drewhousman

Summer Recap/Back In Israel

Quick recap of my summer:

I spent May just kind of putzing around doing nothing other than working out with my brother and shooting at the high school. This actually could be a pretty complete recap of my summer as a whole. A lot of working out in my front yard, shooting at my high school and watching TV with JD and Catie. But there were some other interesting things. I started playing with a semi pro team in the IBL called the LA Lightening. I was very lukewarm to the idea at first, especially after not playing that much in my first game. But after a while I got comfortable, the other PG left, and I had my best and most fun stretch of basketball in a long time. Granted a lot of the teams we played were complete garbage, but there were some pretty solid squads in there too. Some notable people on my team: Continue reading “Summer Recap/Back In Israel”

Thoughts on Conspiracies, Movies and Ants

-We are down 0-1 in our best of 5 final four series against Meggido, our arch nemesis. This series is more important than the potential finals because the top 2 teams both get to move up to the first division next year. The two times we met in the regular season they beat us by a combined 50 points. We were able to stay close the whole game this time, getting as close as 3 with about 3 minutes left. My game was a little up and down, but I was proud of my effort overall, and I finally found my missing 3 point stroke. Next game is at home on National TV, so our 500 fans should be rockin and rollin. Continue reading “Thoughts on Conspiracies, Movies and Ants”

Game/My Apartment

I have had a resurgence the past month and actually resemble a real basketball player at this point. I have averaged 16 and 4 the past 3 games and we picked up 2 crucial wins. The most recent game was especially fun because the crowd was really into it. It was tight pretty much the whole way and featured a few memorable moments. The first came in the 3rd quarter after we had finally built up a little momentum and seized a 2 point lead. Then they came down and our big guy got called for a foul. This guy is pretty much the Rasheed Wallace of the league. He definitely has accumulated enough techs and pissed off enough refs to become a target for their calls. As I have noted before the refs here are remarkably awful, but the disrespect our big man shows is still over the top. Continue reading “Game/My Apartment”

Visit to the Army Base

Today I had my first experience with the Israeli army. I had to pick up my teammate Rave (pronounced Rah-Veh)promptly at 7:50 AM and then head out to Haifa to start the days festivities. Rave is a great guy but his English needs a lot of work. As we were driving he told me that most soldiers have to be at the base an hour earlier, but he has a “connecticut” with someone in charge that buys him some time. Continue reading “Visit to the Army Base”

My Slacker High School Lifestyle

I decided to write about a bunch of stuff that happened a long time ago. I have too much time on my hands. But first, a super fast bball update: My confidence, playing time and performance have all slipped dramatically. I do well in practice, but it is not translating to minutes or production. The situation is deteriorating fast, but there are still a bunch of games left, so I have a chance to turn things around. Lets hope it happens. And now, on to the stories. Continue reading “My Slacker High School Lifestyle”

No Love Lost for Cornell

In light of last nights game I feel like I need to talk about the Harvard-Cornell rivalry for a quick second. So here is my bitter, crimson tainted rant:

Cornell has maintained a special place on my enemies list from the very first game I played against them. It was up in Ithaca and we had just beat a solid Columbia team. We were a veteran laden squad poised to challenge Penn for the league title. It was a back and forth game the whole way. Continue reading “No Love Lost for Cornell”