Astoria Basketball Association

Attendence:
Lissow
Alexandro
Devito
Nate
Scott(newcomer)
Allen
Moody
Luis
Dave
Randolf T.
Lance

Play of the Day:
Alexandro saddled up behind the three point line. Being a powerful scorer from that range, the opposing team stepped up their defense. Alexandro recieved a bad pass. Allowing Allen to steal the ball with his left hand and drive by on Alexandro‘s right side for a fast break-away to the other end of the court. With the speed and agility of the old Shaq moving down court, Allen awkwardly dribbled down to the unguarded basket. Alexandro was hot on his back. Allen slowed his pace as if a wizard had cast a Slow spell and he was wading his way through invisible molasses. He leaped from a two-footed jump stop, slam dunked the ball with two hands, hung on the rim, and yelled a battle cry at the same decibal of Wesley being tortured by the Six-Fingered Man in Princess Bride.

Overheard:
As Allen was running down court someone faintly yelled,”Just let him slam, Ted!”

Other Highlights:
Allen foiled Lance’s signature move at the end of the last game. Whenever Lance makes a basket or his team wins a game, he immediately makes a fist, brings his elbow towards his waist and shouts, “Yes!”, in the same spirit of Tiger Woods. As he made the game winning basket and was about to go into his rehearsed finishing move, Allen slid underneath the basket and delivered it with the same enthusiasm even though his team lost.

Attendence (pathetic):
Anderson
Ronnie
Fisch
Allen
Sanders

Highlights:
ABA got they’re asses hand to them in a series four on four full court games with the locals.
They started off strong but the other team was a faster running team.

News:
ABA will resume the Hunter High School game at 11:30 for the next three Sundays.

Attendence:
Brett Anderson
Scott R
Moody
Allen
Dominick Dierkes
Dominick’s Friend (??)
Dominick’s Friend (Prince Valiant)
Random Stuyvesant Kids

Highlights:
Allen showed up at 1PM. An hour and half later than the scheduled time. He started his trek in Hoboken with the PATH train to 14th and 7th Avenue. There he went down to take the L train to 14th and 3rd to get to his car which he had parked the previous night on 12th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. Unfortunately, he mistakenly jumped on the F train and had to transfer to the uptown train at the Broadway/Lafayette stop. He decided at that it would be best to get out at the Union Square station but somehow he managed to get out at 14th Street and 6th Avenue (only one avenue west of the PATH train entrance). Frustrated, he called Anderson, who was already at the courts, and told him he was running late. Allen finally got on the crosstown M14 bus to 3rd Avenue. He found his car, drove it east, and parked it between Avenue B and Avenue C. He grabbed his sports bag and headed for Stuyvesant Town. Allen walked onto the courts in jeans and dress shoes. He stripped down behind some bushes and changed into to his basketball gear. The ABA players were mildly annoyed by his tardiness but seem accepting of his excuse once they discovered it was because he was distracted by the attention of a female.

A lot of ABA players are suffering from withdrawl syndromes from not
being able to play on Sundays and rain outs.

The ABA staff is working around the clock to find another location
for the summer.

We are going to try to play at the Stuyvesant Town basketball courts.
http://www.pcvst.com/amenities_rec.asp

They have plexiglass backboards, breakaway rims, and keep the courts
clean.

LOCATION:
Walk to 14th and Avenue B and head northwest into the apartment
complex.
http://www.pcvst.com/location.asp

MAP OF STUYVESANT TOWN:
Cut and paste the link below to get a detailed map of the complex.
Click on “Basketball”
http://www.pcvst.com/map.asp

ABA is constantly updating our player’s contact information.

Please email all your info:
Mobile
Email address
Website

Also, anyone interested in playing this Sunday please email me for a
head count.

Thanks,
Dan
dan@taoofdan.com

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