EL BLOG ILUSORIO DE RUDY: Singed Beards and Blackened Eyes

5.4.10

Singed Beards and Blackened Eyes

I find that it is impossible to carry the torch of wisdom through a crowd without singeing someone’s soul patch.

And now that Jeff Pendergraph’s eye has taken a shining, we have a corollary: It is impossible to impede the progress of a Jerryd Bayless drive without taking an elbow to the orb!

While Jeff valiantly continued practice, his bravery shrinks in comparison to the equanimity mi amigo Pau Gasol displayed. Even as the earth quaked beneath three of the United States and Mexico, his interview answers babble forth! (Observe the hangers swing to the right.)

And to think that Pau's toughishness was ever given a question! It is to laugh.

Foto by pdxtrailblazer.

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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.)