Monday, April 10, 2006

Fantasies: Could you score on an NBA player on your home court?


The most popular Setshot post of all time considered the question above. A second post provided a quasi-empirical test. Now for another stab. I had always imagined my faceoff with Paul Shirley on some NBA court--say the Garden. The lights would be dimmed in the house, other players would be shooting around after practice, and I'd be shitting bricks about just stepping on to such hallowed hardwood.

But I recently came across some photos of Steve Nash playing pickup with some regular joes in Tribeca (also see the story referencing this and accompanied by some cheesy boudoir photos of Nash).

Eureka! What if Shirley came to my court? Surely, this would give me an edge of some sort? I could force him to dribble over that annoying crack in the pavement or choose the backboard that tilts at a 75 degree angle.

Are you with me?


4 comments:

  1. Hey, that's the court across from BMCC. I used to work across the street from there, literally. I never saw steve nash.

    That said, it goes without saying that I would score against Nash.

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  2. You are a joke and that's why you had to CHEAT < justifiedwithManifestDes > 09/17 18:59:43

    The gods CHEATED because they didn't want you to learn.
    Their Manifest Destiny positioning allowed them to hide behind this posiitoning, ensuring their effectiveness for another day.

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