As anyone who reads this blog knows, I love basketball. I love watching it. I love reading about it. And I love playing it. I still play in (depending on the time of year) one or two Men's leagues (TJ has the Championship t-shirt to prove it) and I play pickup basketball with a group of guys two to three times a week. We have a great group. Skill levels vary, but for a bunch of guys ranging from mid-20s to late 30s, its a pretty solid game. We have a pool of about 30 guys who play and generally get somewhere between 11-15 to show up for our pickup runs. Within this larger group of 30 there are a number of good former athletes. Numerous former DII and DIII basketball players. A former SEC (backup) QB, a former Texas Tech Tight End (who, by the way, has some great Danny Amendola stories), and even a few former JUCO baseball players. It's a great group of guys and we do a pretty good job of walking the fine line between competitive and friendly. This game, which is played in a local church gymnasium, is regularly one of the more enjoyable things I do each week.
One of the upsides of this game is that sometimes one of these former athletes brings a friend who's in town to play who also happens to be a recognizable athlete or former athlete. A couple years ago Mohammed Massaquoi showed up and played with our group a few times, for example.
At this point, you might be wondering why I'm telling you all of this? Well, because we've received a new (semi) regular addition to our pickup basketball group. A guy who grew up around here and, apparently, has moved back in to the area. A name you might recognize. None other than Doug Flutie. And Doug Flutie has a totally badass Trans Am.
that's pretty cool... can he touch the net?
ReplyDeletenice ride - is is really his?
i love this very much.
ReplyDeletewhat kind of game does flutie have? i picture him as old-man strong with a lot of quickness still left.
and is is the hair real, or synthetic?
ReplyDeletefogtb & former wren but who probably doesn't follow gtb much, or at all, used to catch a td pass or two from the flutester up in canada heh.
It's really his Trans Am. And it is in perfect condition. Flutie has a nice game. Still really athletic, a pass first PG with a nice mid range game. As for his hair, Dan, it looks plenty real to me.
ReplyDeleteplease tell me he's a good guy. or if he's not, just don't say anything.
ReplyDeletedidn't realize the flutester was a florida fella.
ReplyDeleteask him (in chris farley fashion) if he remembers that time against the hurricanes, when he threw that pass, the hail mary, and his wr caught it....does he remember that, that was awesome.
awl
ReplyDeleteSheriff Buford T Justice may want a word with Mr. Flutie.
ReplyDeleteFull fuckin' race cams.
ReplyDeleteThe thunderchicken decal makes all the difference in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if he bought that with money from his first contract and kept it all these years.
ReplyDeletei bet he's a scrappy mo'fo on the defensive side...a little pain in the ass. amirightamirightoramiright?
ReplyDeleterandall cunningham turns 50 today. gaaaaaah! that makes clarence realllly old.
ReplyDeleteRob is older than Clarence. But not as old as Dave.
ReplyDeleteFlutie grew up around here and attended the same junior high as Greg and I. He's been randomly joining our pickup game when he'd come down to visit his Mom who still lives here. But he's just moved back and has become a semi-regular addition to our group.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes Rob, he is a really good guy.
One of the best things about the Trans Am, it has an 8 track and a CB radio. Purchased for Flutie by...wait for it...Drew Brees.
ReplyDeletewait, so once you get rich and famous, other rich and famous people buy you expensive, cool shit? i need to speed up my plans to get rich and famous.
ReplyDeleteand taller. you realllly need to speed that one up.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the brees connection? Other than both being challenged vertically, like Rob?
ReplyDeleteIs an 8-track player expensive?
ReplyDeletereally just waiting for one of my friends to get rich and famous so i can be his fonzworth bentley. hurry the fuck up, clarence.
ReplyDeleteWhatever. Hoopie had an 8-track in the Fratmobile.
ReplyDeleteFlutie and Brees played in the Chargers together early in Brees' career, Dan.
ReplyDeleteIn...on...whatever.
ReplyDeletesoooo, heat/bulls tonight, then?
ReplyDeleteBulls have lost 13 of their last 22 games. Heat roll.
ReplyDeletethere's a canadian rapper called 'sj the wordburglar'. please let him be awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou know that's Snow's new moniker, right??
ReplyDeletethere's a turdburglar joke in here somewhere.
ReplyDeleteQuite a list of monikers among his "Affiliations":
ReplyDeleteWordburglar is also a member of the Canada-wide crew Backburner, which also includes producers Fresh Kils, Beatmason (his primary producer), Dexter Doolittle, Uncle Fester and Timbuktu, and emcees Ghettosocks, Jesse Dangerously, Ginzu 333, Thesis, Selfhelp, Johnny Hardcore, Jay Bizzy, Rez Villain, More Or Les and Toolshed.
he's actually not bad:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/wordburglar/
Hopefully Miami can stretch it out to Sunday in San Antonio. Game of the year potential there.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Jerry. I need more basketball on Sunday. I don't want to have to hang out with my family.
ReplyDeleteDoes his crew include Tubesteak?
ReplyDeleteRural Ireland legalizes drunk driving so that old people won't be isolated. Interesting strategy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/europe/motion-allowing-some-drinks-before-driving-draws-fire-in-ireland.html?src=recpb
saw that yesterday...i think teejus retweeted it.
ReplyDeleteand i watched the last 20 min of splash last night with my wife - we both were trying to figure out what happened to joey lawrence. whoa!
I saw Joey Lawrence at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Maui with his parents, siblings, and their spouses. He was very pissed that his table did not have an ocean view as requested but his mother calmed him down and he was decently polite to the waitstaff after that. He's short.
ReplyDeletei'da been pissed too. you had an ocean view though didn't ya z?
ReplyDeleteI had a view of Joey's mom.
ReplyDeleteHi-oh!
ReplyDeleteif i was in that game, i would foul the fuck out of doug flutie.
ReplyDeletenot because i have anything against him. i foul the fuck out of everyone when i play pick-up basketball.
Does Flutie hate Wade Phillips for benching him? I kinda do.
ReplyDeleteDidn't he bench him for Rob Johnson? Because that decision explains itself.
ReplyDeleteYes, for Rob Johnson, for the 1999 playoff game in Tennessee.
ReplyDeletecat brought a big-ass spider up from the basement to play with. i. do. not. like. spiders.
ReplyDelete4-0 win for tribe baseball squad over zman's norfolk state squad. 8 straight for the green and gold.
ReplyDeleteHe should hate Wade Phillips, Zman. I do.
ReplyDeleteMy cat's been bringing home birds the last couple days. Hope he doesn't start thinking he can take on the chickens.
ReplyDeleteBulls up 11 midway thru 2nd qtr. Heat win by 10 still.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, would you like to back that statement financially? Or better yet for a pint of the black stuff?
ReplyDeleteHeat have to win by 10 or just win?
ReplyDeleteNobody sucks at allocating the cheese in their French onion soup across their entire allcation of broth more than me.
ReplyDeleteWe need The GTB in real time app because apparently things are changing.. NO BET!
ReplyDeleteHa. Lets just drink anyway.
ReplyDeleteAny guesses on what Shaka Smart's salary is? Guessing VCU will have to pony up to keep him.
ReplyDeleteI'd say 4 mil a year.
ReplyDelete$1.4m/year or so
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I realize how absurdly high that guess seems. But I bet UCLA was offering something nuts like that.
ReplyDeleteGotta be more rob.
ReplyDeleteEven if that we're his base salary, other incentives push it over 2 easy.
ReplyDeleteyes to incentives, but that's the neighborhood for his base
ReplyDeleteHis base is $1.2 according to an ESPN article I read earlier. He turned down UCLA and MInny to stay at VCU.
ReplyDeleteI did read that part of the new deal demanded better meals for his players, which seems random and cool.
ReplyDeleteIf he has a lot of his rotation coming back, he's probably better off staying. UCLA and Minny could be recipes for failure.
ReplyDeleteBut if he likes handjobs from beautiful women he hardly knows, then UCLA is probably the place to be.
ReplyDeleteName the movie reference.
Crazy People.
ReplyDeleteChris Anderson and Ray Allen look exactly the same as they did 10 yrs ago, but are shells of their former selves.
ReplyDeleteI knew Teen would get that. Was it google-enhanced?
ReplyDeleteKirk Hinrich leading the Bulls. Ha.
ReplyDeleteNope - isn't that a Dudley pitch sequence?
ReplyDeleteYes. I miss Dudley.
ReplyDeleteDoes Luol Deng have a stache?
ReplyDeleteIs it me, or do Carlos Boozer and the DLC look a bit alike?
ReplyDeleteWill the Teej jinx once again play out tonight, with Heat losing? This is why I don't gamble, folks.
ReplyDeleteTR, they do.
ReplyDeleteLeBron gets mugged going to the hoop and not one teammate steps up. Weak.
ReplyDeleteThat's a flagrant foul? Give me a fucking break.
ReplyDeleteUm...NBA continuation absurdity right there
ReplyDeleteAnd they both probably have sordid stories.
ReplyDeleteMy company has a Chicago office with a very healthy admin. She is a blond-haired Russian who is in Joakim Noah's stable. I would phrase it nicer, but that's the best way to describe it. He calls her when he feels like it and she heads out with him. She is fine with it. And I would bet Joakim is as well.
Loving Bron Bron's elbow to DLC's chest. Playing with some heart!
ReplyDeleteBulls trying to give this away
ReplyDeleteTom Thibedeaux is morphing into The Penguin, as played by Danny Devito.
ReplyDeleteDLC Boozer with the huge play to clinch it.
ReplyDeleteShocking that Ray Allen could not contain Nate Robinson off the dribble.
ReplyDeleteThe irony is that the DLC is a boozer.
ReplyDeleteAnd the streak ends. Skip to playoffs now,pls.
ReplyDeleteEs un dia triste para El Heat.
ReplyDeleteI heart Ray Allen, even if he doesn't play defense.
ReplyDeleteAnd, the ESPN ticker says Shaka turned down UCLA to stay at VCU.
you might want to check out the new filler...
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