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[–] Panda_bc1234@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ElfTowerNewMexico@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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...

[–] booty_sweat_juice@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Rainman_Johnson@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

He still hoop? 👀

[–] NicolasName@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] shinshikaizer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Didn't Shane Battier use to throw punches (that never hit) at shooting players in an attempt to distract them?

[–] SaxRohmer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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