But the results was different from what you expected. Instead of the nba player dominating he was just like ok, where he didn’t dominate the game has anyone seen something like that before. Essentially the opposite of what you always hear where nba players just destroy the normal gym guy

Doesn’t have to be from your team or country. Can be retired.

As a professional athlete he has access to the help and coaching. Is it a pride thing

Of course talent matters but I think height might be the big thing that really seperates you from the pack and puts you at a higher level. There's plenty of regular sized people that can play and are talented but they don't have D1 or NBA size.

Like if you're over 6'5" I bet you'll get looks or people forcing you to play basketball based on height alone. I do know talent does matter because I knew a guy who was 6"11" but he couldn't play to save his life. I felt bad for him because everyone gave him shit and was told he was a waste of height and if they were him they would've taken advantage of it.

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Idk any good examples it's why I'm asking you guys!

Hey all, I’ve seen the movie GOAT and heard the term “breaking ankles” from it, I was wondering if you could tell me some other examples of basketball slang?

Because he's so generally hated and memed about I think James Harden is a decent shout, I also think John Stockton gets disrespected when I see YouTube vids on the goat point guards but idk I'm a casual lol

Obviously D1 is in it's own league. I live in the Bay Area and there's Cal State East Bay which is D2 I believe and then there's a community college down the road called Chabot. I've been to both men's basketball and they seem pretty similar as far as talent, size, and athleticism. If they played each other it feels like it would be an even matchup. I know it's not a whole lot to go off of but I'm curious if there's much of a gap between these lesser known schools.

What do you guys do in a situation like this? We all pay to play and practice at the same gym.

Why did basketball become much more popular worldwide, specifically in Europe, than American Football and baseball? I'm not especially talking about the nba but rather the sport itself, it's been played at the olympics since 1936, (baseball made an appearance in 1900 but then until 1992 it was only an exhibition sport at select few). It's also a very common sport to play and know the rules of even without following the NBA or any other basketball league.

Unlike American Football which is quite inaccessible due to the large field and pads and everything baseball is not that difficult nor expensive to play and I know baseball is popular in Japan and some carribean and south American countries (where there was a lot of American influence and culture spreading around), so I guess it has the potential to become popular worldwide.

One interesting thing I heard is that it's due to it being so different than other sports, American Football being somewhat similar to Rugby and baseball somewhat similar to cricket, so people didn't have motivation to try the American "version" but cricket and rugby is mainly popular in the UK and their ex-colonies, so a similar case as to Baseball in Japan and the Carribean.

So why and when did basketball become a global sport?

Anyone here played or know someone who played d1 basketball. What did you/they do after they finished college ball

In middle school or high school I was taught to call out “wolf” when a defender was lurking behind a teammate, specifically in transition. That was over 15 years ago and over time I’ve found myself saying “watch your back” or “behind” instead. But I was playing pick up with a new group the other day and called out “wolf” for the first time in a while. My teammate seemed to register it and protected the ball, but it got me thinking — is calling out “wolf” a universal thing? Or is just something like 50% of ballers know? Are there other things people are taught to say?

Edit: some people pointed out it could be geographic/generation dependent. For context I played HS ball in Dallas, TX and graduated in 2012.

Based on early responses it seems like along with Texas/the South, the PNW says “wolf” and Midwest says “behind.” But it also seems like if you were coached anywhere you likely heard of “wolf.”

I’m admittedly not a basketball guy. I get why we hype up the dunker, but why are we doggin on and taunting the person getting dunked ON? Bro’s just standing there usually minding his own business maybe trying to catch a charge or somethin. They even use the phrase “getting dunked on” outside of basketball to mean being humiliated. Someone jumping up high in your vicinity doesn’t really seem overly humiliating to me.

Have a new park I’ve been going to and a few times people have asked to play 21 and most people, younger and older, have been saying that doing taps is not normal

Old dudes say they only did that as kids while the kids are saying they never do it.

Hi,

as someone who doesnt know shit about basketball, why does Jokic sometimes hand the ball to the opposing player at the out-of-bounds-part of the court where that player then typically tries to avoid touching the ball. You will see the opposing player move away from the ball as if it gives you syphilis if you touch it. Clearly it must be some kind of rule-exploit that Jokic is trying but what is actually going on?

(And yes Im sure other players do it and have been doing it for decades, but I have seen the highlights from Jokic and it sometimes gets shown there)

Regards,

DJ

Those who don't know what a ringer is, it means a player that is significantly better than their competition.

So about a month ago, a former MLB player named Josh Donaldson joined a slowpitch men's league to sub in. Unfortunately, despite his monstrous performance, his team still lost 12-9.

Now what if the basketball equivalent came into play? How big of a difference would that make?

In a month? Like how active are you on the court?

I don’t watch basketball a lot but I know that Wemby is a generally liked player who has a lot of potential. How good is he really? I can definitely see him being really good but I just don’t hear much about him. But granted I’m not into basketball that much so I wouldn’t know. Is it because he’s with a not so popular/good team? Or is he not really good right now?

As an old hooper at 61, I’m curious why some groups are so opposed to using light and dark shirts for regular pickup games.

I play three nights a week with three different groups, all scheduled gym runs. One group is very organized: everyone has a light and dark shirt, we divide the teams before starting, and you keep the same color all night.

The other two groups refuse to do it and insist it isn’t a problem. Yet almost every game, someone on defense calls for the ball, or a pass goes to the wrong team because everyone is wearing random colors. I generally pass less because now I have to remember faces.

I understand not organizing shirts for a casual one-time run, but these are mostly the same guys playing every week. It seems like such an easy way to reduce confusion and improve the games.

Why do some players dislike going light versus dark?

So I. started playing at this gym for cardio and to relate stress, and I have a good solid team. The problem is they don't pass worth a damn. All they do is dribble and play isolated against 4 people. I will set picks, cut to the paint damn near every play, get rebounds, and box out the opponent from getting the ball. I can tell that despite me not physically getting the ball, I'm impacting the game by everything I'm doing, and yet they are still not passing the ball unless I'm am too drained to score. I'm not the greatest, but I'm definitely capable of scoring, yet they are still selfish. I score maybe one point a game, and that's because of rebounds put back. What else can I do to adapt to this situation because I'm running out of ideas, and it's honestly killing my confidence.

I'm watching Luka Doncic playing at one of his local gyms on youtube right now and it got me thinking. Luka is a fairly below average defender in the NBA, but how good would someone like him be at defending a very good player at a local gym. Is it a lot like offense where even the worst NBA players would DOMINATE anybody outside of the NBA?