[charbs1111]

what kind of ball are you talking though? we're talking about pro athletes that go all out game in and game out here with a brutal amount of physical contact. it doesn't matter who or how old you are. if you play at that level, there's no way you are not aching after a back to back. and yes, that game against the wolves was on a back to back on the road. i mean, you can call that an excuse if you'd like but it's about as valid an excuse as u'r gonna get.

i'm slightly older than you, and when i was 20, i played up to 8 hours sometimes in one day. that still doesn't mean i understand what it means to go all out the way these guys do. the speed most of us play at is a joke in comparison to the pro level. and yes, as we get older there is much less time and opportunity to play, so when i do play once a week, i certainly feel it the next day.

Youre delusional if you think pro atheltes go all out all the time. In fact, they probably go less than college, hs, and the summer hs tourney players...with all the TV timeouts, the one on one play where other guys are just standing around, and the fact they get by on sheer top notch athletic ability, they are going "hard" the least.