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I’ll be MJ’s other NBA jersey number next month. A variety of leg injuries have caused me to pretty much retire from pick-up ball, but I still go out and just get shots up regularly.
And I took a hiatus from the AJ sig line for a while, but have been in on all of them lately starting with the XXX1.
Hey buddy, early happy birthday! I'm 45 this Sept and I stopped playing pickup last year. Dealing with severe Crohn's, amount other issues. Plus I'm not gonna risk getting hurt and potentially being out of work back then (on long term disability now due to Crohn's). Like you, I'll still go to an empty court and shoot around. But it's 100% tennis now. Picked my racquet back up after a near 24 year hiatus (had played from 12 to mid 20s until my tennis bud moved jobs. Much safer sport.
But when I did play, I felt like Manu. Playing smart and heady. Finding my spots and also using the one part of my game that NEVER left, my jump shot! Could always burn someone who would leave me alone, thinking I wasn't worth covering! Always felt good to bury a deep 3 and look at their reaction to an early 40s 6 foot guy hit a shot like that. Always made my day.
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