Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Landscape is a B****
Hey Everyone,
So I am back on the landscape job today. Poor me. It was atrocious weather like 100 degrees and sunny. I am starting to get a little dark. I did have a pretty good sign happen for Germany coming up. I don't know the German language and I don't know Spanish even though my spanish co-workers only speak that. I managed to have communication with Martin who is my main guy I worked with. I taught him a little language of mine, and he taught me a little spanish. I mean I forgot it all by now but still it was pretty good. I learned about him jumping the border and his three kids. He learned about what Sean, the boss, is saying when he yells at him. So, I may be ok in Germany. Now we just have to work on Kiley, I am not so optimistic about her in that department ;). Well I'm just trying to continue to make a little money on the side so I am not stacking up my credit cards so badly and so I can have a little money for my Charlevoix vacation in July. It should be fun there is going to be the Venetian Festival going on and there will be live music. I actually go just to golf. We worked at a house on the golf course today and it just made me even more depressed that I was digging a 4 foot deep trench. Well, I am about to eat food out of a can, but I will get back with you all soon!
Nick Kohsterized
So I am back on the landscape job today. Poor me. It was atrocious weather like 100 degrees and sunny. I am starting to get a little dark. I did have a pretty good sign happen for Germany coming up. I don't know the German language and I don't know Spanish even though my spanish co-workers only speak that. I managed to have communication with Martin who is my main guy I worked with. I taught him a little language of mine, and he taught me a little spanish. I mean I forgot it all by now but still it was pretty good. I learned about him jumping the border and his three kids. He learned about what Sean, the boss, is saying when he yells at him. So, I may be ok in Germany. Now we just have to work on Kiley, I am not so optimistic about her in that department ;). Well I'm just trying to continue to make a little money on the side so I am not stacking up my credit cards so badly and so I can have a little money for my Charlevoix vacation in July. It should be fun there is going to be the Venetian Festival going on and there will be live music. I actually go just to golf. We worked at a house on the golf course today and it just made me even more depressed that I was digging a 4 foot deep trench. Well, I am about to eat food out of a can, but I will get back with you all soon!
Nick Kohsterized
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Osnabruck Here I Come
Hey Everyone,
Well, I wasn't hiding this week, I was more like dying. Even as everything comes together for me in positive ways it was still a painful week. This is most likely because I landed a short term landscaping job that should be considered slavery. I started out Wednesday morning still trying to decide on whether to wait around for a new offer from Jena that didn't seem to be coming, look more at Osnabruck, find something to say to Proveo Merlin that wasn't too harsh, or go to Chile for a lot of cash. But, while the emails were coming in all day, I was out in the blistering 100 degree heat of Memphis, planting trees, digging up other trees, and carrying around rocks that weighed about 150 pounds from one pile to another. No offense to any guys from Mexico, but they just can do work in the heat a lot better than I can, and that is probably why I am the only white American guy at this job. To explain how I got the job, I had Kiley's mom ask if maybe I would want to work mowing lawns or something with a friend of her's who had a company after she saw how I worked on the landscaping here. After a few weeks of no call, on the way home from Cincinnati the friend, Sean Wood, called me and said he could give me some hours for the next 4-5 weeks. That was perfect! He said he would stick me with the crew that isn't so hardcore and they go from 730 am-400 pm. This sounded like a good situation for me. When I woke up groggy the first day I was to work, I was ready to go mow lawns, but when I showed up at the storage that they work out from, there was no lawn mowers to be found. Shit, where are the mowers? There were none and Sean set me up in the truck with him, he told me we would be doing a little landscaping and I was like ok, maybe this will be easier. No, I was wrong, the first hour I had already dug out 3 trees that weighed about 150 pounds each and I was wanting to die, oh well, only 7 hours to go I tell myself. I wanted to just get done with things as fast as possible hoping the next task would be simpler and not so hard on my back. My partner in crime, Martin, who was a Mexican guy, couldn't speak any english, but we got on the same page quickly enough. Martin would dig the holes fast then be very slow filling in dirt around the tree, and everytime I would say let's go get our next task he would just look at me and keep doing it. "Damn, you are right Martin, I should learn that this is going to be much easier than the next thing we have to do." After many hours of really big roots being axed out of the ground, it became 500 pm. I thought I had been getting off an hour before that, but it was not meant to be, and I was not with the light group cutting lawns. The time of my departure was not until 630 pm that evening. I did leave 100 usd richer, but hey I earned it this time! Nobody can say I am just a lazy basketball player who gets everything handed to him after that day, no they can't and I am sure a lot of people would not make it through a day at that job. Well, after all that work I came home to an email from Jena stating that they didn't want to offer more money at this time and now they are going to make sure they can't get someone as good who will play for less than my first offer. Ok, where did that come from? That was bad news for me, and that left me thinking about Osnabruck, who had given me a fine offer, and Chile, which was brand new and was offering large money. The team in Chile was Puerto Montt and they are right on the Ocean, which sounded pretty good with me, and they also were offering around 7,000 usd/month to play for 4 months, then hoping that I could hook up with and Argentina team after that season concludes. This sounded like an enticing offer but my agent and some others were very shaky on that idea, and didn't think South America was the route to go. At that moment I decided I was tired of all this and said if Osnabruck will pay for Kiley's expenses I will go there. 5 minutes later I was sent a contract. Osnabruck was giving me 4500 usd/month (they have more money because they are only signing 2 americans), 100 usd per win, an apartment, shared vehicle with the other American, some food expenses and coupons, some possible endorsement money with appearances (they must think I am going to be good), plane tickets for me and Kiley there and back plus over Christmas, Spa access, health insurance, and all utilities including cable, internet, heat, electricity, gas, all that good stuff. I am now set to ship off there in August. I am excited now and scared to get on the plane, but we will talk more soon as it is time to work on my tennis game.
Nick Kohsterized!!
PS. Happy Fathers Day Dad
Well, I wasn't hiding this week, I was more like dying. Even as everything comes together for me in positive ways it was still a painful week. This is most likely because I landed a short term landscaping job that should be considered slavery. I started out Wednesday morning still trying to decide on whether to wait around for a new offer from Jena that didn't seem to be coming, look more at Osnabruck, find something to say to Proveo Merlin that wasn't too harsh, or go to Chile for a lot of cash. But, while the emails were coming in all day, I was out in the blistering 100 degree heat of Memphis, planting trees, digging up other trees, and carrying around rocks that weighed about 150 pounds from one pile to another. No offense to any guys from Mexico, but they just can do work in the heat a lot better than I can, and that is probably why I am the only white American guy at this job. To explain how I got the job, I had Kiley's mom ask if maybe I would want to work mowing lawns or something with a friend of her's who had a company after she saw how I worked on the landscaping here. After a few weeks of no call, on the way home from Cincinnati the friend, Sean Wood, called me and said he could give me some hours for the next 4-5 weeks. That was perfect! He said he would stick me with the crew that isn't so hardcore and they go from 730 am-400 pm. This sounded like a good situation for me. When I woke up groggy the first day I was to work, I was ready to go mow lawns, but when I showed up at the storage that they work out from, there was no lawn mowers to be found. Shit, where are the mowers? There were none and Sean set me up in the truck with him, he told me we would be doing a little landscaping and I was like ok, maybe this will be easier. No, I was wrong, the first hour I had already dug out 3 trees that weighed about 150 pounds each and I was wanting to die, oh well, only 7 hours to go I tell myself. I wanted to just get done with things as fast as possible hoping the next task would be simpler and not so hard on my back. My partner in crime, Martin, who was a Mexican guy, couldn't speak any english, but we got on the same page quickly enough. Martin would dig the holes fast then be very slow filling in dirt around the tree, and everytime I would say let's go get our next task he would just look at me and keep doing it. "Damn, you are right Martin, I should learn that this is going to be much easier than the next thing we have to do." After many hours of really big roots being axed out of the ground, it became 500 pm. I thought I had been getting off an hour before that, but it was not meant to be, and I was not with the light group cutting lawns. The time of my departure was not until 630 pm that evening. I did leave 100 usd richer, but hey I earned it this time! Nobody can say I am just a lazy basketball player who gets everything handed to him after that day, no they can't and I am sure a lot of people would not make it through a day at that job. Well, after all that work I came home to an email from Jena stating that they didn't want to offer more money at this time and now they are going to make sure they can't get someone as good who will play for less than my first offer. Ok, where did that come from? That was bad news for me, and that left me thinking about Osnabruck, who had given me a fine offer, and Chile, which was brand new and was offering large money. The team in Chile was Puerto Montt and they are right on the Ocean, which sounded pretty good with me, and they also were offering around 7,000 usd/month to play for 4 months, then hoping that I could hook up with and Argentina team after that season concludes. This sounded like an enticing offer but my agent and some others were very shaky on that idea, and didn't think South America was the route to go. At that moment I decided I was tired of all this and said if Osnabruck will pay for Kiley's expenses I will go there. 5 minutes later I was sent a contract. Osnabruck was giving me 4500 usd/month (they have more money because they are only signing 2 americans), 100 usd per win, an apartment, shared vehicle with the other American, some food expenses and coupons, some possible endorsement money with appearances (they must think I am going to be good), plane tickets for me and Kiley there and back plus over Christmas, Spa access, health insurance, and all utilities including cable, internet, heat, electricity, gas, all that good stuff. I am now set to ship off there in August. I am excited now and scared to get on the plane, but we will talk more soon as it is time to work on my tennis game.
Nick Kohsterized!!
PS. Happy Fathers Day Dad
Monday, June 15, 2009
Blogspot Is Making Me ANGRY!
Hey Everyone,
I seriously just wrote an extremely long blog and they didn't post it now I can't get it back! I will just rewrite it tomorrow along with whatever happens, sorry! Talk to you tomorrow!
Nick Kohsterizzzed
I seriously just wrote an extremely long blog and they didn't post it now I can't get it back! I will just rewrite it tomorrow along with whatever happens, sorry! Talk to you tomorrow!
Nick Kohsterizzzed
Friday, June 12, 2009
Home For The Weekend
Hey Everyone,
I'm writing from Cincinnati, and am here for my sister's graduation. My body is tired but, yet again my mind is running wild for the night! The drive to Cincinnati was terrible once again. Seriously, the ride used to be a quick 7.5 hours with nice weather. Now, it seems everytime I go either direction it rains most of the time, I find a lot of traffic, and it takes more like 9 hours. I think I will just crash at some point, but I have to make it through this weekend. I will have Grace pretty much the whole time so I need to conserve energy for that wild child. Anyways, I have been up trying to obtain a phone card for international calls for as cheap as I can and the website is being a pain in the ass and has to verify my information when I want to call now. I am in contacts with another German Pro A team, Proveo Merlin out of Crailsheim, Germany. They were in the Pro B last year, but won the conference with a 24-6 record and now enter the Pro A. Elliot thinks they will offer really good money based on the fact that they are moving up a league, will get a larger stadium, and don't want to finish last and move right back down to the Pro B. This means they need to get talent and the way to do that is with money, of course. So, the coach of the team really wants to speak with me, but we are having difficulties. He has called a lot and I have missed the calls so I am going to get a calling card so I can just call him for 30 minutes and get it over with. Oh, how terrible I am, I complain about paying $5.00 to call a man who will most likely offer me around $35,000-$40,000 to play basketball for him for 7 months. But, I still am going to complain and back it up by saying nobody has paid me yet! I need a job as soon as possible, but nobody wants to hire someone who they know will be leaving in the near future, and I can't bring myself to lie to another employer about how long I plan to work at their place of business. I have had to so many times because of basketball commitments. I say whatever I have to to get the job and then I have to let them down, or leave on unsatisfactory terms and it hurts my reputation in the US work force. Hopefully my Europe reputation will be better :)
Nick
I'm writing from Cincinnati, and am here for my sister's graduation. My body is tired but, yet again my mind is running wild for the night! The drive to Cincinnati was terrible once again. Seriously, the ride used to be a quick 7.5 hours with nice weather. Now, it seems everytime I go either direction it rains most of the time, I find a lot of traffic, and it takes more like 9 hours. I think I will just crash at some point, but I have to make it through this weekend. I will have Grace pretty much the whole time so I need to conserve energy for that wild child. Anyways, I have been up trying to obtain a phone card for international calls for as cheap as I can and the website is being a pain in the ass and has to verify my information when I want to call now. I am in contacts with another German Pro A team, Proveo Merlin out of Crailsheim, Germany. They were in the Pro B last year, but won the conference with a 24-6 record and now enter the Pro A. Elliot thinks they will offer really good money based on the fact that they are moving up a league, will get a larger stadium, and don't want to finish last and move right back down to the Pro B. This means they need to get talent and the way to do that is with money, of course. So, the coach of the team really wants to speak with me, but we are having difficulties. He has called a lot and I have missed the calls so I am going to get a calling card so I can just call him for 30 minutes and get it over with. Oh, how terrible I am, I complain about paying $5.00 to call a man who will most likely offer me around $35,000-$40,000 to play basketball for him for 7 months. But, I still am going to complain and back it up by saying nobody has paid me yet! I need a job as soon as possible, but nobody wants to hire someone who they know will be leaving in the near future, and I can't bring myself to lie to another employer about how long I plan to work at their place of business. I have had to so many times because of basketball commitments. I say whatever I have to to get the job and then I have to let them down, or leave on unsatisfactory terms and it hurts my reputation in the US work force. Hopefully my Europe reputation will be better :)
Nick
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Coach Stumpf
Hey Everyone,
Well, today was a busy day. First I couldn't sleep again last night, but no big deal I got a lot of good video game time in (only PS2 games though, remember my PS3 is broke). Today I then lifted really hard early then showered and passed out for a few hours. The coach of Science City Jena was supposed to call with an expanded offer, and I wasn't getting that call. As I began to get irritated I decided to write him an email. I said that if he changed his mind about me that is fine, but that I am going to get him wins if he can afford me and that I will work as hard as he needs me to and lead the team as a rookie. He called about ten minutes later, kind of laughed at me and then claimed he had camps all day and was trying to find some players to fill around me his "future" star. I felt like an ass I can't lie about that. His english was actually pretty good for a second language but I didn't understand at least 20% of what he said nonetheless. This was the first coach who wanted me bad enough to call me and convince me to come play for him. We had about an hourlong talk and he explained that his system is very similar inside out with lots of cutters, just like I played in at CBU. This sounded good to me, and then he explained that I would be the highest paid player on the team as a rookie even if he didn't add any money on to the end of my deal. But, he also said he needed to sign a 4 man and a 5 man and that were imported players and he wants me over anyone else he has seen and he will take care of me and not to worry about the money. This was good to hear considering I have seemed to be a second choice because of my d2 background with many coaches. After hanging up with the coach after a great conversation he left to go give my agent the new offer and I looked up some information on the team. Their gym was really cool, it reminded me of Harding, it looks like an old airplane hangar and seats about 3,500, usually being almost full to capacity. Jena doesn't have any other pro sports in the city so the basketball team gets a good loyal fan base to come to their games. I like the situation and what it can be but we decided to give it a little time, he didn't feel the need to pressure me. I got an email from a Pro B coach whose team is dropping a league and desperately wants to climb back up to Pro B after one season. He is offering money that Pro B teams would offer (generally good), but the league is pretty weak so I need to decide if the money is so important or if the league I play in is what I need. I want to play in Italy or Greece someday and maybe Spain I don't want to be in the 2nd leagues forever, and I want me and Kiley to see the world not just Germany. But, for now I need to think about the best way to prove myself to Europe and which situation is going to give me the best opportunities. It is exciting but it is full of pressure. I now will collect checks to perform, and that means I can't not perform or I am undeserving of pay. True tests are ahead for me, but I am up for the challenge.
Nickkkkk KOOOOOOOOOHHHHSSSSterized
Well, today was a busy day. First I couldn't sleep again last night, but no big deal I got a lot of good video game time in (only PS2 games though, remember my PS3 is broke). Today I then lifted really hard early then showered and passed out for a few hours. The coach of Science City Jena was supposed to call with an expanded offer, and I wasn't getting that call. As I began to get irritated I decided to write him an email. I said that if he changed his mind about me that is fine, but that I am going to get him wins if he can afford me and that I will work as hard as he needs me to and lead the team as a rookie. He called about ten minutes later, kind of laughed at me and then claimed he had camps all day and was trying to find some players to fill around me his "future" star. I felt like an ass I can't lie about that. His english was actually pretty good for a second language but I didn't understand at least 20% of what he said nonetheless. This was the first coach who wanted me bad enough to call me and convince me to come play for him. We had about an hourlong talk and he explained that his system is very similar inside out with lots of cutters, just like I played in at CBU. This sounded good to me, and then he explained that I would be the highest paid player on the team as a rookie even if he didn't add any money on to the end of my deal. But, he also said he needed to sign a 4 man and a 5 man and that were imported players and he wants me over anyone else he has seen and he will take care of me and not to worry about the money. This was good to hear considering I have seemed to be a second choice because of my d2 background with many coaches. After hanging up with the coach after a great conversation he left to go give my agent the new offer and I looked up some information on the team. Their gym was really cool, it reminded me of Harding, it looks like an old airplane hangar and seats about 3,500, usually being almost full to capacity. Jena doesn't have any other pro sports in the city so the basketball team gets a good loyal fan base to come to their games. I like the situation and what it can be but we decided to give it a little time, he didn't feel the need to pressure me. I got an email from a Pro B coach whose team is dropping a league and desperately wants to climb back up to Pro B after one season. He is offering money that Pro B teams would offer (generally good), but the league is pretty weak so I need to decide if the money is so important or if the league I play in is what I need. I want to play in Italy or Greece someday and maybe Spain I don't want to be in the 2nd leagues forever, and I want me and Kiley to see the world not just Germany. But, for now I need to think about the best way to prove myself to Europe and which situation is going to give me the best opportunities. It is exciting but it is full of pressure. I now will collect checks to perform, and that means I can't not perform or I am undeserving of pay. True tests are ahead for me, but I am up for the challenge.
Nickkkkk KOOOOOOOOOHHHHSSSSterized
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Keep It Going
Hey Everyone,
I have been working nonstop the last 3 days to try to get some better offers for myself. I have talked to former opponents, future opponents, coaches, agents, even God. Deciding where to go to play a game for money shouldn't be this hard, but it really is. It has been interesting. It all started when I discovered the job market page on Eurobasket.com. It is very off when it comes to what teams are actually needing players and not needing players, but it does have numerous coach emails, team emails, and gm emails. A gm is a general manager in case some of you are new to sports or have lived under a rock for some 10 to 15 years. They make a lot of personnel decisions, if not all of them. I seriously have been writing them all down even in the best leagues in Europe, and emailing every damn email address there is on the site. I could tell you what the emails say, but then I'd have to kill you. Anyways, everything immediately picked up from there. I have recieved some strange offers from the situation. I think I mentioned the offer in a prior post that offered me 1100 euros per month to play, and then they would pay me double that if I was willing to teach 20 hours of English at the local college? Me, a teacher, that is just a hilarious idea. I could have got a start on a teaching job and basketball career at the same time. Darn, too bad had to pass on that one. I got an offer in Ireland to work on my masters and get it paid for instead of getting paid to play. Sorry, that is just not going to happen, I don't even have my first degree. I have really picked up in the interest though, and I now have contacts in the UK, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, and in the PBL (US). I hope to keep getting offers and opportunities brought to me, but there is a current offer on the table that may become a deal. Science City Jena, a Pro A team in Germany, had offered me 2800 euros/per month with some incentives. I was considering that dollar amount but supposedly at too slow of a pace, so now their coach wants to talk to me as soon as possible (probably tomorrow) and the agent thinks they might raise their offer substantially. If this is so, along with working out some other kinks, this may be the one. The Pro A league is the 2nd German League and is usually a good stepping stone for players to get to where they want to be. They have lenient rules on import players so the league is quite tough. The Pro B and Pro A used to be one league, then they broke it apart and the best teams went to the Pro A and the lower teams went to the Pro B. It will be interesting to see how the conversation goes. By the way congratulations to Cassy Kohs for graduating high school, I never thought she would! I am just messing but I will be attending her party for doing so this weekend!
N I C K K O H S T E R I Z E D
I have been working nonstop the last 3 days to try to get some better offers for myself. I have talked to former opponents, future opponents, coaches, agents, even God. Deciding where to go to play a game for money shouldn't be this hard, but it really is. It has been interesting. It all started when I discovered the job market page on Eurobasket.com. It is very off when it comes to what teams are actually needing players and not needing players, but it does have numerous coach emails, team emails, and gm emails. A gm is a general manager in case some of you are new to sports or have lived under a rock for some 10 to 15 years. They make a lot of personnel decisions, if not all of them. I seriously have been writing them all down even in the best leagues in Europe, and emailing every damn email address there is on the site. I could tell you what the emails say, but then I'd have to kill you. Anyways, everything immediately picked up from there. I have recieved some strange offers from the situation. I think I mentioned the offer in a prior post that offered me 1100 euros per month to play, and then they would pay me double that if I was willing to teach 20 hours of English at the local college? Me, a teacher, that is just a hilarious idea. I could have got a start on a teaching job and basketball career at the same time. Darn, too bad had to pass on that one. I got an offer in Ireland to work on my masters and get it paid for instead of getting paid to play. Sorry, that is just not going to happen, I don't even have my first degree. I have really picked up in the interest though, and I now have contacts in the UK, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Mexico, Argentina, and in the PBL (US). I hope to keep getting offers and opportunities brought to me, but there is a current offer on the table that may become a deal. Science City Jena, a Pro A team in Germany, had offered me 2800 euros/per month with some incentives. I was considering that dollar amount but supposedly at too slow of a pace, so now their coach wants to talk to me as soon as possible (probably tomorrow) and the agent thinks they might raise their offer substantially. If this is so, along with working out some other kinks, this may be the one. The Pro A league is the 2nd German League and is usually a good stepping stone for players to get to where they want to be. They have lenient rules on import players so the league is quite tough. The Pro B and Pro A used to be one league, then they broke it apart and the best teams went to the Pro A and the lower teams went to the Pro B. It will be interesting to see how the conversation goes. By the way congratulations to Cassy Kohs for graduating high school, I never thought she would! I am just messing but I will be attending her party for doing so this weekend!
N I C K K O H S T E R I Z E D
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Can't Sleep
Hey Everyone,
Well, I can't sleep and I know I am a bad host and have been neglecting every one of my readers so I am back at it tonight and I vow to shape up and take care of you from now on. May was a rough month for me and I'm hoping that June will be better. Basketball wise I haven't done anything of interest since returning to Memphis. I did blast a few nobodies in one on one, but outside of that no victories for Nick Kohs in the basketball world. I have had numerous other problems come up and I will get to those, and though I have solved my earlier sleeping problem I just feel like it is a new thing everyday. I am a little stressed about my future, my stomach hurts from the chicken parmesan I cooked for dinner (yes I cook don't even worry about it), and I am sore all over because I didn't drink enough water the last two days. This is leading to an anxiety that I am not accustomed to. When in college (or while living with parents), there is no fear of anything. You have a roof over your head, money when you need it, no bills, and no sense of responsibility to take care of yourself. Basketball is the same way. I already know who I am playing with the next season while in college (maybe not high school for me) and I am comfortable. Well, I'm not comfortable now. I have gotten a slew of weak offers so far, and though I have been told that many top leagues are still competing and teams don't look for their players until the end of this month, it still leaves me not feeling all that great if you can imagine. I have gotten many offers for under $2000/month. One 3rd league team in Germany offered me $1500/month plus an additional $1500/month if I would teach 18 hours of English at a local college. I am no teacher! Shit, that might be a good deal at this point though. I do have one good offer from a team that is moving from the German Pro A league to the BBL. This team did not finish first to gain access to the BBL they were forced in due to payoffs and probably the mob. Ok, I am getting a little climactic here. But, they were not very good in the Pro A. They have offered 2800 euros/month. Which is 2800 x 1.4 (for the exchange rate) and that is suddenly $3920/month, plus a bonus of 250 euros per win. Playing 6 games a month that could be around an extra $1000/month considering we win half our games. This may be a little too much confidence though considering this team didn't win a whole lot as a second league team they finished just 14-16 one season ago. I honestly need to get on a team that I know I will play to show that I can play and to increase my pay and respect every single year. I just said respect, I sound like the Godfather, earning respect like this is some GTA style video game. Ok, enough mob references, it must be late, or I might just be watching a lot of mob movies lately, I'll leave it to you to decide on that one. Anyways, I am hoping for some solid offers soon, considering I now have my high school coach on the case and Mike Broderick, a 15 year veteran of overseas ball. Broderick has already begun to get some early interest for me in Germany and France so hopefully that can be parlayed into some offers. Those are all first league teams he is speaking with as well. On top of all this mess I just want to say screw Sony and Playstation. I purchased a Playstation 3 with all my Dad's hard earned money (553.00) to be exact and it has already blown out after just a short 18 months. Ok, yeah it plays PS2 games right now and the Blu Ray drive is shot, but I could get a PS2 for 1/5 of the price of PS3 so that isn't doing me a whole lot of good. I call Sony, as does my Mom to explain this to them and they say well good luck finding $150.00 to fix it. By the way I only have like 18 games for the damn thing and also own about 60 PS2 games, and I play video games a lot less than most individuals that are male and under the age of 25. So why does my PS3 blow out and why do I have to pay to have it fixed? Because life can be unfair. I'm not going to lie me and Kiley even cooked up a story a fullproof story that is and she tried to return it to WalMart for me saying it was a gift and she didn't know the purchase date and so on. Of course, she gets the rudest customer service representative in the building's history and is turned down after she finds the real date of purchase. To top it off, I didn't even have the UPC code on it, I had cut it off to recieve 5 free Blu Ray discs back in the day of purchase. Whew, well it felt good to get a couple things off my chest, now I can hopefully sleep a little better, but I make no promises! Goodnight!
Nick KOOOOOOOOOOOOhsterized
Well, I can't sleep and I know I am a bad host and have been neglecting every one of my readers so I am back at it tonight and I vow to shape up and take care of you from now on. May was a rough month for me and I'm hoping that June will be better. Basketball wise I haven't done anything of interest since returning to Memphis. I did blast a few nobodies in one on one, but outside of that no victories for Nick Kohs in the basketball world. I have had numerous other problems come up and I will get to those, and though I have solved my earlier sleeping problem I just feel like it is a new thing everyday. I am a little stressed about my future, my stomach hurts from the chicken parmesan I cooked for dinner (yes I cook don't even worry about it), and I am sore all over because I didn't drink enough water the last two days. This is leading to an anxiety that I am not accustomed to. When in college (or while living with parents), there is no fear of anything. You have a roof over your head, money when you need it, no bills, and no sense of responsibility to take care of yourself. Basketball is the same way. I already know who I am playing with the next season while in college (maybe not high school for me) and I am comfortable. Well, I'm not comfortable now. I have gotten a slew of weak offers so far, and though I have been told that many top leagues are still competing and teams don't look for their players until the end of this month, it still leaves me not feeling all that great if you can imagine. I have gotten many offers for under $2000/month. One 3rd league team in Germany offered me $1500/month plus an additional $1500/month if I would teach 18 hours of English at a local college. I am no teacher! Shit, that might be a good deal at this point though. I do have one good offer from a team that is moving from the German Pro A league to the BBL. This team did not finish first to gain access to the BBL they were forced in due to payoffs and probably the mob. Ok, I am getting a little climactic here. But, they were not very good in the Pro A. They have offered 2800 euros/month. Which is 2800 x 1.4 (for the exchange rate) and that is suddenly $3920/month, plus a bonus of 250 euros per win. Playing 6 games a month that could be around an extra $1000/month considering we win half our games. This may be a little too much confidence though considering this team didn't win a whole lot as a second league team they finished just 14-16 one season ago. I honestly need to get on a team that I know I will play to show that I can play and to increase my pay and respect every single year. I just said respect, I sound like the Godfather, earning respect like this is some GTA style video game. Ok, enough mob references, it must be late, or I might just be watching a lot of mob movies lately, I'll leave it to you to decide on that one. Anyways, I am hoping for some solid offers soon, considering I now have my high school coach on the case and Mike Broderick, a 15 year veteran of overseas ball. Broderick has already begun to get some early interest for me in Germany and France so hopefully that can be parlayed into some offers. Those are all first league teams he is speaking with as well. On top of all this mess I just want to say screw Sony and Playstation. I purchased a Playstation 3 with all my Dad's hard earned money (553.00) to be exact and it has already blown out after just a short 18 months. Ok, yeah it plays PS2 games right now and the Blu Ray drive is shot, but I could get a PS2 for 1/5 of the price of PS3 so that isn't doing me a whole lot of good. I call Sony, as does my Mom to explain this to them and they say well good luck finding $150.00 to fix it. By the way I only have like 18 games for the damn thing and also own about 60 PS2 games, and I play video games a lot less than most individuals that are male and under the age of 25. So why does my PS3 blow out and why do I have to pay to have it fixed? Because life can be unfair. I'm not going to lie me and Kiley even cooked up a story a fullproof story that is and she tried to return it to WalMart for me saying it was a gift and she didn't know the purchase date and so on. Of course, she gets the rudest customer service representative in the building's history and is turned down after she finds the real date of purchase. To top it off, I didn't even have the UPC code on it, I had cut it off to recieve 5 free Blu Ray discs back in the day of purchase. Whew, well it felt good to get a couple things off my chest, now I can hopefully sleep a little better, but I make no promises! Goodnight!
Nick KOOOOOOOOOOOOhsterized
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
It Has Been Awhile
Hey Everyone,
My deepest apologies for going away for so long. If you knew all I had been up to you would understand! Well, probably not I am kind of lazy. When we last spoke I was on my way to play a little pick-up basketball with the KBDL team. That was not so good. It was just a lot of terrible defense and running back and forth. The team we played against in the "open gym" was full of d1 players while my team had mostly d3 players on it. They played defense harder than us, they shot less bad shots than us, yes, we lost every game on the night. I didn't even see the ball because all we did was shoot three pointers and on top of that I knew only one player on the team, barely, and nobody was passing me the ball. I left the open gym not very happy and planned to skip the game on Saturday and be finished with the KBDL after just one short day. But, after convincing and sweet talking from Kiley, and the fact I wanted my dad to be able to see me play again, I decided to give the KBDL one more shot. After working out hard for the whole day Friday and dealing with more Cha Cha problems, I showed up Saturday for a game they told me was at 6 pm. Well, the game was actually at 7 pm and they just say 6 so they actually have all the players show up because they are not all the brightest. I am responsible so I showed up at 5 pm and was shooting by myself for about an hour and a half by myself. That was exciting, especially since we were playing at a middle school that held about 300 fans and the baskets seemed super high! The real coach of the the team wasn't going to be there so I was afraid I wouldn't get to play much since I was the new one on the team joining up after half the season was already done! I was relieved though, when my name was called as a starter. On a side note, I was also relieved that Carl Richburg, who didn't go to practice, was on the team also. He played for Mason and was a great player for them, and also had experience with Southern Indiana and Miami (OH). I knew I would get a lot more looks with him playing. The game was a very quick paced game, something I never did in college but was exactly like my high school team. The crowd was the biggest surprise actually, filing in was around 200 or 250 people, they even had a dance show before the game and at halftime. Anyways, the game was against a team they had just lost to the weekend before without me and Richburg. This game was different, we went at them from the start and I was up to the task of running the court on this day. I got my baskets on dunks from fast breaks and a few post moves, and patrolled the paint on defense better than usual while the guards rained in jumpers and got steals. We finished the game with a 18 point victory, and with all the extra shot attempts I was able to pull down 21 rebounds, along with 16 points and 3 blocks with 3 assists. It wasn't a bad start, but it was still the end of my KBDL career before it really got started, as I had to be in Memphis for Memorial Day weekend. This wasn't the only basketball I played over the break. I also went to my high school and played open gym. Now, usually this open gym is not very strong at all and that is not a lie, it will be filled with high school guys and older men. Not this time. I got lucky enough to play with an array of really good players, including James Dews (Miami (FL)), Cordale Boyd (Concord)(Those 2 were former teammates), CJ Anderson (Xavier), Deonte Vaughn (Cincinnati), Steve Horton (Ball State), Jarelle Redden (North Alabama), Josh Chichester (Louisville-Football) and many other talented players. It was a really good open gym for at least 3 or 4 games. I ran really well with Vaughn and our team won most games after a poor start. I also did well against CJ Anderson as well and even got him to try a little bit. It was a really good experience for me. I am now back in Memphis and just trying to get normal I will let you in on my Memorial Day weekeend with my next post. Sorry again for the delay the next one will be much sooner!
Nicholas Kohsterized
My deepest apologies for going away for so long. If you knew all I had been up to you would understand! Well, probably not I am kind of lazy. When we last spoke I was on my way to play a little pick-up basketball with the KBDL team. That was not so good. It was just a lot of terrible defense and running back and forth. The team we played against in the "open gym" was full of d1 players while my team had mostly d3 players on it. They played defense harder than us, they shot less bad shots than us, yes, we lost every game on the night. I didn't even see the ball because all we did was shoot three pointers and on top of that I knew only one player on the team, barely, and nobody was passing me the ball. I left the open gym not very happy and planned to skip the game on Saturday and be finished with the KBDL after just one short day. But, after convincing and sweet talking from Kiley, and the fact I wanted my dad to be able to see me play again, I decided to give the KBDL one more shot. After working out hard for the whole day Friday and dealing with more Cha Cha problems, I showed up Saturday for a game they told me was at 6 pm. Well, the game was actually at 7 pm and they just say 6 so they actually have all the players show up because they are not all the brightest. I am responsible so I showed up at 5 pm and was shooting by myself for about an hour and a half by myself. That was exciting, especially since we were playing at a middle school that held about 300 fans and the baskets seemed super high! The real coach of the the team wasn't going to be there so I was afraid I wouldn't get to play much since I was the new one on the team joining up after half the season was already done! I was relieved though, when my name was called as a starter. On a side note, I was also relieved that Carl Richburg, who didn't go to practice, was on the team also. He played for Mason and was a great player for them, and also had experience with Southern Indiana and Miami (OH). I knew I would get a lot more looks with him playing. The game was a very quick paced game, something I never did in college but was exactly like my high school team. The crowd was the biggest surprise actually, filing in was around 200 or 250 people, they even had a dance show before the game and at halftime. Anyways, the game was against a team they had just lost to the weekend before without me and Richburg. This game was different, we went at them from the start and I was up to the task of running the court on this day. I got my baskets on dunks from fast breaks and a few post moves, and patrolled the paint on defense better than usual while the guards rained in jumpers and got steals. We finished the game with a 18 point victory, and with all the extra shot attempts I was able to pull down 21 rebounds, along with 16 points and 3 blocks with 3 assists. It wasn't a bad start, but it was still the end of my KBDL career before it really got started, as I had to be in Memphis for Memorial Day weekend. This wasn't the only basketball I played over the break. I also went to my high school and played open gym. Now, usually this open gym is not very strong at all and that is not a lie, it will be filled with high school guys and older men. Not this time. I got lucky enough to play with an array of really good players, including James Dews (Miami (FL)), Cordale Boyd (Concord)(Those 2 were former teammates), CJ Anderson (Xavier), Deonte Vaughn (Cincinnati), Steve Horton (Ball State), Jarelle Redden (North Alabama), Josh Chichester (Louisville-Football) and many other talented players. It was a really good open gym for at least 3 or 4 games. I ran really well with Vaughn and our team won most games after a poor start. I also did well against CJ Anderson as well and even got him to try a little bit. It was a really good experience for me. I am now back in Memphis and just trying to get normal I will let you in on my Memorial Day weekeend with my next post. Sorry again for the delay the next one will be much sooner!
Nicholas Kohsterized
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sleep is Necessary
Hey Everyone,
I am beginning to learn that there is a such thing as getting too tired to function. I have not reached this point all that many times in my life, but I definitely have that strange feeling right now. I have moved stuff countless days in a row and now have finally reached Cincinnati after a drive that seemed to take an eternity and to top that drive off I had so much stuff in my car I had to sit in the worst position possible and my back hurts now. I feel really awake at night but I feel so tired during the day but never have time to take a nap due to my schedule which is much busier than you would think. I need to take care of everything from a normal schedule standpoint plus I have to worry about lifting everyday and shooting or I feel like I am losing the improvements I am making to my game and body. It is stressful at times believe me. Also, I have been doing the Cha Cha, which I explained before is a business that answers any question that you text to 242242, and now the first pay period of my employment end tonight at midnight. Cha Cha has a minimum that you must make to get cut a check, a minimum which I have not met even though I am close to it. Due to my moving and driving, and basketball I have missed out on so many days of doing it lately that now I am sitting here like I have been all day trying to reach the minimum to make sure I get the check and the extra money I need for the month. This means no nap for Nicholas once again. As I am getting closer to reaching this minimum I know I have a basketball commitment tonight. For a little backstory, I come home to Cincinnati most summers and I usually have NOWHERE to play basketball while I am here. Now, suddenly after getting "done" with college I now have an opportunity to get some play in the Kentucky Basketball Developmental League. I know I mentioned this league before and I thought I wouldn't get to play after I balked on going up here last Saturday to save money on driving. There is supposed to be some strong players in the league and I have practice/open gym for the team tonight. I doubt they run plays but we'll see how it goes. My sore arms are going to have to perform whether they want to or not! I will play in a game for it Saturday and see how my skills have been performing. It is a little nervous to play with players you haven't played with before, expecially when I have gotten used to playing with the same guys for 4 straight years. It takes adjusting and there is a lot of it in basketball, it is more complicated than just going out and dribbling and shooting a ball into a hoop. Players get to know each other and their tendencies and they also come to some sort of agreement on who should be shooting the ball and who should be passing the ball along with who should guard the best player on the other team. The best situation for a player is when they should be shooting the ball and guarding the other team's best player (obviously!). After I complete the practice, I will have to rush back and continue my quest to make my check get sent from Cha Cha, if I can do all of that and not pass out I will get back on and post how the practice went! Oh, and if your bored tonight send texts to 242242, and I'll answer them! Cha Cha
Nick 'Cha Cha' Kohsterized
I am beginning to learn that there is a such thing as getting too tired to function. I have not reached this point all that many times in my life, but I definitely have that strange feeling right now. I have moved stuff countless days in a row and now have finally reached Cincinnati after a drive that seemed to take an eternity and to top that drive off I had so much stuff in my car I had to sit in the worst position possible and my back hurts now. I feel really awake at night but I feel so tired during the day but never have time to take a nap due to my schedule which is much busier than you would think. I need to take care of everything from a normal schedule standpoint plus I have to worry about lifting everyday and shooting or I feel like I am losing the improvements I am making to my game and body. It is stressful at times believe me. Also, I have been doing the Cha Cha, which I explained before is a business that answers any question that you text to 242242, and now the first pay period of my employment end tonight at midnight. Cha Cha has a minimum that you must make to get cut a check, a minimum which I have not met even though I am close to it. Due to my moving and driving, and basketball I have missed out on so many days of doing it lately that now I am sitting here like I have been all day trying to reach the minimum to make sure I get the check and the extra money I need for the month. This means no nap for Nicholas once again. As I am getting closer to reaching this minimum I know I have a basketball commitment tonight. For a little backstory, I come home to Cincinnati most summers and I usually have NOWHERE to play basketball while I am here. Now, suddenly after getting "done" with college I now have an opportunity to get some play in the Kentucky Basketball Developmental League. I know I mentioned this league before and I thought I wouldn't get to play after I balked on going up here last Saturday to save money on driving. There is supposed to be some strong players in the league and I have practice/open gym for the team tonight. I doubt they run plays but we'll see how it goes. My sore arms are going to have to perform whether they want to or not! I will play in a game for it Saturday and see how my skills have been performing. It is a little nervous to play with players you haven't played with before, expecially when I have gotten used to playing with the same guys for 4 straight years. It takes adjusting and there is a lot of it in basketball, it is more complicated than just going out and dribbling and shooting a ball into a hoop. Players get to know each other and their tendencies and they also come to some sort of agreement on who should be shooting the ball and who should be passing the ball along with who should guard the best player on the other team. The best situation for a player is when they should be shooting the ball and guarding the other team's best player (obviously!). After I complete the practice, I will have to rush back and continue my quest to make my check get sent from Cha Cha, if I can do all of that and not pass out I will get back on and post how the practice went! Oh, and if your bored tonight send texts to 242242, and I'll answer them! Cha Cha
Nick 'Cha Cha' Kohsterized
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Moving Just Plain Sucks
Hey Everyone,
I have found that when you become a college student you begin a process of moving almost everything you own back and forth from your parent's house to your college dorm or apartment (or house if your spoiled like my Kiley). Well, of course this isn't true for everyone some students live at home while they are in school, some don't live at home in the summers and some might do half and half and still will have to move less. I, on the other hand, decided to go to school out of state and move back and for ALMOST every summer. After my freshman year I didn't get to move home, because I had to take summer school. Well, you would think I wouldn't have to move anything then, but you are wrong. Since I wanted to live there for free they moved me from the dorms to the nice "capstone" apartments for two weeks, then moved me back to the dorm, and then back to the nice apartments. Then at the end of the summer, I moved once again all my stuff into the dorms. That is a lot of moving for one man in 3 months! Every other summer I have moved with my Mom's help and it has been ok because I usually am an ass and bolt on her and let her do most of it. This summer no Mommy to do the work, I have to move all my stuff little by little into Kiley's house (I benefit from her spoiledness I guess) and it is depressing. Not to be moving to where I am, that is exciting, but moving stuff is. Only because I know I will have to move it all again soon. Well, mostly because the stuff gets heavy and it is a pain to pack and unpack over and over. I would really feel for a military family that has kids. Moving schools over and over along with never really getting to feel comfortable with any home knowing you will have to move soon after. I unfortunately am choosing to play basketball for a living for a few years to come and that means I will have to move two times every year. Once to Europe (or whoever takes me) and then back to the States for a half the year there, half the year here situation. I can see this not being a lot of fun, hopefully I will be able to put together enough money to have a place in the U.S. full time so I will have a place to come home to, but that moving just isn't going to be all that.
Nick Kohsterized
I have found that when you become a college student you begin a process of moving almost everything you own back and forth from your parent's house to your college dorm or apartment (or house if your spoiled like my Kiley). Well, of course this isn't true for everyone some students live at home while they are in school, some don't live at home in the summers and some might do half and half and still will have to move less. I, on the other hand, decided to go to school out of state and move back and for ALMOST every summer. After my freshman year I didn't get to move home, because I had to take summer school. Well, you would think I wouldn't have to move anything then, but you are wrong. Since I wanted to live there for free they moved me from the dorms to the nice "capstone" apartments for two weeks, then moved me back to the dorm, and then back to the nice apartments. Then at the end of the summer, I moved once again all my stuff into the dorms. That is a lot of moving for one man in 3 months! Every other summer I have moved with my Mom's help and it has been ok because I usually am an ass and bolt on her and let her do most of it. This summer no Mommy to do the work, I have to move all my stuff little by little into Kiley's house (I benefit from her spoiledness I guess) and it is depressing. Not to be moving to where I am, that is exciting, but moving stuff is. Only because I know I will have to move it all again soon. Well, mostly because the stuff gets heavy and it is a pain to pack and unpack over and over. I would really feel for a military family that has kids. Moving schools over and over along with never really getting to feel comfortable with any home knowing you will have to move soon after. I unfortunately am choosing to play basketball for a living for a few years to come and that means I will have to move two times every year. Once to Europe (or whoever takes me) and then back to the States for a half the year there, half the year here situation. I can see this not being a lot of fun, hopefully I will be able to put together enough money to have a place in the U.S. full time so I will have a place to come home to, but that moving just isn't going to be all that.
Nick Kohsterized
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Long Week Nothing Lost
Hey Everyone,
Well, apologies all around for not posting anything for a few days. It wasn't intentional I have just been so busy! First, I had to move all my stuff out of my apartment and move it into the girlfriend's house for the summer. I have a surprisingly amount of crap for a guy. My movie collection is quite large and since I was foolish and threw away the boxes I brought stuff, I was left moving them in trash bags from the Dollar Store. The Dollar Store is great and all but seriously they don't make very quality stuff. So, I'm moving all of this heavy stuff all weekend and carrying these trash bags in a very awkward way as they are just bulging with DVD's. This has led me to not posting. I also was going to play in the Kentucky Developmental Basketball League, but due to travelling issues I declined to play this last Saturday. I really want to know who all plays in the league and I may go play this coming Saturday and finish out the season. I need to play somewhere, shooting by myself is all good, but you can't ever really know if your improving unless your playing against real competition. I have this problem, it is called I sleep until 12 noon everyday and sometimes people play basketball on the weekends before that, so I continue to miss out on open gym opportunities. At least I am getting a little bigger I can feel it, the supplements are beginning to kick in. And lastly, probably the biggest news of the day is the fact that I got my first real offer for next season. It isn't a ton of money and it is in the ProA league in Germany, but hey, the first offer is of course going to be exciting no matter what it is. I am starting to feel some excitement and just really want to focus on getting all the details figured out. By the way I have been getting a lot of really rude emails and youtube messages, for anyone that doubts that I can play basketball I invite them to come play with me anytime and I promise I will be up for a 1-on-1 game and we'll see if they think I can't play.
NICK KOHS
Well, apologies all around for not posting anything for a few days. It wasn't intentional I have just been so busy! First, I had to move all my stuff out of my apartment and move it into the girlfriend's house for the summer. I have a surprisingly amount of crap for a guy. My movie collection is quite large and since I was foolish and threw away the boxes I brought stuff, I was left moving them in trash bags from the Dollar Store. The Dollar Store is great and all but seriously they don't make very quality stuff. So, I'm moving all of this heavy stuff all weekend and carrying these trash bags in a very awkward way as they are just bulging with DVD's. This has led me to not posting. I also was going to play in the Kentucky Developmental Basketball League, but due to travelling issues I declined to play this last Saturday. I really want to know who all plays in the league and I may go play this coming Saturday and finish out the season. I need to play somewhere, shooting by myself is all good, but you can't ever really know if your improving unless your playing against real competition. I have this problem, it is called I sleep until 12 noon everyday and sometimes people play basketball on the weekends before that, so I continue to miss out on open gym opportunities. At least I am getting a little bigger I can feel it, the supplements are beginning to kick in. And lastly, probably the biggest news of the day is the fact that I got my first real offer for next season. It isn't a ton of money and it is in the ProA league in Germany, but hey, the first offer is of course going to be exciting no matter what it is. I am starting to feel some excitement and just really want to focus on getting all the details figured out. By the way I have been getting a lot of really rude emails and youtube messages, for anyone that doubts that I can play basketball I invite them to come play with me anytime and I promise I will be up for a 1-on-1 game and we'll see if they think I can't play.
NICK KOHS
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Supplementary Gains in Weight
Hey Everyone,
Ok to answer some questions in case anyone is confused by some posts. YES, I have signed with an agent his name is Elliot Kay, you can visit my profile and his page at http://podium-sport.com/. You can visit my profile at http://podium-sport.com/en/athletes/basketball/m_p_nick_kohs.php. This looks kind of awkward because of the links, but just trying to answer questions I recieve. I am currently working on getting video onto my profile of full games to spread to the world, but it is taking a little longer than I would have hoped. I am also working on lifting and gaining weight. I picked up a workout on basketball-resource.com. It is like nothing I have tried in the past. I usually lift 2 or 3 muscle groups a day and then lift only 3 days a week. With this new workout I am not in the gym for two hours lifting, but only for around 45 minutes. I lift one muscle group a day and lift 5 days a week. This keeps me on a better routine and schedule and also gives each muscle their day to be very extremely sore. I lifted chest the first day which was last Wednesday. Wow, it was definitely the hardest I lifted one muscle group in my life. Even though I was doing exercises I was used to doing, focusing on one group made it easier to go all out and I didn't skip anything to save time. I am due to work the chest out again tomorrow, and if I am still sore I just hope I can rep it out as hard as I did last week. I did start to take supplements again. Not steroids just some basic stuff that a lot of people workout with. I am skeptical of NOx and it hurt my kidneys when I had taken it, but I don't think I was drinking enough water. I am using creatine and whey protein. The water thing is also important with creatine and today is my first day using this supplement. I feel like I have drank half the Atlantic Ocean and I still have 1/5 of a gallon of water staring at me as I type. A gallon of water a day may sound easy to drink, but it is near impossible, on top of that if you had a normal job or had to be in class all day, you seriously would be skipping out at least 6 or 7 times a day to take a piss. Whey protein is a really good deal. You drink a couple scoops of brown powder with 14 or 15 oz. of water or milk (Don't do milk, trust me!) and you suddenly have put down over 50 grams of protein. To really gain weight the right way you need to put down around 1 gram of protein for each pound you weigh. This is not easy at all either. I weigh almost 220 pounds, folks that is a lot of chicken, eggs and these protein drinks. Another issue I forgot to mention with the protein drinks, they taste like ASS (pardon my language) but seriously there is no other word to describe the taste. It smells terrible it goes down funny and gives you an upset stomach withing 10 minutes. With all this water and protein going into my system I just hope I can stay out of the bathroom some of the day, long enough to take a few basketball shots and maybe lift weights which is the point of taking all this crap. Oh what a life!
Nick~Kohs~Terized
Ok to answer some questions in case anyone is confused by some posts. YES, I have signed with an agent his name is Elliot Kay, you can visit my profile and his page at http://podium-sport.com/. You can visit my profile at http://podium-sport.com/en/athletes/basketball/m_p_nick_kohs.php. This looks kind of awkward because of the links, but just trying to answer questions I recieve. I am currently working on getting video onto my profile of full games to spread to the world, but it is taking a little longer than I would have hoped. I am also working on lifting and gaining weight. I picked up a workout on basketball-resource.com. It is like nothing I have tried in the past. I usually lift 2 or 3 muscle groups a day and then lift only 3 days a week. With this new workout I am not in the gym for two hours lifting, but only for around 45 minutes. I lift one muscle group a day and lift 5 days a week. This keeps me on a better routine and schedule and also gives each muscle their day to be very extremely sore. I lifted chest the first day which was last Wednesday. Wow, it was definitely the hardest I lifted one muscle group in my life. Even though I was doing exercises I was used to doing, focusing on one group made it easier to go all out and I didn't skip anything to save time. I am due to work the chest out again tomorrow, and if I am still sore I just hope I can rep it out as hard as I did last week. I did start to take supplements again. Not steroids just some basic stuff that a lot of people workout with. I am skeptical of NOx and it hurt my kidneys when I had taken it, but I don't think I was drinking enough water. I am using creatine and whey protein. The water thing is also important with creatine and today is my first day using this supplement. I feel like I have drank half the Atlantic Ocean and I still have 1/5 of a gallon of water staring at me as I type. A gallon of water a day may sound easy to drink, but it is near impossible, on top of that if you had a normal job or had to be in class all day, you seriously would be skipping out at least 6 or 7 times a day to take a piss. Whey protein is a really good deal. You drink a couple scoops of brown powder with 14 or 15 oz. of water or milk (Don't do milk, trust me!) and you suddenly have put down over 50 grams of protein. To really gain weight the right way you need to put down around 1 gram of protein for each pound you weigh. This is not easy at all either. I weigh almost 220 pounds, folks that is a lot of chicken, eggs and these protein drinks. Another issue I forgot to mention with the protein drinks, they taste like ASS (pardon my language) but seriously there is no other word to describe the taste. It smells terrible it goes down funny and gives you an upset stomach withing 10 minutes. With all this water and protein going into my system I just hope I can stay out of the bathroom some of the day, long enough to take a few basketball shots and maybe lift weights which is the point of taking all this crap. Oh what a life!
Nick~Kohs~Terized
Facebook (cont.)
Hey Everyone,
I am continuing a blog I started 2 days ago! Yes, I promised the continuation either, but isn't it just like TV, when you really want to know the rest of the story, I just torture you with the waiting! I do my best. Back to what I was saying about Facebook. I use it honestly for a couple people to be able to contact me, I used it to try to connect with basketball players that are already overseas as I used it for agents also. I use it to promote this site, and I'm sure there are a couple of other reasons I have used it in the past, but none I can think of currently. Ok, so I forgot a lot of the hate I wanted to express for that demon, but I do have a little basketball information. Funny as it is, someone wants me to be involved with them basketball wise more than I want to be with them. Yes, you can laugh all you want but this is a true story. A lot of agents talked to me, some I didn't know anything about, some I still don't know a thing about, some I know a lot of about (good or bad), and some I looked up and tried to seek their representation. Among all of this 99% of agents dropped the issue and left me alone the minute they figured out I was either not speaking to them anymore, they read this blog and saw I signed with someone, or just decided they don't like me as a person in general and just said forget him. There is that 1% (aka one man), that doesn't quite get hints. An agent (unnamed) talked to me some in the previous summer, and pretty much gave me a lecture telling me all of these things I needed to do to have a better shot at the pros and to improve my numbers. I did exactly zero of what he said, and did what I wanted and my numbers went up and everything I wanted in my basketball life happened. So, his opinion on what I "need" to do was already not meaning much to me. Next, he calls me this year after my last season and tells me that he is my former teammates agent and got him a good experience overseas and he thinks I should work with him. Ok, he didn't get my former teammate and friend either of his jobs and hasn't done anything for him, so he lied. If he doesn't have two strikes already, he tells me about this job he can get me right now if I am willing to leave school. I say ok, you work this out and we'll make a deal. I swear this man made a deal up in his head, because he didn't call for days and then made up a quick excuse when he finally did call me again. After all these mistakes, he then tells my current teammate who has goals similar to mine that he represents me and he should sign on too. HA HA! This guy really must think we don't talk if he is going to straight up just tell him that I signed with him when I didn't. Now that I have chosen an agent, he is still calling and emailing me, my coaches informed him I have gone in a different direction, but he doesn't sense the end and he isn't giving up. Some people never learn.
TerizedNickohsBaby
I am continuing a blog I started 2 days ago! Yes, I promised the continuation either, but isn't it just like TV, when you really want to know the rest of the story, I just torture you with the waiting! I do my best. Back to what I was saying about Facebook. I use it honestly for a couple people to be able to contact me, I used it to try to connect with basketball players that are already overseas as I used it for agents also. I use it to promote this site, and I'm sure there are a couple of other reasons I have used it in the past, but none I can think of currently. Ok, so I forgot a lot of the hate I wanted to express for that demon, but I do have a little basketball information. Funny as it is, someone wants me to be involved with them basketball wise more than I want to be with them. Yes, you can laugh all you want but this is a true story. A lot of agents talked to me, some I didn't know anything about, some I still don't know a thing about, some I know a lot of about (good or bad), and some I looked up and tried to seek their representation. Among all of this 99% of agents dropped the issue and left me alone the minute they figured out I was either not speaking to them anymore, they read this blog and saw I signed with someone, or just decided they don't like me as a person in general and just said forget him. There is that 1% (aka one man), that doesn't quite get hints. An agent (unnamed) talked to me some in the previous summer, and pretty much gave me a lecture telling me all of these things I needed to do to have a better shot at the pros and to improve my numbers. I did exactly zero of what he said, and did what I wanted and my numbers went up and everything I wanted in my basketball life happened. So, his opinion on what I "need" to do was already not meaning much to me. Next, he calls me this year after my last season and tells me that he is my former teammates agent and got him a good experience overseas and he thinks I should work with him. Ok, he didn't get my former teammate and friend either of his jobs and hasn't done anything for him, so he lied. If he doesn't have two strikes already, he tells me about this job he can get me right now if I am willing to leave school. I say ok, you work this out and we'll make a deal. I swear this man made a deal up in his head, because he didn't call for days and then made up a quick excuse when he finally did call me again. After all these mistakes, he then tells my current teammate who has goals similar to mine that he represents me and he should sign on too. HA HA! This guy really must think we don't talk if he is going to straight up just tell him that I signed with him when I didn't. Now that I have chosen an agent, he is still calling and emailing me, my coaches informed him I have gone in a different direction, but he doesn't sense the end and he isn't giving up. Some people never learn.
TerizedNickohsBaby
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Hey Everyone,
Ok, so I titled this Facebook, which may make you think I love Facebook! That is not the case at all though! Facebook is a girl's world, and all everyone knows it. Men, if you sit there and look on every one of your friend's pages, and look at photo albums for more than 20 seconds, then I don't really know what to say to you, except that I am disappointed in your girliness (I don't know if that is a word or if that is how you spell it, but that is how I feel). Seriously, I have a better chance of girl's reading this who don't understand half the shit I say about basketball and agents and stuff, just because I advertise it on Facebook, and girls click on links on Facebook. I get into disagreements about how much of a waste of time it is 24/7. Kiley loves Facebook. She feels sick to her stomach on days she doesn't get on at least 23082038402398 times. My mom loves Facebook, my sister loves Facebook, 90 percent of girls in the computer lab have Facebook on their screens. But, you know who made Facebook up? A man. A man created this monster. I am going to guarantee that guy can get any girl he wants, because he knows how they operate! This will be continued later tonight, because I just got an urgent call! See you all soon...
To Be Continued...
Kohs Nick Terized
Ok, so I titled this Facebook, which may make you think I love Facebook! That is not the case at all though! Facebook is a girl's world, and all everyone knows it. Men, if you sit there and look on every one of your friend's pages, and look at photo albums for more than 20 seconds, then I don't really know what to say to you, except that I am disappointed in your girliness (I don't know if that is a word or if that is how you spell it, but that is how I feel). Seriously, I have a better chance of girl's reading this who don't understand half the shit I say about basketball and agents and stuff, just because I advertise it on Facebook, and girls click on links on Facebook. I get into disagreements about how much of a waste of time it is 24/7. Kiley loves Facebook. She feels sick to her stomach on days she doesn't get on at least 23082038402398 times. My mom loves Facebook, my sister loves Facebook, 90 percent of girls in the computer lab have Facebook on their screens. But, you know who made Facebook up? A man. A man created this monster. I am going to guarantee that guy can get any girl he wants, because he knows how they operate! This will be continued later tonight, because I just got an urgent call! See you all soon...
To Be Continued...
Kohs Nick Terized
Friday, May 1, 2009
Awards in the Mail
Hey Everyone,
Well I got a good surprise in the mail today. I got a HUGE plaque for being NABC All American First Teamer. It probably wouldn't be considered huge to some people but considering what I have gotten for my other achievements in college, it is by far the best and biggest award. I get two actually one for the school and one for me, but I might just keep both for myself! (Laugh) Don't tell anyone I said that though please. The Gulf South Conference doesn't do awards like you would think they do. First, I got Freshman of the Year, and didn't get an award, I may have gotten a piece of paper stating something that I could have printed out on the computer. I thought to myself well maybe Freshman of the Year just isn't a big deal. Then, I got 2nd Team All Conference my sophomore year, this time not even the piece of paper. I said this time, "well, maybe you have to make First Team All Conference." Then, I finally reached a main goal my junior year and was First Team All Conference. What happened? A pat on the back. Once again this year, no awards from the conference. I might sound like a snobby, whiny, little pain in the ass complaining about how many trophies I feel I deserve, but honestly I did earn those things I mentioned, and I am going to have nothing to remember it by, nothing to show my children. In reality, it will be really embarrassing and sad if I have to go pay for some trophies of my own. Ok, well enough ranting on my part, I have been doing some other reading lately. I read an article on Yahoo.com about a walk-on that sits on the end of the bench at Ohio State University. He has his own blog about his view from the bench. We don't necessarily have much in common except for the fact he has a blog, and I have a blog. I play a different level of basketball, and I actually get to play, but we do also live in the same state. A lot of what I just said might not make a ton of sense but long story short, this player, Mark Titus, put his name into the NBA Draft. It is considered a joke because he has zero chance of playing in the NBA (yes, smaller than mine) and he is doing it to expand the viewers in his blog. The NBA doesn't want to be made out to be a joke, so they demanded he pull his name out. Most players would just get to put their name in and they would just be passed over quietly, but this guy has proved himself to have some kind of power or authority if he has done something to make the NBA angry. If the NBA didn't want to be made fun of, and didn't want to make this a big deal they should have just ignored him and not let him get them exactly where he wants them. Anyways, they must have scared him or threatened to take his kneecaps because he did drop his name out, but really they could have avoided this by not trying to avoid it. Some people never learn!
Nick Kdoehzsitre (This is the puzzle of the day)
Well I got a good surprise in the mail today. I got a HUGE plaque for being NABC All American First Teamer. It probably wouldn't be considered huge to some people but considering what I have gotten for my other achievements in college, it is by far the best and biggest award. I get two actually one for the school and one for me, but I might just keep both for myself! (Laugh) Don't tell anyone I said that though please. The Gulf South Conference doesn't do awards like you would think they do. First, I got Freshman of the Year, and didn't get an award, I may have gotten a piece of paper stating something that I could have printed out on the computer. I thought to myself well maybe Freshman of the Year just isn't a big deal. Then, I got 2nd Team All Conference my sophomore year, this time not even the piece of paper. I said this time, "well, maybe you have to make First Team All Conference." Then, I finally reached a main goal my junior year and was First Team All Conference. What happened? A pat on the back. Once again this year, no awards from the conference. I might sound like a snobby, whiny, little pain in the ass complaining about how many trophies I feel I deserve, but honestly I did earn those things I mentioned, and I am going to have nothing to remember it by, nothing to show my children. In reality, it will be really embarrassing and sad if I have to go pay for some trophies of my own. Ok, well enough ranting on my part, I have been doing some other reading lately. I read an article on Yahoo.com about a walk-on that sits on the end of the bench at Ohio State University. He has his own blog about his view from the bench. We don't necessarily have much in common except for the fact he has a blog, and I have a blog. I play a different level of basketball, and I actually get to play, but we do also live in the same state. A lot of what I just said might not make a ton of sense but long story short, this player, Mark Titus, put his name into the NBA Draft. It is considered a joke because he has zero chance of playing in the NBA (yes, smaller than mine) and he is doing it to expand the viewers in his blog. The NBA doesn't want to be made out to be a joke, so they demanded he pull his name out. Most players would just get to put their name in and they would just be passed over quietly, but this guy has proved himself to have some kind of power or authority if he has done something to make the NBA angry. If the NBA didn't want to be made fun of, and didn't want to make this a big deal they should have just ignored him and not let him get them exactly where he wants them. Anyways, they must have scared him or threatened to take his kneecaps because he did drop his name out, but really they could have avoided this by not trying to avoid it. Some people never learn!
Nick Kdoehzsitre (This is the puzzle of the day)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Lost and Found
Hey Everyone,
Well I haven't gotten with you guys in a couple days because of stupid school. In case you don't know, I'm not even graduating this summer I need 3 more classes after this semester! That would be fine if I was not doing my job in school but that isn't the issue. One very good part of going to a small school is being able to have face to face relationships with your professors, but it is a small school and they don't offer the same amount of classes the large schools do. I needed 6 classes going into this "last" semester and signed up for 5 of them. I finished two during the first half at night, and had two that were supposed to be for day classes for the semester, with my final class being a night class for the second part of the term. If you haven't fallen asleep yet, I unfortunately had one class that me and only one other signed up for so they cancelled it on me. Another night class had a teacher that wouldn't work through basketball with me, so I was forced to withdraw from it. This left me with just my three classes, including just one I have left for this semester. That one class has been very easy up until now, but suddenly I have been working on a final paper that must be 15 pages! This has consumed much of my last couple days, and yes you think just because I can type a lot on here I can write quickly when actually it is a lot easier to type about everyday things no uninteresting issues such as Supply Chain Management. I have continued to work at basketball shooting and becoming bigger. Becoming bigger is not as fun as shooting a basketball. There is a major benefit to having a strength advantage over an opponent, but the work involved with gaining that advantage doesn't seem worth it at all. I worked my chest so hard it feels as if I have no arms. I am a pretty skinny guy, not terribly weak, but to gain 20 pounds feels like an impossible task. Anyone who watches the show LOST is a very smart person. This show is great, complex, and has great acting. Even though some of the storylines have become off the wall, it is still very entertaining. Lastly, I am looking into the Kentucky Developmental Basketball League to get some extra play in. It is a once a week league and it could be an interesting workout. The only issue is driving and my empty pockets. The expense might not make it worth it. Oh yeah, my profile is up on my agent's site. Google Podium Sports Agency and go to players and I will be there towards the bottom under "post players". It is a pretty cool little profile and there will be full game videos on there in the near future! It is pretty exciting for me, I am just ready to get working and get a job now!
Nick Terizedkohs
Well I haven't gotten with you guys in a couple days because of stupid school. In case you don't know, I'm not even graduating this summer I need 3 more classes after this semester! That would be fine if I was not doing my job in school but that isn't the issue. One very good part of going to a small school is being able to have face to face relationships with your professors, but it is a small school and they don't offer the same amount of classes the large schools do. I needed 6 classes going into this "last" semester and signed up for 5 of them. I finished two during the first half at night, and had two that were supposed to be for day classes for the semester, with my final class being a night class for the second part of the term. If you haven't fallen asleep yet, I unfortunately had one class that me and only one other signed up for so they cancelled it on me. Another night class had a teacher that wouldn't work through basketball with me, so I was forced to withdraw from it. This left me with just my three classes, including just one I have left for this semester. That one class has been very easy up until now, but suddenly I have been working on a final paper that must be 15 pages! This has consumed much of my last couple days, and yes you think just because I can type a lot on here I can write quickly when actually it is a lot easier to type about everyday things no uninteresting issues such as Supply Chain Management. I have continued to work at basketball shooting and becoming bigger. Becoming bigger is not as fun as shooting a basketball. There is a major benefit to having a strength advantage over an opponent, but the work involved with gaining that advantage doesn't seem worth it at all. I worked my chest so hard it feels as if I have no arms. I am a pretty skinny guy, not terribly weak, but to gain 20 pounds feels like an impossible task. Anyone who watches the show LOST is a very smart person. This show is great, complex, and has great acting. Even though some of the storylines have become off the wall, it is still very entertaining. Lastly, I am looking into the Kentucky Developmental Basketball League to get some extra play in. It is a once a week league and it could be an interesting workout. The only issue is driving and my empty pockets. The expense might not make it worth it. Oh yeah, my profile is up on my agent's site. Google Podium Sports Agency and go to players and I will be there towards the bottom under "post players". It is a pretty cool little profile and there will be full game videos on there in the near future! It is pretty exciting for me, I am just ready to get working and get a job now!
Nick Terizedkohs
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Thank you! Getting Cut!
Hey Everyone,
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who is supporting me by looking at this blog! No matter who you are I appreciate it and I post everyday so keep your comments, emails and ideas coming! Also, don't forget to follow the link on the side to my youtube page and see my highlights (By the way there is a new highlight tape coming very soon). I'm excited to say 411 different viewers have viewed this site and there have already been over 1000 views in the first week in existence. I want to take this time to thank all my teammates (past and present), my family (especially Mom and Dad), my coaches, Kiley, and anyone who has supported me (you know who you are). I wouldn't be where I am today without all those people and I'm going to take a flashback today and tell you of a time long ago when I was even skinnier and uncoordinated. 1999-2001. Yes that long ago I was attending Junior High School at Lakota Ridge. I had played some basketball in elementary school and I was taller than most of the kids, but I had not put any real work into basketball yet. I had broken my arm (ok, collarbone) in football and I was an ice hockey player (yes, that is accurate) and wanted to give it up to play a sport that I thought was more appropriate for my body size and build. After recovering from the broken bone, I began going to basketball conditioning. To this day, no basketball workout program was harder. Since everyone thought they were good at basketball in the 7th grade, everyone seemed to be trying out. Actually, 48 players were trying out for the team give or take a couple. This means they were trying to weed the bad seeds out by making us run ourselves to death. We ran long distances, we ran suicides, and we ran an extremely large hill on the side of the school. Torture, cruel and unusual were all words that ran through my mind. When tryouts came everyone seemed very tired, but I pushed through and did ok. I didn't understand a lot about basketball, at least not as much as the really good players, but I had fairly decent passing skills and could make lay-ups. After surviving two cuts, I felt pretty confident that I was going to make the team, as I noticed I was one of about three big men that were still standing. I was wrong, and to save you from some really boring details, I didn't make it. I was upset, but I will give myself the credit that I faced being cut once again the next year, and still did not fold. Finally, I reached high school and I basically would be laughed at for continuing to try out for teams that I wasn't going to make. But, I did make it finally and it was all due to my resilience and my attitude to not give up on something I really wanted. I hope someone can use that as an example of how to achieve what they want out of life and it is true within reason that you can do anything. I continued on after making a team finally, to play for three great schools and now will be paid money to play a sport they once said I couldn't play.
Nick KOHSterized
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who is supporting me by looking at this blog! No matter who you are I appreciate it and I post everyday so keep your comments, emails and ideas coming! Also, don't forget to follow the link on the side to my youtube page and see my highlights (By the way there is a new highlight tape coming very soon). I'm excited to say 411 different viewers have viewed this site and there have already been over 1000 views in the first week in existence. I want to take this time to thank all my teammates (past and present), my family (especially Mom and Dad), my coaches, Kiley, and anyone who has supported me (you know who you are). I wouldn't be where I am today without all those people and I'm going to take a flashback today and tell you of a time long ago when I was even skinnier and uncoordinated. 1999-2001. Yes that long ago I was attending Junior High School at Lakota Ridge. I had played some basketball in elementary school and I was taller than most of the kids, but I had not put any real work into basketball yet. I had broken my arm (ok, collarbone) in football and I was an ice hockey player (yes, that is accurate) and wanted to give it up to play a sport that I thought was more appropriate for my body size and build. After recovering from the broken bone, I began going to basketball conditioning. To this day, no basketball workout program was harder. Since everyone thought they were good at basketball in the 7th grade, everyone seemed to be trying out. Actually, 48 players were trying out for the team give or take a couple. This means they were trying to weed the bad seeds out by making us run ourselves to death. We ran long distances, we ran suicides, and we ran an extremely large hill on the side of the school. Torture, cruel and unusual were all words that ran through my mind. When tryouts came everyone seemed very tired, but I pushed through and did ok. I didn't understand a lot about basketball, at least not as much as the really good players, but I had fairly decent passing skills and could make lay-ups. After surviving two cuts, I felt pretty confident that I was going to make the team, as I noticed I was one of about three big men that were still standing. I was wrong, and to save you from some really boring details, I didn't make it. I was upset, but I will give myself the credit that I faced being cut once again the next year, and still did not fold. Finally, I reached high school and I basically would be laughed at for continuing to try out for teams that I wasn't going to make. But, I did make it finally and it was all due to my resilience and my attitude to not give up on something I really wanted. I hope someone can use that as an example of how to achieve what they want out of life and it is true within reason that you can do anything. I continued on after making a team finally, to play for three great schools and now will be paid money to play a sport they once said I couldn't play.
Nick KOHSterized
Saturday, April 25, 2009
World Team USA Select blah blah
Hey Everyone,
Well, this morning I got the first taste of competition I will see over in Europe. Well, maybe. I put in a favor to my old teammate Sam Bradley and went and ran with the guys trying out for USA Select (I think that is what it is). They were the first people that I have played with since the regular season that are trying to do exactly what I want to do, and that is play basketball professionally. USA Select is a touring team that plays teams that have already picked up their top choices and their hope is to get noticed by a team that still has a few needs here and there. It supposedly has a 50-60% rate of their players getting signed. This means the players trying out are not necessarily that great, but it beats some of the competition I get at CBU's open gym. So, I walked in and the tryout guys were already working hard in drills, missing a ton of shots and I talked to Sam before warming up. I was the tallest guy there, despite one player around 6'7" that I will get to in just a minute. Anyways, I was put on a team with a bunch of other guys that came to help out and a couple didn't play past high school. Wow, this was going to be ugly. First, when you go into a situation with basketball players that have less experience than you, it is easy to get annoyed. Secondly, when your on a team full of guards, good luck getting the ball if you are a big man. Unfortunately, I am a big man. I watched 3 pointers get hurled from all over the court and our makeshift team lost the first 20 minute session 31-8. Yes, I had four points in that span taking all of 3 shots and 2 of those were offensive rebounds. The guy who was guarding me who was 6'7", was a pretty decent player. He was a big school D1 player who had experienced the Big 12 and the Big 10. He didn't get off the bench a lot at either of those schools. He has a lot of strength but after I figured out the refs were not really calling 3 in the key (standing in the lane for more than 3 seconds for you knuckleheads) I had no issues with burying him and sticking some dunks in on him. So, the rest of the day I spent my time yelling at 6 foot tall men to pass it into their taller teammate. They finally began to listen and we won a couple sessions. Overall, knowing this isn't going to be really close to the competition I will play next year I would say I did ok. I honestly scored a lot, but I can't get too excited doing well at something like that. In other news, went to a "concert" last night, well Sofapalooza. It is where a bunch of bands come to this little known school (CBU) and play for a huge crowd of about 200. It wasn't bad though, even if Al Kapone was there and didn't even do his own songs, but I have no room to complain. I'm trying to figure out ways to make my site cooler, so if anyone has any suggestions and or requests I am glad to take them. I have Zelda at the bottom, and it is basically impossible to win so your not alone if you can't beat the first level. Don't forget to check out my youtube page and subscribe! The link is on the side! DO IT!
Nick Kohsterized(That is Kohsterized in Webdings)
Well, this morning I got the first taste of competition I will see over in Europe. Well, maybe. I put in a favor to my old teammate Sam Bradley and went and ran with the guys trying out for USA Select (I think that is what it is). They were the first people that I have played with since the regular season that are trying to do exactly what I want to do, and that is play basketball professionally. USA Select is a touring team that plays teams that have already picked up their top choices and their hope is to get noticed by a team that still has a few needs here and there. It supposedly has a 50-60% rate of their players getting signed. This means the players trying out are not necessarily that great, but it beats some of the competition I get at CBU's open gym. So, I walked in and the tryout guys were already working hard in drills, missing a ton of shots and I talked to Sam before warming up. I was the tallest guy there, despite one player around 6'7" that I will get to in just a minute. Anyways, I was put on a team with a bunch of other guys that came to help out and a couple didn't play past high school. Wow, this was going to be ugly. First, when you go into a situation with basketball players that have less experience than you, it is easy to get annoyed. Secondly, when your on a team full of guards, good luck getting the ball if you are a big man. Unfortunately, I am a big man. I watched 3 pointers get hurled from all over the court and our makeshift team lost the first 20 minute session 31-8. Yes, I had four points in that span taking all of 3 shots and 2 of those were offensive rebounds. The guy who was guarding me who was 6'7", was a pretty decent player. He was a big school D1 player who had experienced the Big 12 and the Big 10. He didn't get off the bench a lot at either of those schools. He has a lot of strength but after I figured out the refs were not really calling 3 in the key (standing in the lane for more than 3 seconds for you knuckleheads) I had no issues with burying him and sticking some dunks in on him. So, the rest of the day I spent my time yelling at 6 foot tall men to pass it into their taller teammate. They finally began to listen and we won a couple sessions. Overall, knowing this isn't going to be really close to the competition I will play next year I would say I did ok. I honestly scored a lot, but I can't get too excited doing well at something like that. In other news, went to a "concert" last night, well Sofapalooza. It is where a bunch of bands come to this little known school (CBU) and play for a huge crowd of about 200. It wasn't bad though, even if Al Kapone was there and didn't even do his own songs, but I have no room to complain. I'm trying to figure out ways to make my site cooler, so if anyone has any suggestions and or requests I am glad to take them. I have Zelda at the bottom, and it is basically impossible to win so your not alone if you can't beat the first level. Don't forget to check out my youtube page and subscribe! The link is on the side! DO IT!
Nick Kohsterized(That is Kohsterized in Webdings)
Friday, April 24, 2009
Brothers Dinner and Three Point Shots
Hey Everyone,
Once again, a post in the middle of the night for all you normal people! Me, the weirdo, is still up and kicking it. I had a strange run in with a cop at a park tonight, not going to go into detail, but there was not ticket involved even though my shirt was off. I'll leave that one to the imagination. In other exciting news, the Brother's Dinner was tonight. I don't know why I capitalized that like it is some event or something, it really is just a dinner with a bunch of Brothers at it. No! I am not talking about black guys you are all retarded, brothers are the men of God at my catholic college. They are very similar to priests in the fact that they don't get married, give their life to God, and really I don't know the difference between the two. Anyways, they host a dinner for athletes after each season ends and we are required to attend. Now, I don't want to slam the brothers too hard because I appreciate them, they are always at our games and probably are our biggest fans, but why do they want to cook us dinner to thank us? They support us not the other way around. On top of that, I'm not in love with food they cook but they show us a good time and obviously recognition is also appreciated. So, thank you Brothers! Basketball wise, my jump shot and it's inconsistency is really starting to get on my nerves. If you know how I play, you know I am not a good three point shooter. Well, in reality I am better than the average joe just not better than most of my team who happens to be filled with strangely good shooters like Kyle Couvion, Kevin Doran, Jimmy Palmer, and Zack Warner. And that is not to mention all the good shooters who have graduated recently from CBU. I have been working very hard to extend my range nonetheless, and honestly I do have some good days shooting. I'm sure everyone gets annoyed with me shooting countless threes in open gym because I need the practice, but they can bear with me, I helped them get Elite 8 rings. Anyways, I will have a good day and make 5 or 6 three point shots, and then turn around and only make 1 or 2. This would be fine if I wasn't shooting a similar amount everyday. I practice a lot now on my own and they go in all the time without defense, but in games it is a different story. Anyone with suggestions on how to simulate defense while shooting alone please send those comments my way because I am clueless. Anyone who feels my pain (ok just being dramatic now) . Really though, I'll be back at it everyday until it is consistent, but the part in between just isn't my thing!
Nick KOHSterized
Once again, a post in the middle of the night for all you normal people! Me, the weirdo, is still up and kicking it. I had a strange run in with a cop at a park tonight, not going to go into detail, but there was not ticket involved even though my shirt was off. I'll leave that one to the imagination. In other exciting news, the Brother's Dinner was tonight. I don't know why I capitalized that like it is some event or something, it really is just a dinner with a bunch of Brothers at it. No! I am not talking about black guys you are all retarded, brothers are the men of God at my catholic college. They are very similar to priests in the fact that they don't get married, give their life to God, and really I don't know the difference between the two. Anyways, they host a dinner for athletes after each season ends and we are required to attend. Now, I don't want to slam the brothers too hard because I appreciate them, they are always at our games and probably are our biggest fans, but why do they want to cook us dinner to thank us? They support us not the other way around. On top of that, I'm not in love with food they cook but they show us a good time and obviously recognition is also appreciated. So, thank you Brothers! Basketball wise, my jump shot and it's inconsistency is really starting to get on my nerves. If you know how I play, you know I am not a good three point shooter. Well, in reality I am better than the average joe just not better than most of my team who happens to be filled with strangely good shooters like Kyle Couvion, Kevin Doran, Jimmy Palmer, and Zack Warner. And that is not to mention all the good shooters who have graduated recently from CBU. I have been working very hard to extend my range nonetheless, and honestly I do have some good days shooting. I'm sure everyone gets annoyed with me shooting countless threes in open gym because I need the practice, but they can bear with me, I helped them get Elite 8 rings. Anyways, I will have a good day and make 5 or 6 three point shots, and then turn around and only make 1 or 2. This would be fine if I wasn't shooting a similar amount everyday. I practice a lot now on my own and they go in all the time without defense, but in games it is a different story. Anyone with suggestions on how to simulate defense while shooting alone please send those comments my way because I am clueless. Anyone who feels my pain (ok just being dramatic now) . Really though, I'll be back at it everyday until it is consistent, but the part in between just isn't my thing!
Nick KOHSterized
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Yes, A Decision Has Been Made!
Hey Everyone,
Well, today was a big day for me. If you read my first post ever, you know that I was struggling to decide whether I should wait to sign with a loyal agent or fish around and use as many agents as I can until one of them gets me my dream job. Well the latter has now seemed like more of a terrible idea the more I think about it for about two big reasons. BIG (yes I capitalized it) REASON #1: Any agent that doesn't suggest I sign with anyone is most likely worried that I am going to sign with a bigger and better agent. BIG REASON #2: Any agent that is worth a damn is obviously going to want me to sign with them because they are not going to do all this work for me without the promise I am going to benefit them in some way, also pointing out that only the weaker and desperate agents are doing all this work for me for free. This lead me to then take my top candidates, who I will not name here for respect reasons, and I wanted to look at players they currently have and where they are playing, who they played for, and what kind of money they make. I also wanted to sign with an agent who had a decent amount of clients but not too many that I won't ever hear from them. Finally, I wanted to feel that they were honest but also confident in my abilities. The closest to having it all fell on one man from 123 Podium Sports by the name of Elliot Kay. He is a law degree holder and also has had many years of experience as an agent. The complete package he offers which includes career planning, financial management, and contract services were more than I have heard from any agent up to this point. On top of that, a player he has worked with Omari Peterkin, gave me a lot of inside information on him and had all good things to say. By the way Omari Peterkin is one of the best players in Bosnia D1 League and averages a double double, also showing me that Elliot signs quality players. Now, the contract sits in front of me and if my lawyer (AKA Kiley's stepdad) says it looks A-OK I will be the next client in 123 Podium's family. Hopefully, it will be a longstanding good relationship and will lead me to great things! That takes a lot of work from me as well. I have been playing basketball more than I ever have before. Practicing on a team for two hours goes by really fast and it is fun to play 5 on 5 drills and work with other people. Shooting alone for 3-5 hours everyday is not as fun as it sounds. I love basketball no doubt, but doing something alone for that long is draining and not easy at all! Then I have to lift for an hour (should be more), and finally I get to go for a jog around the school grounds. This jog is known as the "Buc Lap", I guess because the school mascot is a Buccaneer hence the "Buc" and the lap is for running all the way around the school's property once. Before you say, "holy shit you ran all the way around your whole college campus" please remember that my school is tiny and has about 4 total buildings including the gym. That means a run around the whole school is only about 1.7 miles. This is a short distance for a cross country runner, but it is a haul for a lazy basketball player. I have not made it the whole way running at a quick pace once! When I run it at a slow pace I feel like I can make it but I am running slow because I take my girlfriend Kiley with me and she can't make it! This leads me to having a career number of zero completed "Buc Laps". Well, maybe tomorrow!
Nick KohsTERIZED
Well, today was a big day for me. If you read my first post ever, you know that I was struggling to decide whether I should wait to sign with a loyal agent or fish around and use as many agents as I can until one of them gets me my dream job. Well the latter has now seemed like more of a terrible idea the more I think about it for about two big reasons. BIG (yes I capitalized it) REASON #1: Any agent that doesn't suggest I sign with anyone is most likely worried that I am going to sign with a bigger and better agent. BIG REASON #2: Any agent that is worth a damn is obviously going to want me to sign with them because they are not going to do all this work for me without the promise I am going to benefit them in some way, also pointing out that only the weaker and desperate agents are doing all this work for me for free. This lead me to then take my top candidates, who I will not name here for respect reasons, and I wanted to look at players they currently have and where they are playing, who they played for, and what kind of money they make. I also wanted to sign with an agent who had a decent amount of clients but not too many that I won't ever hear from them. Finally, I wanted to feel that they were honest but also confident in my abilities. The closest to having it all fell on one man from 123 Podium Sports by the name of Elliot Kay. He is a law degree holder and also has had many years of experience as an agent. The complete package he offers which includes career planning, financial management, and contract services were more than I have heard from any agent up to this point. On top of that, a player he has worked with Omari Peterkin, gave me a lot of inside information on him and had all good things to say. By the way Omari Peterkin is one of the best players in Bosnia D1 League and averages a double double, also showing me that Elliot signs quality players. Now, the contract sits in front of me and if my lawyer (AKA Kiley's stepdad) says it looks A-OK I will be the next client in 123 Podium's family. Hopefully, it will be a longstanding good relationship and will lead me to great things! That takes a lot of work from me as well. I have been playing basketball more than I ever have before. Practicing on a team for two hours goes by really fast and it is fun to play 5 on 5 drills and work with other people. Shooting alone for 3-5 hours everyday is not as fun as it sounds. I love basketball no doubt, but doing something alone for that long is draining and not easy at all! Then I have to lift for an hour (should be more), and finally I get to go for a jog around the school grounds. This jog is known as the "Buc Lap", I guess because the school mascot is a Buccaneer hence the "Buc" and the lap is for running all the way around the school's property once. Before you say, "holy shit you ran all the way around your whole college campus" please remember that my school is tiny and has about 4 total buildings including the gym. That means a run around the whole school is only about 1.7 miles. This is a short distance for a cross country runner, but it is a haul for a lazy basketball player. I have not made it the whole way running at a quick pace once! When I run it at a slow pace I feel like I can make it but I am running slow because I take my girlfriend Kiley with me and she can't make it! This leads me to having a career number of zero completed "Buc Laps". Well, maybe tomorrow!
Nick KohsTERIZED
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Late Night Post, Dedication to Grace
Hey Everyone,
This post is coming at about 1:55 AM Central Time, which is late for most people, but not for me because I am a well, nightowl! I actually inherited that from my mother, my dad is a Nazi when it comes to people getting enough sleep, going to bed at a reasonable time, and just about anything to do with sleep. The only time he stays up past 9 pm is on the weekends when he drinks a couple beers, but he will be lucky to not be passed out in his favorite chair by 11 pm! Anyway, I wanted to take this post to talk a little about a person who is important to me and deserves a big mention and rarely gets it. Grace is my daughter, yes I am a Dad, and let's get this straight I am not a very good one. She is a very pretty, sweet, funny, and outgoing little girl. Unfortunately, I chose basketball as a career (for now) and I had to go to college away from where she lives to get to the point I am at now. So, once again I am going to have to disappoint her and be away for long periods of time. She is only four years old (just turned 4/14) and she doesn't understand the big picture yet, she really thinks it is just a vacation when her Dad comes and sees her. But, hopefully she can read this someday and know that I do love her and will be better. She deserves it! Don't worry though, she is well taken care of despite my shortcomings as a father! I just wanted to give her a big shout out with this post! Hope everyone is enjoying their sleep!
This post is coming at about 1:55 AM Central Time, which is late for most people, but not for me because I am a well, nightowl! I actually inherited that from my mother, my dad is a Nazi when it comes to people getting enough sleep, going to bed at a reasonable time, and just about anything to do with sleep. The only time he stays up past 9 pm is on the weekends when he drinks a couple beers, but he will be lucky to not be passed out in his favorite chair by 11 pm! Anyway, I wanted to take this post to talk a little about a person who is important to me and deserves a big mention and rarely gets it. Grace is my daughter, yes I am a Dad, and let's get this straight I am not a very good one. She is a very pretty, sweet, funny, and outgoing little girl. Unfortunately, I chose basketball as a career (for now) and I had to go to college away from where she lives to get to the point I am at now. So, once again I am going to have to disappoint her and be away for long periods of time. She is only four years old (just turned 4/14) and she doesn't understand the big picture yet, she really thinks it is just a vacation when her Dad comes and sees her. But, hopefully she can read this someday and know that I do love her and will be better. She deserves it! Don't worry though, she is well taken care of despite my shortcomings as a father! I just wanted to give her a big shout out with this post! Hope everyone is enjoying their sleep!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Memphis Food vs. Cincinnati Food (Walk Ons too)
Hey Everyone,
Just getting back in and posting while I work on Cha Cha, sometimes questions are nonstop sometimes I don't get a question for minutes! Which sucks considering the small amount of money I receive per question I send through. But, at least it gives me time to write this! Lucky you! Well, I'm in after working out today and playing open gym with the returning team at Christian Brothers. Now that I am a "graduate" (actually not quite yet) I am now subjected to playing on the team with other people who have graduated, walk-ons and people trying out for the team for next year. Ok, if it is someone trying out for the team and has a shot at a scholarship they are usually pretty manageable and decent players, but a lot of times people trying out to be walk-ons that already attend a school as small as Christian Brothers and are under 6 feet tall are usually way out of their league. People think that NCAA division 2 can't be that great because it is a second division. This isn't true especially for CBU a team that has been a contender in a tough South Region for three straight years. We have played a 5 point game with Ohio University and played close with Murray State. Yes, we do get beat pretty badly by Memphis pretty much every year, but that might not be true anymore with the departure of John Calipari, and many D2 teams knock off mid to low D1 teams every single year in games that are always played on the D1 team's court. Michigan State has lost to Grand Valley State, who we only lost to by 8 points that same year, Findlay beat Ohio State last year and also played Xavier to a three point game this year. We were in the Elite 8 this year with Findlay. So, before you tryout for a D2 team and think you belong just because you can outplay your other underskilled friends on the playground on Saturdays, think again. PLEASE! Well, now that I set up this story with that wonderfully rude backstory today I was on a pretty decent team and we finally won a game against the returning starters (for the most part) after losing the previous two attempts and I felt we would finally start to gain some momentum and my shots were all going in. Then, the great Coach Nienaber decided to make an appearance and gave a player who was crucial to our win to the already "stacked" team and then placed a current student that wants to try out on our team. Wow. Appreciated that loving gift from the Coach I had given so many wins to and this is how he repays me. This guy walked into a situation he was not ready for. Standing at about 5'7" he had to guard Kyle Couvion the best returning guard for CBU who is known to regularly pick the pockets of star guards on GSC teams. So, I will give you one guess as to what happened with this poor guy? He turned the ball over to Couvion about one out of every two possessions and in turn got yelled at me about every possession! Yes, I know it is just an open gym and I should not be so competitive but I have to weed out all these commuters that lose me basketball games, its one of my rules on life. Ok, so I went a little too far I know I apologize to all those tryout guys out there reading this and thinking I'm an asshole, but I have to ask you, "isn't playing with your boys on the weekends good enough?" Well, I'm sure I will get paid back when I try out with professional teams and the players are like "Oh no, not another tall slow white guy!" On other notes, I have been thinking about what food I am going to miss so much during my time to come overseas and it is kind of depressing. When I first came to school in Memphis and left Cincinnati I had enough problems with this, but I was only eight hours away from Skyline, Chipotle, and my Mom's cooking. Now, I will have many countries, states and an ocean between me and my favorite foods. Ok, so maybe I don't need to be eating Skyline or Chipotle so regularly but who can resist the wonderful smooth Skyline chili over crispy french fries or a hot dog and always topped with a nice sized pile of american shredded cheese, or a overstuffed burrito with yummy steak and sour cream (along with some other condiments). I know everyone who loves the food in their current or a past city knows exactly how I feel. On the other side of things, I really won't miss a lot of food in Memphis. They are pretty much only known for their barbeque which isn't even that great. I do like barbeque nachos at Central BBQ near my current apartment, but I don't even visit often and I am within walking distance. Anyways, I am a picky eater and seeing me in another country trying to adjust to their cuisine. I just hope their toilets are ready for Nick Kohs!
Nick Kohsterized
Just getting back in and posting while I work on Cha Cha, sometimes questions are nonstop sometimes I don't get a question for minutes! Which sucks considering the small amount of money I receive per question I send through. But, at least it gives me time to write this! Lucky you! Well, I'm in after working out today and playing open gym with the returning team at Christian Brothers. Now that I am a "graduate" (actually not quite yet) I am now subjected to playing on the team with other people who have graduated, walk-ons and people trying out for the team for next year. Ok, if it is someone trying out for the team and has a shot at a scholarship they are usually pretty manageable and decent players, but a lot of times people trying out to be walk-ons that already attend a school as small as Christian Brothers and are under 6 feet tall are usually way out of their league. People think that NCAA division 2 can't be that great because it is a second division. This isn't true especially for CBU a team that has been a contender in a tough South Region for three straight years. We have played a 5 point game with Ohio University and played close with Murray State. Yes, we do get beat pretty badly by Memphis pretty much every year, but that might not be true anymore with the departure of John Calipari, and many D2 teams knock off mid to low D1 teams every single year in games that are always played on the D1 team's court. Michigan State has lost to Grand Valley State, who we only lost to by 8 points that same year, Findlay beat Ohio State last year and also played Xavier to a three point game this year. We were in the Elite 8 this year with Findlay. So, before you tryout for a D2 team and think you belong just because you can outplay your other underskilled friends on the playground on Saturdays, think again. PLEASE! Well, now that I set up this story with that wonderfully rude backstory today I was on a pretty decent team and we finally won a game against the returning starters (for the most part) after losing the previous two attempts and I felt we would finally start to gain some momentum and my shots were all going in. Then, the great Coach Nienaber decided to make an appearance and gave a player who was crucial to our win to the already "stacked" team and then placed a current student that wants to try out on our team. Wow. Appreciated that loving gift from the Coach I had given so many wins to and this is how he repays me. This guy walked into a situation he was not ready for. Standing at about 5'7" he had to guard Kyle Couvion the best returning guard for CBU who is known to regularly pick the pockets of star guards on GSC teams. So, I will give you one guess as to what happened with this poor guy? He turned the ball over to Couvion about one out of every two possessions and in turn got yelled at me about every possession! Yes, I know it is just an open gym and I should not be so competitive but I have to weed out all these commuters that lose me basketball games, its one of my rules on life. Ok, so I went a little too far I know I apologize to all those tryout guys out there reading this and thinking I'm an asshole, but I have to ask you, "isn't playing with your boys on the weekends good enough?" Well, I'm sure I will get paid back when I try out with professional teams and the players are like "Oh no, not another tall slow white guy!" On other notes, I have been thinking about what food I am going to miss so much during my time to come overseas and it is kind of depressing. When I first came to school in Memphis and left Cincinnati I had enough problems with this, but I was only eight hours away from Skyline, Chipotle, and my Mom's cooking. Now, I will have many countries, states and an ocean between me and my favorite foods. Ok, so maybe I don't need to be eating Skyline or Chipotle so regularly but who can resist the wonderful smooth Skyline chili over crispy french fries or a hot dog and always topped with a nice sized pile of american shredded cheese, or a overstuffed burrito with yummy steak and sour cream (along with some other condiments). I know everyone who loves the food in their current or a past city knows exactly how I feel. On the other side of things, I really won't miss a lot of food in Memphis. They are pretty much only known for their barbeque which isn't even that great. I do like barbeque nachos at Central BBQ near my current apartment, but I don't even visit often and I am within walking distance. Anyways, I am a picky eater and seeing me in another country trying to adjust to their cuisine. I just hope their toilets are ready for Nick Kohs!
Nick Kohsterized
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Agents, Formals, and Cha Cha
Hey Everyone,
Well, this post was going to come late night last night, but my girlfriend was summoning me to bed and I didn't want to get yelled at! Guys, you know the deal. Anyways, the last couple of days have been really busy. I have continued to contemplate whether or not to sign with an agent and I am leaning towards signing with one now and letting them do all my work, instead of spreading it out. I want someone who is honest and trustworthy. Not to name name's there is a favorite right now, and our talks have gone very well. Of course, with my luck the man who seems the most trustworthy is also the one who is telling me that he expects me to make the least amount of money comparatively with all the other agents I have spoken with. I guess this really proves his honesty, at my expense, but no worries the decision will be made very soon though! This Saturday night was the ZETA sorority formal. Yes, I said formal as in formal dance, dress up and get down. Even though I am a big soon to be pro basketball player (very laughable I know), my girlfriend is a ZETA rabbit and this means I am required to be at this said formal(ity). Anyways, after she got her dress a month in advance I was left with that amount of time to purchase a tie that was the exact color of the dress or be punished by death. I fought with much valor, but her having long hair, long legs and a hairless body pushed her over the top. So, I wait until the day of to go find this tie, and while I am out she is getting her hair done. Well, I visit many stores and finally get the tie I think will match more like pray it will match and I get a call for my girlfriend. She didn't like her hair so she pulled the whole thing out and decided to do it on her own! When girls don't like their hair for these dances you need to beware, because this will lead to a mood that many men don't like to see. Her hair turned out good to me, but what do I know I like her hair in a ponytail, I don't think she was as happy about it as I was. Long story short, I survived the formal and it was actually fun, the food was pretty good, and the music was slowish rap, so I could actually keep up with it (wink wink). On to money talk, I have signed on with Cha Cha your neighborhood search engine to be a guide. I can work as many hours (or as little) as I want and I am going to make a staggering amount of money! Not! Oh well, I may be on my way to making money playing basketball, but I have a summer to survive with no job considering I plan on playing basketball around four hours a day in the summer. I also am making money by advertising on this very page, so don't mind those, I'll take anything I can get for now! Anyways, Cha Cha guides get questions from text messages and I am the person who makes sure the questions are understandable and passes them to the people who have to answer them. This leads me to having to see every kind of question that gets asked and wow people out there are crazy. Every kind of sexual advance has been made on me and every single sex position has been listed, on top of that people don't know how to spell anything! Who spells problem as problim? Yes that has happened 4 times. I don't know what age people are getting cell phones these days, but I figured you would have to be old enough to be able to spell simple words actually a lot of words! Oh well, that is what is going with me right now don't forget to check out my youtube page, thanks!
Nick Kohs(terized)
Well, this post was going to come late night last night, but my girlfriend was summoning me to bed and I didn't want to get yelled at! Guys, you know the deal. Anyways, the last couple of days have been really busy. I have continued to contemplate whether or not to sign with an agent and I am leaning towards signing with one now and letting them do all my work, instead of spreading it out. I want someone who is honest and trustworthy. Not to name name's there is a favorite right now, and our talks have gone very well. Of course, with my luck the man who seems the most trustworthy is also the one who is telling me that he expects me to make the least amount of money comparatively with all the other agents I have spoken with. I guess this really proves his honesty, at my expense, but no worries the decision will be made very soon though! This Saturday night was the ZETA sorority formal. Yes, I said formal as in formal dance, dress up and get down. Even though I am a big soon to be pro basketball player (very laughable I know), my girlfriend is a ZETA rabbit and this means I am required to be at this said formal(ity). Anyways, after she got her dress a month in advance I was left with that amount of time to purchase a tie that was the exact color of the dress or be punished by death. I fought with much valor, but her having long hair, long legs and a hairless body pushed her over the top. So, I wait until the day of to go find this tie, and while I am out she is getting her hair done. Well, I visit many stores and finally get the tie I think will match more like pray it will match and I get a call for my girlfriend. She didn't like her hair so she pulled the whole thing out and decided to do it on her own! When girls don't like their hair for these dances you need to beware, because this will lead to a mood that many men don't like to see. Her hair turned out good to me, but what do I know I like her hair in a ponytail, I don't think she was as happy about it as I was. Long story short, I survived the formal and it was actually fun, the food was pretty good, and the music was slowish rap, so I could actually keep up with it (wink wink). On to money talk, I have signed on with Cha Cha your neighborhood search engine to be a guide. I can work as many hours (or as little) as I want and I am going to make a staggering amount of money! Not! Oh well, I may be on my way to making money playing basketball, but I have a summer to survive with no job considering I plan on playing basketball around four hours a day in the summer. I also am making money by advertising on this very page, so don't mind those, I'll take anything I can get for now! Anyways, Cha Cha guides get questions from text messages and I am the person who makes sure the questions are understandable and passes them to the people who have to answer them. This leads me to having to see every kind of question that gets asked and wow people out there are crazy. Every kind of sexual advance has been made on me and every single sex position has been listed, on top of that people don't know how to spell anything! Who spells problem as problim? Yes that has happened 4 times. I don't know what age people are getting cell phones these days, but I figured you would have to be old enough to be able to spell simple words actually a lot of words! Oh well, that is what is going with me right now don't forget to check out my youtube page, thanks!
Nick Kohs(terized)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Welcome to my Journey!
Hey everyone,
I'm new to this blog thing but I thought I would give it a try! My main purpose in writing this is to share my experiences from start to finish of playing basketball professionally overseas. This may help anyone else who wants to play and follow that path in the future, it can share what life is like for an American in another country, or it may be just for my family who won't get to speak to me as much. Anyways, let me give you a little background of where I am at now. First of all, my name is Nick Kohs (I think I forgot to mention that) and I am a man with a great family, great girlfriend (Kiley), and great friends. I am also a senior basketball player (and student I guess) at Christian Brothers University (NCAA D2). Don't bother trying to figure out what school that is because you probably won't unless you A.) Live in Memphis, TN; B) Go to school at CBU; or C) Already have heard about CBU from someone else who goes there and you wondered about it then to get no answers. Well, it is a really tiny school, but it does have a pretty good basketball team that reached the Elite 8 in the 2008-2009 season. I fortunately, got to play on that great team as the center (I'm 6'8" by the way) and was very successful individually as well. I was a Gulf South Conference Player of the Year and a South Region Player of the Year as well as being named a 1st Team All American. That is actually all well and dandy while you are in college, but this is where the story really starts that I want to share. Now, I'm trying to play professionally. You might say, "Hey you had a good career from the sounds of it what is the problem?" Well, the problem is I got those awards playing at a D2 school! Duh! You've never heard of it, so nobody else has! Anyways, I am going a little overboard, I have been contacted by many agents at home and overseas, but deciding which agent to trust is no easy thing. They all tell me a lot of good things and a lot of different things, some say I could and should play in the NBDL, while others say overseas is the place for me. Now me being a realistic guy knows to weed out anyone who is pushing the NBDL, because the only reason to go there would be if there is a realistic chance of being called up to the NBA! And I am a 6'8" white guy who played NCAA 2, so realistically my chances of the NBA are zero! I'm not saying they aren't better than 90% of the world but I don't match up so well with the small percentage that is currently in the NBA. Ok so I'm a little off topic. Pretty much right now I have a decision to make and maybe you can all give me some advice. The question is do I sign with an agent now, or wait around for an agent to get me a job offer and then sign with them. Now the upside of signing with an agent now is that the bigger agencies expect you to sign with them before they work for you, but this also means they don't have to work as hard after they have you, plus they usually have a lot of players so they have less time for you. These big agencies do have the big reputation and the most contacts, but if you sign early and they don't get you a good deal, you are left with nowhere to go and no options. Ok, the other side of the coin is not signing and dealing with smaller agents, but hardworking agents that are going to call you back right away and treat you like family. They may have less contacts and get you less money but they service you harder. Now, the downside of doing this is the fact that yes you may make less money and also if you wait around and nobody finds you a good job while you work with many agents then you are really stuck because they could move on whenever they want and leave you with nothing. Also, when teams get game tapes from more than one agent it can hurt your credibility and you can look disloyal which is never good in business. So, what do you think? Thanks for making my first post a successful one!
Nick Kohs"terized"
PS. I put some highlight tapes on youtube using Windows Movie Maker, tell me what you think, I am trying to get it right I am going to keep trying to make better ones! But, you can see how I play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhuPCPNU7Uc
I'm new to this blog thing but I thought I would give it a try! My main purpose in writing this is to share my experiences from start to finish of playing basketball professionally overseas. This may help anyone else who wants to play and follow that path in the future, it can share what life is like for an American in another country, or it may be just for my family who won't get to speak to me as much. Anyways, let me give you a little background of where I am at now. First of all, my name is Nick Kohs (I think I forgot to mention that) and I am a man with a great family, great girlfriend (Kiley), and great friends. I am also a senior basketball player (and student I guess) at Christian Brothers University (NCAA D2). Don't bother trying to figure out what school that is because you probably won't unless you A.) Live in Memphis, TN; B) Go to school at CBU; or C) Already have heard about CBU from someone else who goes there and you wondered about it then to get no answers. Well, it is a really tiny school, but it does have a pretty good basketball team that reached the Elite 8 in the 2008-2009 season. I fortunately, got to play on that great team as the center (I'm 6'8" by the way) and was very successful individually as well. I was a Gulf South Conference Player of the Year and a South Region Player of the Year as well as being named a 1st Team All American. That is actually all well and dandy while you are in college, but this is where the story really starts that I want to share. Now, I'm trying to play professionally. You might say, "Hey you had a good career from the sounds of it what is the problem?" Well, the problem is I got those awards playing at a D2 school! Duh! You've never heard of it, so nobody else has! Anyways, I am going a little overboard, I have been contacted by many agents at home and overseas, but deciding which agent to trust is no easy thing. They all tell me a lot of good things and a lot of different things, some say I could and should play in the NBDL, while others say overseas is the place for me. Now me being a realistic guy knows to weed out anyone who is pushing the NBDL, because the only reason to go there would be if there is a realistic chance of being called up to the NBA! And I am a 6'8" white guy who played NCAA 2, so realistically my chances of the NBA are zero! I'm not saying they aren't better than 90% of the world but I don't match up so well with the small percentage that is currently in the NBA. Ok so I'm a little off topic. Pretty much right now I have a decision to make and maybe you can all give me some advice. The question is do I sign with an agent now, or wait around for an agent to get me a job offer and then sign with them. Now the upside of signing with an agent now is that the bigger agencies expect you to sign with them before they work for you, but this also means they don't have to work as hard after they have you, plus they usually have a lot of players so they have less time for you. These big agencies do have the big reputation and the most contacts, but if you sign early and they don't get you a good deal, you are left with nowhere to go and no options. Ok, the other side of the coin is not signing and dealing with smaller agents, but hardworking agents that are going to call you back right away and treat you like family. They may have less contacts and get you less money but they service you harder. Now, the downside of doing this is the fact that yes you may make less money and also if you wait around and nobody finds you a good job while you work with many agents then you are really stuck because they could move on whenever they want and leave you with nothing. Also, when teams get game tapes from more than one agent it can hurt your credibility and you can look disloyal which is never good in business. So, what do you think? Thanks for making my first post a successful one!
Nick Kohs"terized"
PS. I put some highlight tapes on youtube using Windows Movie Maker, tell me what you think, I am trying to get it right I am going to keep trying to make better ones! But, you can see how I play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhuPCPNU7Uc
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