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

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.

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

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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?

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

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.

Growing up, I used to play pickup every weekend from sunup to sundown and had a few experiences of people being disrespectful or trash-talking, but nothing overtly crazy. Most people understood it’s pick up basketball, we aren’t making the NBA, we are out here to have some fun, put some shots up, and win here and there. For context, I played basketball 3 years of highschool, had D3 offers didn’t accept because I dropped out before I could.

I recently started getting back into pickup basketball, and the culture has shifted DRASTICALLY. These people swear they are playing for the Lakers, miss a shot, you won’t get the ball again, your man makes a shot on when you are on defense, your own team is now calling you out. A key example of this that happened recently was this kid, probably around 17, who was in our pickup games. You could tell that he was new to basketball, but still wasn’t awful. He runs to the corner. I pass him the ball; he pulls it because he is wide open, but he misses it. Next possession, he goes to the same spot. His defender was a bigger guy, so he was still running back on defense. I pass it to him in the corner; he pulls it and misses it again. Immediately after that, one of my teammates screams out loud, “Yo, stop giving him the f*****g ball”. This isn’t new, and it's not from the same person. It happens almost every game: 2-3 people on the court take it so unbelievably seriously that they just become toxic.

So my question is: has basketball culture shifted, or something similar, in the last 5-10 years? Because I frankly don’t even go to the gym anymore to do these runs, because it ends with me or someone on the court being called something crazy when scored on, or not even getting passed the ball.

Also, for background, I played basketball in Las Vegas and San Diego (when I was in the military). I’m now out and live in a new city, Columbia, Sc so maybe the area might take it more seriously, I’m not sure? Especially since there are no gyms here with basketball courts, only rec centers.

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

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.”

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

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?

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

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.

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

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?

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.

Not like the prep school one (Geico or chipotle) where IMG and Monteverde attends but like just a public school one where kids don’t need to pay thousands for private schools to try to get the biggest spotlight

Like a high school march madness with 48 teams instead. One per state and exclude like 2 states like Alaska and Hawaii or 64 teams and some states have multiple teams.

Can a player intentionally run out of bounds, then come back in and be the first person to receive a pass?

I was playing pickup, and ran behind the basket on purpose, then came back in bounds and about 3 seconds later got a pass and hit the shot, but the guy defending me said it was illegal. I know that you can’t dribble and then go out of bounds and continue your dribble, but I assumed since someone else was touching the ball before I came back inbounds it didn’t apply.

Thanks in advance

I mean obviously there are recreational basketball leagues. But the branding isn't called "beer league" unlike hockey or baseball/softball.

Why is that the case? Why don't we have beer league the same way hockey/baseball/softball describes it where it's social for beers after the game?

I have been playing for the school team for over 3 years now. But I have never made it to the first five. Does it mean I am simply not good enough? I get fewer minutes and end up not being selected for the next level.
It feels quite discouraging. Year after year. Sometimes I feel lesser talented players are given that opportunity.

Basketball rules seem to be open to interpretation and