The Dream

by **Doobie** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:18 am

Hey , watsup. I finally registered here after looking at all of ur posts and i was wondering something. How many of you have the dream of playing in the NBA one day , and are hoping to suceed. How many of you tried but have failed ? Well me personally , have the dream of playing in the NBA and im working hard in my skills . Hopefully make it to my school team. Sorry im not sure if this Thread belongs here . K guys , C ya later.

by **Alcoholic** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:53 am

I'm in 10th grade right now. I tried out for my team beginning of the year but I got cut. That was pretty bad for me, but soon after I just happened to be reading something about Clyde Drexler, and it said he was cut from his team in the 10th grade also (though he was 6'5", I'm 6'1"). So that gives me hope and I've been working hard since then to make the summer tryouts.

by **The GOAT** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:27 am

Yeah I just got cut, I thought I made the team but the coach said at the practice that he needed to make 4 more cuts, and I was one of them. I am still only 12 though, so I have a lot of time to work on my skills (specifically jumpshots and freethrows). I started taking 200 shots a day at the beginning of the school year after reading a biography about MJ. By next year my shot will (hopefully) be better.

by **matmat8** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:18 am

I think MJ got cut too.
Correct me if im wrong...

by **j.23** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:39 am

yep you're right, he got cut but he came back the year after better than ever (and 6 inches taller)

by **Fresh8** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:42 am

haha... i used to have a dream to play NBA... until i realised i wont grow any taller. At 5'7" and 16 and asian... i have one last basketball goal because we won premiership this year (Awesome cause i started at PG) so my last ambition is to dunk and thats why im starting AriAlert 3 today...

wish me luck fellas! Spudd Webb could do it!

by **#12** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:07 am

i got cut too. Probably cause i was on the good team and no one passed, so the coach didnt see my skills

by **Stevan** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:56 pm

lol what is this, losers anonymous? Anybody here who didn't get cut? :lol:

good luck to all of you, and if all else fails, there's always nba live :cool:

by **Garnettbryant** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:40 pm

I thought that "The Dream" was Hakeem Olajuwon,
but i too was cut, and fail the nba

by **J@3** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:14 pm

Stevan wrote:lol what is this, losers anonymous? Anybody here who didn't get cut?

"I got cut but it's all good cause (insert NBA legend) got cut aswell"

by **Donatello** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:18 pm

i got cut from even trying out

...ok that wasn't funny.

by **Matt** on Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:03 pm

yeah i realised that i wouldn't be taller than 5'8

that and my HS didn't have a bball team and such, so i play for fun

by **cklitsie** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:13 am

I think every basketball playing kid has the dream to make it to the NBA one day, but only like 0,001% actually does, but it's always good to have a dream...

by . on Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:17 am

Yay, I didnt get cut and I practice with a proffesional team 3 times a week

by **Ataraxia** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:22 am

well my bigger dream is to make my band famous (y)

, like move to LA and get a big record deal n get a hot wife n bring my parents there and make a massive house for my parents, my bro and all my best palz (6 prolly) to come and live with me :lol:

but yeh I wouldnt ever make it to the NBA cause, im from a unknown island, im 5"4, 95 lbs....and umm not talented.

I played b-ball for my HS team, I skipped my last 2 years of HS to jump into college (long story). I was backup PG, I sucked at shooting(weak shoulders) and well didnt get alot of love from the coach (politics etc)...problem was I had the size of a point guard but played like a pure defensive power forward, so it kinda screwed me up.

Oh well good luck to anyone here who has talent and dreams of making it to the NBA (y)

I salute the talented :lol:

by **twolvezfanfoever** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:08 am

I played b-ball in 4th grade and rode the bench.6th grade,didnt make it

by **Doobie** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:38 am

arrrgrgh well yea i just got cut from the team , this blows. well yea , any tips on improving till next year??

by **The GOAT** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:42 am

...you should have asked your coach when you found out you were cut. the only thing I can tell you without seeing you play is find your biggest weakness and work until it becomes one of your strengths. Wash, rinse, repeat.

by **Rip32** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:15 am

I got cut in tryouts too. I was #13 on a 12 man roster. But I coach a Junior league team of 3rd and 4th graders. Were 4-0 so at least Im doing somthing right. :lol:

by **Matt** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:33 pm

well if you got cut from your bball team and you wanna get on theres only one thing to do......breaks someone's leg that is on the team. Sure you could practice and get better and get on the team but that's too much effort. If you want to be a starter then you have a lot of legs to break

by **Donatello** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:58 pm

if i had ever bothered to get in shape, i think i actually could have been quite good. my range is amazing, i made 10/15 shots from midcourt (a high school court)- and can shoot 3's fairly consistently, and the few times that i've actually made it a habit to play every day, i got pretty good at the fundamentals. too bad i probably don't have the motivation to get in shape enough (i'm not obese or anything, just not athletic)

by **Stevan** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:33 pm

well if you got cut from your bball team and you wanna get on theres only one thing to do......breaks someone's leg that is on the team. Sure you could practice and get better and get on the team but that's too much effort. If you want to be a starter then you have a lot of legs to break

LOL that's so George Costanza! :lol:

by **Matt** on Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:21 pm

haha, too much seinfeld for me

making any sports team isn't hard. All you gotta do is differentiate yourself.

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:21 am

If you play point guard, learning to drive really helps your game (drive as in driving a car), i dunno why... but i didn't used to be so aware when I ran the point, but ever since I started driving (car) it seems that being aware of everything thats happening on the road seems to help your awareness of everything thats happening on the court when you play.
Maybe its just me... but... its worth a shot :lol:

by **Matt** on Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:29 pm

haha, i never thought of it that way. Well, i don't know if it works because i don't pay attention on the roads.....all attention is focused on the stereo and eye candy

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