{"id":335,"date":"2006-06-21T07:48:37","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T07:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2006\/06\/21\/aging-hoopsters\/"},"modified":"2006-06-21T07:48:37","modified_gmt":"2006-06-21T07:48:37","slug":"aging-hoopsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2006\/06\/21\/aging-hoopsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging Hoopsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Heat won the NBA title last night<\/a>, led by young superstar Dwyane Wade, and obtained championship rings for a bunch of guys who have been around for years without winning, like Gary Payton and Alonzo Mourning. It’s alo another title for Shaquille O’Neal, which probably gives him a conclusive victory over Kobe Bryant in their post-Laker competition.<\/p>\n

I’m fairly happy to see them win– I hated Mourning as a college player, but he’s had a hard life since, and I like Shaq. I didn’t care enough to watch the second half, though– the game was on way too late, and it’s methadone basketball anyway. Besides, I was too tired from my own lunchtime basketball exploits.<\/p>\n

A tip for aging hoopsters out there: If you’re playing guys fifteen years younger than you in a non-air-conditioned field house on a humid day, and you get to the point where there’s no longer a dry spot on your shirt to wipe your hands off, that’s a good time to stop. I did manage to score the last four baskets of our 15-13 victory, though (the fall-away jump hook is unstoppable…), so I’ll be re-negotiating my contract next week…<\/p>\n

(It wasn’t quite as bad as the time a few years ago when I started to get tunnel vision near the end of a game (“Hey, guys? How about we play this one to eleven?”), but I didn’t exactly feel like dancing a jig in the afternoon. You might say that this indicates that I’m taking the lunchtime pick-up game a little too seriously, and you might be right…)<\/p>\n

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