I used to play soccer. In high school I made the basketball choice, but I was still offered a soccer scholarship. I love the game. It's utterly pure, really. You kick a ball. That's all you do ( Read more... )

Sometimes ... playoff ball sucks.

Hang tight, guys. It's just one game.

Seven games up against guys who know you better than you know yourself. Tense crowds. Crazy calls. I miss the rush. Even now I'm running longer in the morning, missing the marathon. Tonight, it's just Salt City up against Houston. I've got Jonah on one side and Izzy on the other. Izzy cares more than Jonah does ( Read more... )

Joe was one of my favorite teammates. Still one of my favorite humans. He and his wife have these two precious twins and he's one of those dudes you just want around you and on your team. Renae is just kick ass ( Read more... )

Getting to start them early with the basketball love. I mean, Izzy isn't even 10 days old yet, but it's never too early to start the fundamentals.

We're starting simple. What I call dribbling, she calls drooling, for example. ;)

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Between the fucking tournament and the way the West is eating itself alive on the ways to the playoffs, I might not survive March. Oh yeah. And you know, AJ's about to pop too. So no stress happening in the Gadling residence. Not at all. ;)

I miss the way the locker room would get quiet with nervous energy right before a game. And how no matter how hard you tried all season long, you couldn't get the smell of the ball out of your hands. How chalk got into everything all the time. I miss writing messages to family on my shoes - silly, yes. But I miss it ( Read more... )

Been out of the league 2 years now and the last couple of years on my contract, I knew I was (mostly) safe from being traded. But damn if I still don't wake up in a cold sweat on trade deadline day ( Read more... )

When I busted up my ACL my rookie year, I thought it was bad. But this season there's been two fractured fibulas from bad falls and holy shit I didn't think it was possible to see that twice in a season.

Prayers up to the dudes who are recovering right now.

And my old legs are suddenly glad I'm not playing.