Dave 'Elbows' LaVigne
Position: Forward (4)
Favorite Sport: Basketball
Favorite Team: The Golden 'She' Gophers
Reason for Living: Unknown
Interesting Fact: Not related to pop singer/songwriter Avril..."Though he does shoot like her."
League Background: Originates from the northland. If you're in need of a good laugh, ask him to say 'hockey.' Dave's been around for a while. I don't even remember when he started playing? I guess I would call him a regular then. Or maybe just old.
Strength: The mid-range jumper..."When he's on he's really on."
Weakness: Playing out of control..."'Elbows' can get a little wild when he gets frustrated. Tends to make wild drives to the bucket, often leaving a charge or 2 in his wake.(ahem) (Sorry man, but its my blog)
Grades-
Offense: B
Defense: B-
Rebounding: A-
*Hustle: B
*Passing: B
Attitude: B+
Overall Grade: B
*-I was guilted into bumping those grades up.
14 comments:
my favorite part about dave is when i say "shoot!" "shoot!" when he has the ball outside, and then he does, and then he misses.
I can see the headline now, "Blogger killed in freak basketball mishap." You become more of an insult comic in e-form. Strange but funny. I do think you underrated Dave's hustle a bit.
I think you should add a Court Chatter category. Dave's is of course criticizing himself in the third person.
Dave ends up with a "B." I can see I'm going to have to retake this class.
haha, yes: this mysterious 'fats durston' character (who?) has it right - no profile of dave is complete without reference to his third person self-criticisms.
Hard grader. I think that I at least deserve a little better than a "B-" for passing.
In addition to "Court Chatter," how about a category for "Toughness/Durability," for all those people I allegedly leave in the wake of my wild charges?
as to the mystery of fats durston, who's the fattest player on the court these days?
The fattest player on the court?
Hmmm...there are at least a couple of possibilities....perhaps someone should bring a scale and some calipers Friday.
hahaha. but a scale shall not be necessary, for after a little super sleuth work (read: poking around on his blog for like 30 seconds), i have discovered the true identity of 'fats durston'.
i've seen the headphones (or is it ear buds...or ear bugs?), but i had no idea you were such a music hound - i look forward to exploring the rest of your blog in depth.
but alas there is a new mystery to be explored, and i fear this one will not be so easily solved - namely: who is paul bunyan? i have an hypothesis, but unforuntately he does not have a blog from which i can determine his true identity...
yeah, I have to agree. I've known "fats" for a long time(well, played ball w/him for along time) and I never knew you were such a music nerd! Share your knowledge with us master.
Okay, I gotta say a few things about Dave and try to get this hi-jacked thread back on track.
(Disclaimer: This is your blog -- you can say whatever you want. I assume your looking for some good natured conversation about Friday night B-ball, so here goes. No offense intended (which shouldn't be surprising coming from this particular B-ball player, get it, offense), just some friendly disagreement.
First, "Elbows" is no tweener. Unless we're talking about some brand of basketball none of us will ever play (okay, maybe one of us, and btw I'm going to count how many times we all gratuitously compliment Matt in our comments on B-Ball), Dave is a Power Forward.
Avril's cousin is one of the toughest players we play with. But hey, the last time I checked the U was still in the Big Ten. Nothing embarrassing about being a tough guy in Minneapolis. He can leave bodies in his wake.
As to the grades, I may be nitpicking but I think Dave's underrated here in Offense, Defense, Passing, Rebounding, Hustle and Overall. All the grades are one third too low for my taste and, if Dave caught me on the right day, I might even give his offense an A-. Dave is, imo, one of the most versatile offensive players we play with.
He has an inside game, the aforementioned medium range jumper, and he can, when he's looking to score, shoot with some accuracy from beyond the three point line.
Dave sets (as per his rep) devastating picks (which he rolls off of quite nicely, I might add) and plays help defense very well. If he's not a straight A rebounder, well, I'd like to know who we play with is (okay, we know who is but I've been over this already).
No wonder I aced Hy Berman's class. Jay was grading! I'd like to thank that A for pushing me over the wait list hump that landed me at this fine law school. I think Dave's defense is appropriately his weakest point. The passing is what you might call crisp, but it's as likely to hit the fieldhouse staff in the nose as it is to reach its intended recipient. He nearly re-broke my nose last time we played. Jay is quite right in complimenting Dave's pluckiness and solid iron range fundamentals. You get a free traffic cop-esque signal with every pick. Dave says with his hand, "hey, man. go this way, i've set a pick for you, eh."
Oh Dave, how many times I've battle you to a tie. I'm forever amused at the self depricative statements that may or may not be equalled by myself on many an occasion. I enjoy the competitive individual stat keeping, and the fact that someone else's missed shot costing you an asist can draw equal ire to your own missed shot.
All of that said I think I'll go ahead and use Matt's categories here to show my own opinion in dry statistical form:
Offense B+
Defense B-
Rebounding A-
Hustle B
Attitude D+
Ball-handling C+
Passing B
Stamina B+
Decision Making B
Shooting B+
Oh yeah,
Overall: B
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