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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.
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.