Out With the Old; In With the New

Heading toward Marshall High School was different in the post-NVE era. Thoughts of assists, alley-oops, and layups quickly faded into curses.

The fence to turn into the parking lot was F***ING closed!

Yep. Closed.

After circling around the school twice and shaking my head following eye contact with Andytollah, a 60 year old, 350 lb, 5' 2" blonde female exited her disable-permit-equipped vehicle and opened the gates on the post-NVE era.

And just like that, within minutes, the KBA was back on and Andytollah--in his usual role as everyone's GM--had managed to create a super-team. Sadly he was not on it. Neither was BSR. Nor Ricky F. Meaning: BSR, Andytollah, and Ricky F were on the same team for most of the night.

(Bullets will be used for the remainder of the blog to highlight the noteworthy events).

• The first BSR three-pointer of the night had to wait until game 3 (see below for why) circa 7:38pm PST. NVE-style upper cuts were thrown.
• Ricky F was in top form. He made 4 shots all night (and, yes, he stayed until closing). FOUR shots. One can imagine how many shots he took. No one kept that stat, but it must have been in the 20s. BSR shots in game 1: zero. Ricky F shots in game 1: six.
• While waiting for "next" alongside Andytollah, with Ricky F playing, Andytollah at one point said "I hope Ricky F's team doesn't lose; I don't want him on my team." This is what's become of Ricky F. Mockery from Andytollah. Mockery. From. Andytollah.
• New Character: Some new Kaiser blood finally graced the court of Marshall HS. An athletic-looking baller who turns into absolute shait on the court. A true Jekyll and Crap. Although he can steadily hit mid-range shots in warmups, during the games he has a hard time dribbling and walking at the same time. Although he is of average size and height, he kept begging the forever-assigned-to-guard-ShaheVujicic Andytollah to let him guard Vujicic. After a change of possession, this character was frequently seen doubled over gasping for air, nearing intubation. Meanwhile, in-between games while waiting for next, he was seen doing pointless wind sprints around the tight-quarters of the court, often interfering with play. At present, it can only be said that he is a fellow of some sort. As the KNC (KBA Nomenclature Committee) works on his official KBA name, current thinking is landing somewhere between this guy and this guy. More in the coming months.
• Up for review by the KBA Blog Committee: We, the KNC, hereby make a motion to change the name of Andytollah to Andy Lebatard. Why? Because he looks just like Dan Lebatard: Click here.
• In closing, while BSR's record was 2-3 for the night (after an 0-3 start), it should be noted that both game winners in the two wins were made by.... of course... Ricky F. (Just in case you lost count, those were 2 of his four makes for the night).