re: How do you handle a disputed call in a basketball pick up game?

:Kige:

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Depends on the race of the people I'm playing with

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Unfortunately this is true. I remember right after I graduated high school me and my buddies that all played together in high school (all of us white) used to go to the Y or BREC to play. Whenever we would be up they assumed we sucked bc we were white, after we dominated like 2-3 shitty teams in a row it always went like this.
Step 1: they find the 5 best players in the gym to form a team

Step 2: if you get within 10 feet of the goal and try to shoot you get knocked in the head and/or someone tries to take your arm off. Always followed by "my bad, take it up top" with a sly grin.

Step 3: Everytime they miss a layup it is a foul, they will call it after the fact and if you try and argue 20 dude are up and screaming in your face.

Step 4: if you are about to win, all of a sudden dudes are flopping worse than Blake Griffin and Manu combined, and calling offensive fouls on everything, including any attempt at a box out or screen. On the flip side if you try and call an offensive foul on them the whole gym flips out, even though as the game progresses they will constantly offensive foul

Step 5: repeat until they win, at which case the whole gym mean mugs you like they just whipped your arse and you suck