EL BLOG ILUSORIO DE RUDY: Camp Rudy 09: La Noche

1.7.09

Camp Rudy 09: La Noche

To my left lays the pool, swathed in its blue shimmer. Through the recumbent air of the summer night floated the fluttering, ribbony sounds of crickets. And with my listening, I hear something come quietly from the gym:

Thwock. Thwock. Thwock.

The campers have broken curfew and snuck into the gym for clandestine basketballings! I lean back, a smile upon my lips, lost amid my own memories of midnight hoops.

¡Ah, de espíritu juvenil!

Let the little scamps play. It is all to the good.

And tomorrow, I shall extract a measure of payback, Rudy-style!

Foto by Casey Holdahl for Blazers Center Court.

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Rudy's Hypothetical Rules of Basketball

1. In ten years, nobody will remember the details of score, assists, or rebounds. They will only remember who won them a chalupa.

2. Any shot worth shooting is worth shooting twice.

3. When not shooting on offense, you should be communicating, passing, and running. Also, yell “Foul!” repeatedly. Why? How can officials summon help if you yell “Good D!” or “Our opponents are superior!”?

4. If legitimately called for a foul, say, “A good call!” (Do this no more than once a game.)

5. When in possession of the ball, have a plan. Further, have a back-up plan, because the first plan won't work (unless you are Brandon Roy).

6. Use cover or concealment as much as possible. (Both Oden and Pryzbilla provide these in abundance.)

7. On defense, ignore words and direct your eyesight to the ball. (Opposing Cleveland, LeBron James told me he would pull up for a jumper. I advanced upon him. Then James drove baseline with great speed. Both of my ankles gave way!)

8. The faster you begin an opponent’s blow-out, the more shots everyone will get.

9. Be polite and professional to everyone you play against. Then destroy them, for they wish to defeat you.

10. Practice shooting in a dimly-lit practice area with someone shouting unflattering threats at you. (I found this useful in Europe, where partial power outages were not uncommon.)

11. You may feel sad about snapping another team’s back with a clinch alley-oop or a clutching 3-pointer. But sadness is preferred to losing. And the winning will then bring happiness. (In the case of defeating the Lakers, the happiness will be most pronounced.)

12. Purple is not my color. (It may not be anyone’s color.)