picked first in gym class!

Finally, it has arrived. Its been so long since we played basketball with "captains", who would choose players one by one. Today my fren, who is the real captain of the team, suggested it to 2 outsiders who were playing with us. And the cute girl bballer picked me first! I can take that either of 2 ways (we know one, the other is because of my skills maybe) and i'm going to take it both ways HAHA and i rewarded my manager who bought me with max money by scoring on some really nice isolation plays. It was funny to go back to my iso roots for a while there, but that was just for fun. its not real basketball.

And in all seriousness, today was the highest quality ball i played ever. Not in terms of one v one, but in terms of team play. Its because one of my teammates have arrived. I have taught so many bball amateurs and beginners over the years and finally one has become true bball team level. And another one is so close i can see it alrdy. The other guy, who is our captain, is still figuring out the off-ball section of the game, but i'm not worried about him at all, because every element of his play is so high in quality once he figures out how easy offball is, it will translate seamlessly. And i can see his on-ball improving rapidly as well. Even with on-ball, there are high elements of team play in everything he does. He will be a true point guard, i can see it. With high layups and floaters. Also, hes easily the best on-ball defender in our team, and i'm the best help defender. When we are both defending seriously, its nearly impossible for the guy he is guarding to score when i'm also in the vicinity. 

But the first guy. Today we off-ball screened the defense so much and so well i felt like steph playing with klay. I've seen those 2 offball each other so much that it was surreal when i was doing the same and it was working every time. I felt what it was like to be a gsw guard, albeit briefly and it was spectacular. And it was so good that yl who i have tried to teach the art of real team basketball for so long but sticks to his iso ways, actively tried to learn on his own. And another guy, who is the most iso player we have, did a backcut. It was the first backcut i have ever seen him do. And i rewarded him with a perfect bounce pass. I'm really getting the hang of bouncing my passes with some spin. 

TBH, i'm still not sure if yl will get it. but right now, s has gotten it completely. wy is going to get it without a doubt. thats 3. and its infectious. With 3, it will be 4, den 5. Just like gsw, team play is going to spread through the squad like a disease.