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Hellish pickup players, 2.0

By Patrick Hruby
Page 2

Thursday, July 2, 2009

We tried to warn you. Then you tried to warn us. Two summers ago, Page 2 published a guide to the eight most annoying pickup basketball player types, the archetypal characters spoiling good runs from coast to coast. Like the guy whose ectoplasmic sweat wouldn't be out of place in a "Ghostbusters" sequel. Or the dude who thinks he's a coach on the floor, demanding that you ROTATE, even though you are not, in fact, on academic scholarship. Seriously, we hate that guy. As it turns out, eight wa ...

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