bernie and basketball redux

[wilt the stilt]

With bernie's comments about Hilary yesterday we see the true personality come out. elbows are dirty and "Give me the ball" is me me me and selfish. It is amazing how a game of basketball tell you everything about someone.


When Michelle was first dating Barack and brought him home to meet the family she had her brother Craig take him out to play basketball. it was not to find out if he could play it was to find out his character. Basketball exposes everything about your personality because you go into an unvarnished representation of yourself. The game's intricacies will expose everything about you. how you share, how you sacrifice, how competitive you are and how honest you are.

Pickup basketball is a game of honesty because there are no ref's. You call fouls (my foul) and violations on yourself. There are two things you never do one is use your elbows and the second is too submarine someone. Both are flagrant attempts to injure your opponent. Do it in a game and watch out a fight is brewing.

On defense you talk all the time (switch and slide are for picks, mine for rebounds and I've got him for fastbreaks). offense is quiet. No one really talks because talking alerts defenses to your position. you want to fly under the radar. there are 2 basic plays pick and roll and give and go.

Ask trumad and Joeybee. Over in sports I am the resident basketball guy.

I played thousands of games with some very good competition. Here is one of my regular people I played with.

http://www.belmontbruins.com/information/hall_of_fame/bios/sandra_smallwood

She was rookie of the year in the first woman's basketball league. She shot 80% from 18 ft. and she never called for the ball. Bob Cemak and I walked over to her and asked if she wanted to play in 1983 at the Sporting club on sheridan in Atlanta. We played for years together. she was a better athlete than me.

This brings up Bernie. I saw his video. He is an old fifties player before jumpshots. Jumpshots weren't really a part of basketball until the sixties. two handed set shots before the sixties (look at old tapes)
here is a story on bernie

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/17/from-mid-range-he-could-kill-you-bernie-sanders-basketball-days

“He was crafty.”

“He had good elbows.”

“Give me da bawwwwwwl!”

Two of his quotes. He knew how to move without the ball which is "crafty"

However he used his elbows which is definitely dirty and he called for the ball( look at me).

No one with class uses his elbows and no one really calls for the ball unless it is about me.

Go ask anyone who played ball into their forties what they think about people who use their elbows and call for the ball. You will find a pretty universal condemnation of that player.

I guess to me this tells me everything I need to know about bernie.

[DFab420]

1. SO because he played basketball in the 50's different from basketball in the 80's

he's unfit to be the President of the United States?


Jesus. Fucking. Christ. Should we get some pitchforks for all the straws?

[juxtaposed]

2. This is total bull shit and u posted it before, Be vague and tip-toe around

as you did in your last post. And see how many agree with your B/S post again. You are known to me forever as Elbows, not wilt da di lt.
Also I did play ball under the boards and my job was to get the rebound. Screw your pickup holier than thou crap.

Get a life

[riderinthestorm]

3. Obama is.known for his sharp ebows and aggressive ball handling.

Does that mean Obama is a shitty character too?

[juxtaposed]

4. obama's evil b/c of his deadly sharp elbows, he been known to use them on other Dems to get

what he wants!