[Bletlemof]

You know you love basketball when...

1. Everytime you throw something away, it's a jumper in your mind. You may even pump fake and go in for a stylish layup. You like dunking rebounds from other people's misses.

2. Sometimes when someone walks towards you head on, you like to throw a little head fake to the left or right before passing.

3. You slap door arches, touch ceilings, and like swatting at bugs. You know how to steal something out of someone else's hand before they even realize it.

4. You may throw the ball around with your kid, but you know for sure he'll know how to shoot a J.

5. If you owned a video game where you could make your own teams, you made teams up of everyone you knew, and even added kid's you didn't even like that much, if you needed to fill a spot.

6. You had heros, and you are someone elses hero, and will never know it.

7. You've set a pick on a dog before, or someone else.

8. If you haven't touched a ball in awhile, touching one brings you peace, and you either try to palm it right away, spin it on a finger, or dribble it to decide if you like it.

9. When you see numbers like 23 or 33, you think of jerseys in the back of your mind. Or a different number you liked.

10. You've thought about coaching at one time.

11. If someone loses their footing and crashes into you, you call charging.

12. It's painful to know Jordan is old.