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b"It seems that\\xa0every neighborhood has a basketball rim, and GamerDude's was no exception. He talks about how his neighbors across the street had rims, and how he wanted to get one at his house too. But with his dad's gravel driveway, and the cost of installing a post for the backboard, he never did get one, except for one brief afternoon, when he and his friends hung\\xa0a backboard from the telephone pole in the street.\\xa0 He talks about how he didn't really get heavily into basketball until college, where his roommate was a high school basketball star. He talks about playing pick-up games at the rec center, and how he learned the rules of getting into games. He explains how he learned what a zone defense was, how he wound up taking a basketball course in college, and why he still considers himself a Sun. He talks about playing basketball during lunch breaks at work, and two or three times a week after work at the local\\xa0school gyms.\\xa0 He also shares one of his favorite stories from a pick-up game in Akron, Ohio, and how it made him feel like he'd finally arrived as a basketball player."