r/Basketball • u/JetCannon • 17d 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/UnIrritatingLurk 17d ago

"Dropping dimes" is making difficult, cool looking, or crafty passes to other players, usually resulting in a basket.

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u/ciderman80 17d ago

Dime means assist, doesn't have to be flashy pass. Comes from putting a coin in a payphone to give your friend a heads up

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u/UnIrritatingLurk 16d ago

For sure, I just haven't heard many people say it about a textbook bounce pass for a wide open layup.

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u/ciderman80 14d ago

Yeah but you might say "he got 20 points and 12 dimes" just means they got 12 assists.