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I’m telling you this is a legitimate defensive strategy at the local YMCA (if you’re guarding a big that is). People get SO in their head. Bust your ass on defense to get a stop or two, tell them they’re ass, and watch them crumble after they miss an uncontested bunny. You’re coasting the rest of the game.
See this wouldn't work on me because I'd keep shooting that shit
But it would work on me because there's a reason I miss those uncontested bunnies
Yes but would you make them? If not then it's still a sound strat
The Real Remy Clayden?
Also known as the MJ vs Muggsy Bogues Strategy.
I was on a (for me) hot streak at the gym over the summer, hit 3 in a row from the corner and then this asshole guarding me just dropped his hands and shrugged and I proceeded to airball like a bitch. It's high-risk high-reward defense.
Jokes on you I'm too dumb to quit.
If you miss the first two shots, all the defender has to say is “aye, he wit us!/he on our team”
Confidence out the window after that.
You’re absolutely right. I’m in a men’s rec league right now and if you notice a guy looks unconfident shooting or all he’s doing is driving, leave his ass alone on the perimeter
Andre Miller would often not run out on wide open shooters and instead turn around before they shot the ball to get ready for the rebound. He said it was because guys were used to shooting with a hand in their face but if you give them time to think they’d be more likely to miss it.
Love that. Another good one for the Y is the 'Peter' defense. If you're late to contest a jumper you can lunge at their waistband region and 90% of the time it freaks people out and they shoot it short.
I'll never, ever claim to be a good basketball player but I played with three different 1000 point scorers in high school so I could damn near write a thesis on pickup defense. With that being said, a DII power forward dropped damn near 50 on my head in a mens league game so my powers can only go so far...
This just unlocked a memory of playing on the high school team and I had this teammate that would shove his fingers up your ass when you tried to post him up. He even did it in actual games to the other team.
He still hoop? 👀
No he didn’t u/booty_sweat_juice. Someone does that, in practice or a game, and they’re getting their ass kicked. People don’t just let sexual assault slide.
Weird fan-fic though.
Didn't Shane Battier use to throw punches (that never hit) at shooting players in an attempt to distract them?
I had a friend that I hooped with and so many games he would miss wide open shots and as soon as I went out to put a hand in his face he would splash it and find his rhythm out of nowhere
I did this in intermurals in college.
I was lucky I had bigger friends to back me up, because it's not always well received.