I get it. The Seneca Park rims and backboards are composed of a rigid blend of steel, some element that has yet to be discovered, and anger.
Double decker rims that don’t give at all.
Dunk proof that can’t be bent for the brothers on the A court.
To 73’s credit he was on fire during our “practice session”. He couldn’t miss. Automatic like Lil Shep.
Then during the actual GYEROLYMPICS event he goes ice cold. It got in his head. He at one point demanded that we get a ladder and measure to make sure they are 10 feet tall.
The best part is was he wouldn’t let it go for anything.
All damn day, even well after the event, he kept talking about the rims. At the post celebraish at The Nation telling anyone who would listen and then well into the evening at O’Sheas talking to the lassy bartender and even the bouncer at the door.
WELL, YESTERDAY.. I WAS 41/50 AT SENECA DURING MY PRACTICE SESSION. TODAY, I COULDN’T MAKE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW THOSE AREN’T REGULATION.
AT BALLARD IN 1988 I WAS A 84% FREE THROW SHOOTER.