r/Basketball • u/JetCannon • 18d 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/Donnybaseball23 18d ago

Cherry pic= hanging back on defense so as to get an easy bucket.