Basketball Baller Gifts

'It was all ball!'

The Popularity of Pickleball Inspires a New Wave of Hybrid Sports.

"Good game."

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

Church for sports worshipers.

'They were hoping to gradually introduce him to the pro game, but injuries left them no choice.'

"College basketball recruiters are after him."

"Lautrec or Gary? Hmmm... We'll take Gary."

"How should we divide the teams?"

"We can't Sunday. We've been invited to 'you know who's' skybox."

The Salmon Run

Gary turns 40.

'Pass it to Dewey! He's got himself into some kind of rhythm!!'

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

'There's more to life than winning. There's also losing - to offset taxable capital gains.'

'Wait!... I don't want to take Brady out right now. He's just getting into rhythm.'

'Let's go over our secret play.'

Another reason Chihuahuas hate basketball.

Before getting a basketball scholarship, Jack worked at a pancake house.

"I'm less a role model than a cautionary tale."

Kick Me! (sign on an anthropomorphized soccer ball)

'He's gonna dunk on me. I just know it.'

Basketball

'I don't mind players entering the NBA at an early age. It's the diaper changes that I hate.'

Why moms make bad refs.

The bovine who jumped over the news went on to a great career w/ the Bulls!

'We have to forfeit, Three of our players got squashed on the way over here,'

"I love fast break business success."

'Anything is possible in our great country, son. If an Afro-American can become president, a white man can become a pro basketball player.'

'And now, please stand and join us as complete amateur butchers our national anthem.'

'Verheyen! How many times have I told you? Don't let your personal life affect your play on the court.'

'Uh-oh... when mom calls me by my full latin species name, I'm in big trouble.'

'Three kids, full-time job, night classes and coaches a girls basketball team. She's stretched a little thin.'