Speaking of Dunks-GIRLS

Bearfanmike20 · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:31am

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Originally Posted by Lcubed48

Here's the Youtube link :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tuDfRzY2Vqw
It says that she is a 6' 5" sophomore. This is a video shot during practice so we don't get to you in action. It seem that there are a lot more dunks in her future.

I feel sorry for this kid.... Look at her face.. shes not even happy. Shes what.. 15 16... and shes all over the news.... all over you tube.

Its a shame. She'll never get to be just a kid.

rainmaker · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:34am

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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

I feel sorry for this kid.... Look at her face.. shes not even happy. Shes what.. 15 16... and shes all over the news.... all over you tube.

Its a shame. She'll never get to be just a kid.

You're joking, right?

Bearfanmike20 · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:37am

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Originally Posted by rainmaker

You're joking, right?

No... did you watch that video... does she look like a happy kid...??

rainmaker · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:45am

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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

No... did you watch that video... does she look like a happy kid...??

There's absolutely no way to tell. Just because her face is impassive and unexpressive doesn't mean she's miserable. And even if she's miserable at the time that video is shot, there's no way to tell why. Maybe it's that time of the month and she's having a headache, cramps and nausea. Maybe she got an F on her Japanese test, and she's worried how to get her grade up. Maybe she just found out that her much beloved grandmother fell and broke her hip.

And regarding "being a kid", do you suppose she's never had a chance to play with dolls and toy trucks in the back yard because she can dunk and someone she knows owns a video camera and a computer? I don't understand why you think that someone who gets a tape of themselves dunking and it's on Youtube is someone who can't ever "be a kid".

Bad Zebra · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:48am

It does seem kinda eerie. She never even cracks a smile..teammates jumping around cheering...and nothing...blank.

rainmaker · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:52am

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Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

It does seem kinda eerie. She never even cracks a smile..teammates jumping around cheering...and nothing...blank.

bored, maybe? kinda ho hum??

Scrapper1 · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 09:00am

First of all, she did laugh at the very end of the video, as her teammate is checking her uniform. I don't know what she's checking for, but as the teammate pulls on her knee pad, the dunker laughs.

Second of all, it's very common for very tall kids (and she's VERY tall for a 14-year old girl) to feel "different", since their stature is such a visible difference from all their friends. It's not sadness or being miserable. It's just being so obviously different from other kids at an age when all they want to do is be the same.

Jurassic Referee · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:53am

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Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

It does seem kinda eerie. She never even cracks a smile..teammates jumping around cheering...and nothing...blank.

Maybe she's just not an expressive kid. She's the only one that really knows whether she's happy or not anyway. Any other speculation is just that...speculation.

Unless she's a zombie.......

Mark Padgett · #9 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 11:08am

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Originally Posted by rainmaker

And regarding "being a kid", do you suppose she's never had a chance to play with dolls and toy trucks in the back yard

Juulie - just curious. How many toy trucks did you have as a kid?

BTW - did you get my email?

gordon30307 · #10 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 08:54am

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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

I feel sorry for this kid.... Look at her face.. shes not even happy. Shes what.. 15 16... and shes all over the news.... all over you tube.

Its a shame. She'll never get to be just a kid.

Looks like she's having fun to me. Very impressive.

Splute · #11 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 10:07am

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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

I feel sorry for this kid.... Look at her face.. shes not even happy. Shes what.. 15 16... and shes all over the news.... all over you tube.

Its a shame. She'll never get to be just a kid.

She seemed perfectly happy during the scrimmage. She was at ease with her play and her team. She didnt showboat; just played the game and for the most part, played it cleanly. Perhaps you mistake her focus on the game to be unhappiness?? I didnt see it.

#12 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 10:32am

Amazing...she did the dunking as if it was second nature. And if it is true that she's just a sophomore, scary to think how she'll do when she's a senior. She looks like she played quite a bit of street ball, judging from her moves. Maybe those street ball games forced her to jump higher and higher?

Bearfanmike20 · #13 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 31, 2007, 10:45am

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Originally Posted by Splute

She seemed perfectly happy during the scrimmage. She was at ease with her play and her team. She didnt showboat; just played the game and for the most part, played it cleanly. Perhaps you mistake her focus on the game to be unhappiness?? I didnt see it.

Ya... I'm sure there was more to it.. I just saw the video.. was just going by that.

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