A three-on-three tournament outside of Nagoya Station, with some promising looking young ladies in action for this photo.
However, upon returning to watch some tournament action the next day, an ex-pat told me the games had been canceled, due to an earlier rain. And in place of the games, they were having a free-throw shooting contest. I suggested that a three-point contest would have been a much better idea, since there’s nothing at all interesting about watching people shoot free- throws, for what I am guessing would have been no less than a couple of hours. I mean, someone can stand up there and drain 10 free throws in a row, but how exciting is that really going to be?
As I left, I noticed one guy shooting old-school style, lobbing them up from knee-high with both hands. Let’s just hope it was some kind of protest.

Continuing with the hoops theme, when I recently asked about somewhere I could play ball, I was advised not to show up without a team. Although, this structured mentality has its benefits, I ask you, what would Kobe, Lebron, Iverson, or Carmelo be without the ‘pick-up’ game? Walking into a gym, or onto a playground, calling “next,” running with at least a couple of dudes you have never met, trying to hold the court for as many runs as possible, that’s where ‘game’ is born.