as Mike Dunleavy Jr with a post game and a tad less range, scaled to my level and size.

I coached in university a bit, but mostly extramural (e.g. not OFSAA) and developmental (all over the 8-18 range). Evidently, "those who can't, teach" really applies to me with this sport, lol. I do pretty well as a post instructor, as well as for defense, and I can teach the triangle, because I've spent forever and a day studying it. I'm a big fan of Phil's game philosophy (and by extension, Holzman's), and I like to study various offenses, even going back to older stuff from the 60s, the stuff that forms the rudiments of modern offenses. Wooden-era UCLA offense still has applicable sets that are worked into modern offenses, and the same is true of various things. Step forward a bit, and then there's Coach K and various other college coaches... and then the work of folks like Riles, Pops, Thibs, etc, etc. Lots of fun.


What else... Yeah, I'm on the FD out here, studying for higher-level EMT work. I do various internet things on the side and am taking a medical transcription program at the moment to supplement, and I'm working on the world's slowest path to a psych degree as I get more and more involved in crisis negotiations. I'm still flirting with the idea of going RCMP, but for now, I'm focusing on medical because it's what I know and it's what I'm good at. The fire department also does like 85% medical stuff anyway, so I'm keeping well-practiced!

Basically, I'm never still, heh. And that's me! I wish I had more of the math side of things to my benefit, but I've never really believed in single-metric analysis anyway. I prefer collecting a broad selection of information and examining things from all angles. RAPM and the like are interesting, but very limited in my experience, and I think such stats are the product of a poor angle of evaluation much of the time. Distilling players to single numbers, especially based on box score stats, is not a great way to go. I love seeing the in-out splits, I like seeing these big-sample number crunches, but at the end of the day, I think there are a fairly large number of simple and basic data points which combine well with video analysis and comprise a far more rigorous and accurate evaluation of a player than we'll ever get from even the most advanced single-metric stats. Big proponent of context and going both a mile wide and a mile deep, heh.

[Greatness]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

[Texas Chuck]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

yeah somebody buy that man a cheeseburger(or fifty).

But I can identify. I played in high school at 6'3" 145 and because my school was small my junior year I played center all year because our star big man blew out his knee. Talk about a long year......

But then I got married and put on a bunch of weight and now I use that old man strength against the younger guys I play against.

[MacGill]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

yeah somebody buy that man a cheeseburger(or fifty).

But I can identify. I played in high school at 6'3" 145 and because my school was small my junior year I played center all year because our star big man blew out his knee. Talk about a long year......

But then I got married and put on a bunch of weight and now I use that old man strength against the younger guys I play against.

Ahhhh, there is just something about that first hard pic given

[therealbig3]

Wish I could contribute something interesting, but I've had a pretty standard, boring life so far, lol (not complaining, doing nothing has its benefits).

I'm going to start medical school in a few days, as a non-traditional student (got a Masters and did some lab work for a little bit after I graduated from college). And that's pretty much it for me so far.

Never played basketball for school outside of rec leagues when I was in elementary and middle school, due to a combination of being lazy and probably not good enough (never tried out for high school). But I've watched the game religiously for a while now, and I've played pick up ball with friends ever since I was a little kid, and I still do now.

BTW, I can relate to tsherkin...I'm 6'3, 150, lol.

[bondom34]

Yeah, can relate to the size. 5'11" 135ish. Just genetics play a ton in it.

[PaulieWal]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

That has to be lol. He has to be 135 KGs not lbs working for the fire department.

[PaulieWal]

I'm 6'2, 135.

I CALLED it. I said you were either 6'3 or 5'3, I will take the 6'2 lol.

I always thought you were from Toronto for some reason.

[tsherkin]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

Pounds, laddie.

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

yeah somebody buy that man a cheeseburger(or fifty).

I eat like a pig, lol.

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

That has to be lol. He has to be 135 KGs not lbs working for the fire department.

Nah, pounds. I just haul ass and am way stronger than I look.

[tsherkin]

I'm 6'2, 135.

I CALLED it. I said you were either 6'3 or 5'3, I will take the 6'2 lol.

I always thought you were from Toronto for some reason.

Yes you did.

And I am originally from Toronto; I've only been out west for a couple of months.

[ShaqAttack3234]

I actually only weigh a buck twenty seven now. Dropped about 20 pounds since I cut way down on drinking to the point I only drink on occasion. Wasn't trying to lose weight, but other than 2005-2006 when I was pretty muscular, alcohol is pretty much the only thing that makes me gain weight. Problem is, I'm skinny enough that it's also impossible to find clothes. My 28 waist jeans have to be held up with a belt to that point I actually sleep with jeans and a belt because it's a pain in the ass wearing them without them.

[Greatness]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

Pounds, laddie.

Haha yeah just messing with ya

[tsherkin]

Please tell me that's 135 kilograms

Pounds, laddie.

Haha yeah just messing with ya

Better on the board than IRL; some days, you could breathe on me and I'd blow away...

[bondom34]

Yeah, the weight thing is largely genetic for most I'd say, I couldn't be 190 if I tried like mad. I also run and bike a lot (usually at least 1 15 mile run a week, and a couple hours of biking daily on a trainer while I catch up on sports). I was 150ish at my biggest, and that's about what I'd like to get back to. I'm hoping to get back into a bit of lifting, but know I won't go to a gym so may invest in a bowflex so I can just do it on my own.

[PaulieWal]

Yeah, the weight thing is largely genetic for most I'd say, I couldn't be 190 if I tried like mad.

My genes went the other way. If I don't workout and eat right my metabolism goes to **** very quickly. It does keep me on my toes and forces me to eat healthy. I wish I was like some of you guys where I could eat whatever and not gain weight. I like working out and lifting though, so can't complain too much.