On July 9, Evil Ted and I will depart for Italy, a.k.a., Europe's Boot. No, this isn't a guys trip. If it was, trust me, we'd be going somewhere like Amsterdam. No, our company has decided we're important enough to send to Pisa for two weeks of extensive training. What kind of training? ARMY TRAINING, SIR!!
Just kidding. We'll actually be honing our technical writing skills. Assuming the boredom of said training doesn't finish us off, Mortal Kombat-style.
We'd love to get some pickup ball in while we're there, but...we have no idea where to go, or even if they play pickup in the Boot. Sadly, the almighty Google has failed us. So if you or anyone you know has played at or heard of pickup courts in Pisa or, hell, anywhere else in Italy, let us know.
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That's for telling the one bucket story.
That is a serious question though.
Does ET's wife actually buy this? Where are you REALLY going?
weeded- I am not making this up
Fuck You. You give up a 20 point scorer and you get back drum roll please...CAP SPACE!!! That's great if your New York, Phoenix or Miami, but guess what? YOUR TEAM IS STILL IN FUCKING MILWAUKEE!!!!
So you get to blow all that cap space on keeping Captain Twitter, Ramon Sessions who you where so stoked about you had him sit behind Luke Ridnour most of the season and then in 2010 you get to over pay Ray Allen to finish his career as a Buck, and sign Joel Prizybilla the only other free agent who will think playing in Milwaukee is a good thing. Way to go assholes.
Fucking Die,
The Western Conference
oh youre scared? well buhuhuhu...
;-)
Ladies, better hurry and get some of that sweet Dirk lovin'.
Pure genius. Not nearly as bad as Pau to Lakers for a broken, stone handed man-boy and a bag of old basketballs (signed by Chick Hearn).
There was a tournament here, so there must be a court...
http://www.streetball.com/events/summer-league-pontedera
This place mentions a nearby park with a court:
http://www.tuscany-hotels.net/Volterra-hotels/Park-Hotel-Fonti.htm
Have fun, and don't get worked by some bastard child of mike d'antoni.
I saw that and was also pissed, but not because I'm a Bucks fan. Pissed because, if that was the going rate for Richard Jefferson, the Cavs should have been all over trading him for Wally Szczerbiak or Ben Wallace. Freaking Danny Ferry.
Funny how last year Popovich was one of the most outspoken opponents of the Gasol trade, saying there should be a committee that has to approve trades before they can go through. I wonder what such a committee would have thought of today's trade... Also, how much fishier is this deal gonna look once at least one (and maybe all three) of the Bucks new players opt out and re-sign with San Antonio? You know that's coming.
Pop's response: "Yeah, but there isn't a trade committee."
And then he did this -
http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2008/10/30/gregg_popovich_plays_joke_on_shaq.jpg
I know that link is small, but I spent about ten minutes trying to find a damn link that was larger and none showed up. Also I suck at html linking when I don't have pre-set buttons. And that's a glimpse into my daily life.
And EVAD ka, I'll back him up on this one. I'm making a hiatus back to chi-town and I had to reschedule everything because of this damn trip. The best part was bawful whining about how his company was sending him to Viva Italia for two weeks on their dime. The last trip I made on my employers dime was to freaking Newark, NJ. Point and match to bawful.
*sigh* Dear Bawful, I hope your teeth snag on those hairy legs and armpits. That is all.
BadDave- This is the country where "everything is allowed." Seriously, do you know how bad you have to be to get locked up in Holland? Because if you do, you are a bad bad man. Wait, I forgot who I was talking to... never mind...
Though to be frank, why would you be playing pick-up ball in Amsterdam anyway, when there's debauchery on every corner?
I could invite you to my town but it's probably worse than Newark,NJ. We don't even have a court for Christ's sake.
Anyways, arent there pick-up ball by the "I AMSTERDAM" sign. I played a couple games last time i was there
I don't know about pickup basketball in Pisa, but I'm sure you'll find someone to play with. Of course, you must be lucky to find someone with skills. In July i will be between Padua (where i live) and Venice, so I could tell you where good basketball happens here. By the way, Siena and Bologna are two big cities for basketball.
Make sure you don't miss Rome and Venice, and bring lots of money, because Italy is really expensive. I'm going there on September. Already saving.
There are a lot of courts in Italy where you can find pick up games, don't worry, it should be easy to find one, at least in Pisa, it's a pretty big city.
True, I lived in Italy for a year with AFS exchange program, I joined the team in my city, Lecco. Italian players are pretty good to say. Pick up games in Italy can teach you some language skills too. The Germans are good, too, but there aren't so many places to play in Germany.