Joe's Comments

How cool, you play ball in Europe. I use to up until last May.Now its straight 9-5. It sucks and I so miss it and my friends. How is Sweden, never been?

Awesome, thanks for thinking to add TTSJ to StumbleUpon. Every little bit helps in trying to let the tall people worldwide know that we are here. I really should publish some blog articles or something and let people know about things like StumbleUpon, etc. that they can use to spread the word not only about TTSJ but any other projects they are doing.

Ahhh, now that makes sense. That camp definitely was run and gun and there were some amazing guards and small forwards. Defense wasn't exactly rewarded much. I guess its that way because I think Euro teams can only have 2 americans per team? If thats the case, then it would make most sense to get "scorers" and Dwayne Wade types. People that score points, excite the crowd and sell tickets. Bill Wennington types can get you championships, but not necessarily make the crowd ooh and ahhh.

I tried out for some Euro teams at a camp in Chicago out of Chicago. I was bigger and stronger than anyone there by far, however, I just couldn't match up with the speed and quickness. My defense was horrible. I can't even imagine how fast the game must be in the pro leagues if those were just guys trying out.

Welcome to The Tall Street Journal Joe. Thanks for the add. Looks like you are already making tons of friends on here. Thats great.

Kauai thats cool. I went there a couple years ago for a state tournament for canoe paddling..Beautiful island. I believe Klum gym wasnt used much afetr you guys used it. A couple years after that they built the larger stadium...You like to cook. Thats cool. What do you cook? I can cook..But only do it for others..I dont cook on a whim..Baking is more my forte, less to clean up..Call it shear laziness...Anyways yeah your life seems chill. You get to hang and work with your friends all day..Who wouldnt want a gig like that? Anyways talk to you laters..Alohas..Diosa

Yeah you should just go and forget Klum gym..LOL.I cant believe you played in that thing..Good times.ANyways I have no idea what road you are talking about..Which is quite sad..Shouldnt I know what is happening on my own island. It takes someone in Sweden to tell me something thats happening here.. Yeah BTW I don't run unless on a basketball court or away from a large monster/wave or angry mob..LOL..I threw shot put and discus in college and now coach it. Its super fun..I like throwing metal implements far...So what do you do day to day? I work as a special education teacher at a local highschool so I spend my days slowly driving myself to crazy town...No Im joking..I love my job..its hard and stressful at times but the kids, when they are in a good place and not being sassy, make it worth it. Anyways TTYL..Have a good day..

Alohas..Diosa

I used to play ball at Butler University, from 1999-2003, same conference as UWGB. I never got much tick though, 3 coaches in 4 years. I would have transferred after the coach I wanted to play for left, but my 'little' brother was coming to play at Butler too, so I wasn't going to ditch him. When I graduated, it was time for me to be done with basketball, so I didn't pursue playing overseas. Even if I had pursued it, I'd probably pass on the Iran gig.

Aloha Joe,
Cool that you have been out here. Yeah Hawaii is great. I cant imagine how beautiful Sweden is. Yeah the whole super organized doesnt work for me. I probably would get kicked out of the country for being too dis-organized..LOL.But thats why I love Maui..super mellow and laid back..Yeah I played ball in high school. But in college, at UH I did track and field. I threw shot and disc. I loved it.I currently coach track at my local high school. ..TTYL..Mahalo No..Diosa

Well yeah, considering I was starting to hate it my last year I'm sure I'd be hating it now! You have family in Atlanta, huh?? I'll have to challenge you to a game then! I'm sure you could at least use the dunking practice :)

LOL I can imagine it's slightly different from San Diego :-) No, I never really thought of playing overseas. I enjoyed playing in college, but didn't want to make it my life. I'm still able to stay really active in both sports (plus tennis) in all the leagues they have around here. It's mostly indoor for volleyball, but there are a lot of beach tournaments pretty close by. Have you only played in Sweden? Do you get to come back here much?

Oh, wow that's cool. My mom actually went to San Diego St. I spent a lot of time in California when I was younger...in the Riverside area. I played at University of West GA. A small D-2 school, but played both basketball and volleyball while I was there. How do you like living in Sweden?

No, sure haven't! Hoping to get to Germany for Oktoberfest this year though. Did you play in college here in the states?