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I'll give it 4 weeks from Monday to see how it works from a body composition, strength, and recovery standpoint

Well....this week has been all the motivation i need. Guess thats what happens during the worst week of your life. Small short recap...

1. Skip lifting and training/shooting to be with the wife because something felt off.

2. Get told Monday that my ex is trying to get full custody of our daughter and won't let me see her. (We had a verbal agreement since she didnt have the money for a lawyer when we seperated...go me for being nice)

3. Have a small arguement...lengthy discussion about the ONE thing the wife and i cant seem to compromise on Thursday night.

4. Wake up to divorce papers on the kitchen table Saturday morning and a note from her.

5. Watched her cry every day since then because she knows she doesnt want a divorce but she cant see another way.

6. Get fucking BLOWN out yesterday 81-47. I shot HORRIBLY and so did everyone else.

Now...everything but 6 is pretty self-explanatory and im hoping the wifey comes around and we work this out so prayers or whatever you believe in would be nice.

So the game... they decide i should tip...i win the tip over a 6'7 guy...im shocked. I have to play pg because theyre picking up full and no one else has the handle to break it. Sure enough extended 2-3 zone. So i go pg mode...pass pass pass. Not working. Down 15-0 like that. Say hell with it. Pull up 17 foot j. 15-2. Block a jumper. 3 straight assists. 19-10 now. Hit a 3. 25-13. This isn't going well. Then i went cold and no one would cut in the zone. Couldnt hit at ALL as a team. Halftime comes...its bad. I say f it. Im moving to the 2. Have my 3 and other guard bring it up together. I go into scoring mode. Shots.still.off. but...theyre trapping the top of the 2-3 to try to keep me out of the lane. Not working im getting in the lane...drawing the bigs...no ones cutting and the kickouts to shooters arent going down. Ugh. Then it happened...i catch an elbow straight to the jaw. Right in front of a ref. Dude actually stopped playing because he knew he hit me hard. No call. Im pissed. Probably woke me up tho because i stopped thinking and let go. Call for the ball and the next possesions go...step back 3. And 1 layup over 6'8 guy. NBA 3. Corner 3. Missed poster over 6'8 guy. And a fadeawy 15 footer. 13-4 personal run but it didnt matter. We got crushed.

My stat line according to the books. 20 pts on 8-14fg (4-10 3pt), 0-1ft (smh), 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks a steal and 1 turnover. Good numbers but i played terrible.

Tossed a few lobs to take out some frustration and the 6'8 guy starts dunking with me couple 2 handers off glass. 2 hand Tomahawk off one step (wtf...ok...didnt think i could get that currently). Then a self oop that i got UP on. Consensus in the gym was i was 4-6" from the rim and it FELT like 45-46". Missed it because my forearm was on the front of the rim and i backironed it. At that point i said ok...and measured the goal. Lol! Its 10 but damn that floor is amazing because i still dont feel 100%. Time to train this week.

sorry about your wife man, sounds like a fucking roller coaster. i don't pray, but good luck with all that and hope y'all can resolve it.

x2 damn..

Thanks guys..its a weird situation but im going to try and make the best of it.

Squatted Monday night laaaate. Like...got home at 4am lol i work from 9-6 m-f. So today sucked.

Weighed in at 179.5lbs. Eek.

Squats 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1, 385 x1

5x5 at 315.
1x20 at 135 for speed.

2 circuits of BSS, static lunges, extensions and calf raises. Bunch of box jumps. Some core. Not bad for how late it was.

Plan for today was to go do drills after work then lift back/biceps but...came off the court to a text saying she wanted to watch a movie so im back in our town house tonight. Confusing but nice. Ill do back and bis tomorrow after some 5v5 with some speed work.

Went through about 45 mins of drills and shooting and started to feel better and better (minus the tiredness from my legs lol) so i went to the other courts and played pickup and played lights out. Granted not great comp but i couldnt miss. NBA 3s...step back 20 footers, got in the lane easy and finished. Felt good. A few guys said it looked like id been getting back at it so that was nice! Missed a big baseline dunk from outside yhe lane when i lost the ball and tried to cuff it No bueno. And had a good opportunity to dunk on 3 guys late in the last game but the score was tied to i literally just pushed it in lol! Spent about 15-20 mins tossing oops to myself after. Timing is way off but im getting up better. Easily 43-44 repeatedly. Im happy with that this quick! Got to try to keep it progressing! I want that 48" mark!!

Oh...one good thing. Ran a sprint against a kid that runs a low mid 4.5 according to some people and beat him...no warmup...shoes untied and on cruise control on the way back (basketball court down and back). :/ just adds to the confusion i guess.


But...maybe thats were my extra inches are. Keeping this speed but getting my strength back?

why are you trying to max your DL so often anyway?

Blown out again today. 82-52. SMH. I played better, had 22, 6, 6, 2 steals and 2 blocks (one a nasty one where i pinned a layup on the glass with my elbow) but we just cant rebound on these guys. Seems every team but ours has 1 or 2 6'7-6'8 guys and we have one 6'4 guy. Not good lol! Anyway. Missed what would have been a monster oop. Got free baseline and called for it, it was way off, outside the backboard and high so i took off outside the lane by a foot or so and watched the ball go right through my hands. Idk how it did because i went after it with 2 hands and it just went right through my fingers. The guys said when i "caught" it...ie it i was almost to the top of the square. I wouldnt have gotten it with 2 but maybe could have transferred to one hand and got it.

Rest of the game was a shit show. They were all cocky and talking sot so that got me going in the 2nd half.  Both steals came then when they tried to put it between my legs...and the block. I got tired of hearing it from their bench and started talking back so they tried playing physical on me and real close which got me layups because i was going by them on the 1st step. Cant wait to put together a complete game here. Bleh.