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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course it’s possible if a good athlete. This is not some technical sport so a super athlete can do it [/quote]

Person with zero knowledge of basketball has entered the chat.

It’s always funny how people who know nothing whatsoever about the game say this — presumably because you also have to be very athletic to play it at a high level or maybe because lots of black kids play the game well.

If PP knew anything about the game, they’d know that the spin move that they saw in an NCAA tournament game is one of 10 spin moves that the player has been working on since 4th grade, that each one has a move, a counter, and a counter counter, and that there are dozens of other offensive moves like that that the player knows euro step, pull up, floater, step back, etc.) not to mention all the team plays (press break, transition plays, half court sets, inbound plays in half court, etc.) or the basic skills  (dribbling full speed with both hands looking up, crossover, through the legs, behind the back, wrap, taking a charge, guarding a drive, getting downhill while being guarded without fouling, etc.).

But PP doesn’t know any of that, so they say stupid sh!t like “it’s not like it’s a technical game.”[/quote]

This. My father in his 20’s was a coach at Proviso East of Maywood Illinois in the 60’s, a powerhouse which has sent many to Power 4 and the NBA. He later moved to Proviso West in Hillside where he coached national record track teams before going into business. He was a good coach by any measure but indeed commented on how technical the game had become. He played for Frank McGuire (a bench sitter) and my father’s calling card was to get his guys to simply play hard team defense. A lot of bang for the buck in the 60’s - today just gets a team the absolute bare minimum. DCUM is a forum for progressive wonks who in many cases don’t know sports. The only thing I would add to the poster accurately pointing out the technical nature of the game is the global spread of the game. Over 60 NBA players played for foreign squads in the Olympics (a great thing).[/quote]

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