Basketball is just a freaking game

OMG!! Let me tell you about my Monday night game of basketball! I wasn't really feeling it tonight and was not even planning on playing. I just basically wanted to go and watch my dude play because I introduced him to this spot. Well I got there and the locally ball hogs was there with the I am gonna shoot first and ask pass questions later attitude. I was just sitting on the side line shaking my head thinking this is not my ideal of fun. But a funny thing happen when I was about to get up and leave. The negative guys who had to win at all cost decided to dip. Literally half of those bad boys decided that they were unhappy and and straight left. This meant, I could suit up and play because the game would be less Well my boy whom I brought up to the spot picked me to be on his team. I told him that since I was on the side lines so long, that I needed to get the rust of me, and he was immediately upset, because he feels that you should be ready to go all out any time you step on the court. I had a so-so first game and decided I would play better because he was right, I knew I could do my thang with these dudes. So next game, I was blocking shots and playing the defense. Funny thing on the opposite end--- I did not get the ball to shoot. It was like I was invisible. They kept passing to dudes who were double teamed. True they hit a few but, we still lost. My guy was missing lay ups all night. That is like not knowing the answer to 1+1 =2!! Well, We talked after the game and it lasted until 11pm. My friend feels that he has to leave it all on the court. He wants to give 10000%, at least that is what he thinks. I just found the whole thing comical. Basketball is just a freaking game that none of us are getting paid for. If we were that good, we would be playing for a professional team- would we not?
Please understand, I think basketball is the greatest game ever invented, but it iz still a GAME!!!! How can you get all worked up, yell and scream and go on and on to the break of dawn and then go home and get up and go back to your job and have a third of that same emotion for work. Talk about ironic? For me personally, I just want to run and bang and sweat and get my jumper or two and block some shots out the gym and congratulate my opponent and go home. I guess for some people basketball is serving some other deficiency, but I don't have it. I seen guys pull guns on each other this game but I also know the fun side of it 2. The important thing to do is keep your sports in perspective. Balling is what you do and not who you are...unless your the next Michael Jordan......and sorry your not.....
I am Ward...