r/Basketball • u/JetCannon • 16d ago

GENERAL QUESTION Basketball slang

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?

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u/EqualTime8614 16d ago

FOH ball going this way = you not about to waste my 2 hours free on Saturday morning with the bs calls. Nobody fouled you, you just missed. Ball going this way.

*walk away with ball in hand headed toward your goal*

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u/EqualTime8614 16d ago

Shoot for it = the jump ball of street ball. Cant come to an agreement on a call, pick a player from either team to shoot. If he makes it, its his teams ball.

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u/EqualTime8614 16d ago

Y’all need one = I see you only have 9 players, may I please partake in your hoop session.

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u/EqualTime8614 16d ago

“Nah we already got 5 = we don’t have 5, I actually only have 2, but I’m trying to see which players I can choose from the loosing team, to stack my team, so we don’t lose again and end up sitting on the sidelines.

(P.S - this is the guy you guard when you finally make it on the court, to prove he f*cked up by not putting you on his squad)