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Off-Season: All-Nuttin' but Net Hoops Squad

Discussion in 'Nuttin but Net' started by gatordavisl, Aug 7, 2024.

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  1. Aug 7, 2024 #1
    gatordavisl

    gatordavisl VIP Member

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    My picks:

    PG & player's coach: @GatorLurker - experience, strategy & wisdom
    SG: @tampajack1 - shooting form expert; gets insider tips from Ques Glover
    SF: @murphree_hall - can play all guard spots. Hopefully the LatAsian Caucasian doesn't start locker room trouble over the PG spot. Could play some pt forward.
    PF: @akaGatorhoops - undersized, but tenacious & knows how to fish
    C: Gonna need some help here. Might hafta go @GatorPlanet & platoon with @exiledgator in a five-guard lineup.

    Coach: ME! I know virtually nothing about zone defenses, motion offense, or continuity offense, but it's my thread and I get to pick the coach! :D
     
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  2. Aug 7, 2024 #2
    GatorLurker

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    I am deeply honored.
     
  3. Aug 7, 2024 #3
    gatordavisl

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    Maybe @ajoseph at center. Dude can mix it up physically.
     
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  4. Aug 7, 2024 #4
    ajoseph

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    I’m a guard all day. (I just foul). Lol
     
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  5. Aug 7, 2024 #5
    gatordavisl

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    2nd squad:

    @bike1014 - SG; dude can shoot
    @INGATORSWETRUST - seriously needs to be moved up the list given his creds. Maybe head coach and I step to the assistant/defensive enforcer guy.
    @domgator - intermural prowess
    @jeffphillips21 - how could I leave this cat out? Probably vie for starter minutes.
    @wa_gatorfan - experience + strong at the pick 'em!
    @Bradass - team doc & rehab specialist
     
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  6. Aug 7, 2024 #6
    gatordavisl

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    We're all guards in this house. :D
     
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  7. Aug 7, 2024 #7
    bike1014

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    Ha! Fun post!
     
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  8. Aug 7, 2024 #8
    GatorLurker

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    So I know what I can get away with?
     
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  9. Aug 7, 2024 #9
    jeffphillips21

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    happy to be the spark off the bench ala Ginobili
    like you in the defensive enforcer role
     
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  10. Aug 7, 2024 #10
    exiledgator

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    Deeply honored to be in the rotation, but at just 6'1" 195#, I'm much better facing the basket (a natural 3). I'll definitely pull boards and alter shots above my weight class though.
     
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  11. Aug 7, 2024 #11
    wa_gatorfan

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    I'm honored to come in off the bench and be the 6'8" guy who avoids the paint like it's got leprosy
     
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  12. Aug 7, 2024 #12
    GatorLurker

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    Are you Martti Kuisma?
     
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  13. Aug 7, 2024 #13
    INGATORSWETRUST

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    I pulled a hamstring just reading this thread
     
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  14. Aug 7, 2024 #14
    GatorPlanet

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    Happy to bring to the center position my 72" of grit and determination and vocabulary, plus my 6" vertical.
     
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  15. Aug 7, 2024 #15
    GatorLurker

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    We can use a Wes Unseld.
     
  16. Aug 7, 2024 #16
    gatordavisl

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    At 6'1" you might be the tallest dude on the squad, save for AKA & Lurker might be tallish.
     
  17. Aug 7, 2024 #17
    gatordavisl

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    6'8" dayum! We got us a stretch 4 fellas! The team is coming together.
    [​IMG]
     
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  18. Aug 7, 2024 #18
    GatorLurker

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    I am just below 6' 2" now. Shrinking as I get older. I am 70 now.

    In my playing days I was typically 220 lbs with a wide butt for boxing out and knew how to use it. Not a lot of vertical. Defensively I could frustrate much taller players in the paint with technique. I wasn't a guy that they could just over power and I could keep them from their preferred spot. And I could keep them off the boards with boxing out.

    Not super quick but could read body language to know what guys would do defending them face to face on the perimeter.

    As for PG skills I had to stop making no look passes to intramural teammates. They were not expecting them. I was good making them to guys that I played pick-up with on a regular basis. My intramural teams didn't have a lot of reps with me. They usually ended up with a ball bouncing off their chest or head.

    After I stopped playing hoops I started training for bike racing. Got down to 175 lbs. Got really fast and wondered if I should have done this sport a long time ago.
     
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  19. Aug 7, 2024 #19
    murphree_hall

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    If you start me as a 5’10” SF I think you might get the Mike White treatment from this forum :emoji_smile:
     
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  20. Aug 7, 2024 #20
    GatorLurker

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    We can switch positions.
     
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