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!

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