Wild & Silly Stories From My Life - #51
Basketball was my life from my freshman year in high school all the way until about age 32. It was then that I blew out my knee in an irreparable way, & ended my basketball career for good. Back in the day, me & some good friends entered a 3 on 3 tournament called Hoop It Up. It was a huge gathering of ballers in the 1990’s, & they set up hundreds of portable hoops in downtown Dallas where a giant two-day tournament took place. My buddies and I were pretty good, & that first year we came very close to winning the championship in our division. We got beat in the final game by some snotty nose rich kids whose team name was, “Any Questions?” They played with swagger & arrogance, and it really stuck in my crawl when we lost to them! Anyhow, fast forward to the following year, & we entered the Hoop-It-Up tourney again, and we wanted so badly to face & beat that “Any Questions” team, we purposely named our team, “Any Questions? Hell Yeah!!” I think it was my friend Josh’s idea to adopt that name, & we all agreed it was perfect. Well, we ended up playing great that year, & we did indeed win the championship! Only problem was, the “Any Questions” team was not around that year, so we never got to face them & set things straight. To this very day, when I think back on that championship, I smile because we won it all, but at the same time, there’s still some lingering unresolved angst down deep in my soul! So let me say it one more time…Any Questions? Hell Yeah!! Ha!!