when I was a kid, if you could shoot, players said, he is a good shooter." At some point, some wise ass decided that being a good shooter somehow did not convey the desired reality. What to do?????I know---"man, that guy can really score the ball." Score the ball?????That phrase ranks as one of the most pompous and supercilious I've ever heard. In the first place, "scoring the ball implies that you are doing something to the ball. You are not putting the ball in the basket----no---you are scoring the ball. Is it legal to score a ball??Is this the same as scoring a baseball game??are there different ways to score a ball???Do players score the ball prior to a game or during a game??do gamblers sometimes score a ball to make sure points are shaven??can a good microscope detect whether or not a ball has been scored??Did Tom brady score the ball prior to the Super bowl game??if I can prove that x team scored thge ball either before a game or during a game, will x team be forced to lose the game because of unsportsmanlike conduct??Does scoring the ball have anything to do with the weight of the ball or does it involve heat or cold??
"Score the ball." C'mon Monty---you are too old and old-school to say silly things. "oh no honey--it';s not you--I just scored the ball recently and that's why I can't perform. Gimme me a week or so.

helltopay1 said:

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"Score the ball." C'mon Monty

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Not my favorite either. Up there with "get untracked" (not a real word), "trickeration", and "I have an ask" (no, you have a question, you just don't know how to speak English).

To add ANOTHER two syllables, you can say "score the basketball", which is also helpful for when the listener has forgotten which sport is being played.

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To add ANOTHER two syllables, you can say "score the basketball", which is also helpful for when the listener has forgotten which sport is being played.

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The "National Football League"

I suppose you also have an issue with "line of gain" on the football side and describing athletes as "long" rather than "tall." Must admit, I'm also not fond of either one.

Yeah, Monty drives that "score the ball" thing into the ground. Sounds a little silly coming from a guy his age.

Get off my damn lawn.

I also don't like "player XYZ is going to the bench to get a blow." Disgusting!

street ball talk
that's all

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I also don't like "player XYZ is going to the bench to get a blow." Disgusting!

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Are you an Evangelical?

I hate "coach (them, him) up." Agree about all of the others, except possibly "long," since I understood that to mean long arms, which isn't exactly the same as tall.

Anyone going to the natty?

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helltopay1 said:

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"Score the ball." C'mon Monty

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Not my favorite either. Up there with "get untracked" (not a real word), "trickeration", and "I have an ask" (no, you have a question, you just don't know how to speak English).

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How about "optics" to make "look" seem all MBAish.

Probably a recruiting tool at Oregon

Agree re the use of "long." Not all 6'6" guys are created equal. Long arms can be a real benefit when shooting, rebounding, blocking shots, defending one on one and playing passing lanes. Most player bios now list height and wingspan, for good reason.

I agree with most all of the above. I don't like the word "handle" to describe dribbling, because to me it just means palming the ball, not dribbling it, which was and still may be, illegal. In any case the rule is not enforced, at least hardly ever enforced. It sort of connotes holding on to the ball, and handles are used to carry things, and palming the ball is or was synonymous with carrying the ball in the rulebook.

I word I miss is a "Spaulding" which was used to describe completely stuffing a shot attempt, not just an ordinary shot block, but one with real finality, causing much embarrassment to the shooter. Maybe just a local term in SF. I never heard it used anywhere else.

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I agree with most all of the above. I don't like the word "handle" to describe dribbling, because to me it just means palming the ball, not dribbling it, which was and still may be, illegal. In any case the rule is not enforced, at least hardly ever enforced. It sort of connotes holding on to the ball, and handles are used to carry things, and palming the ball is or was synonymous with carrying the ball in the rulebook.

I word I miss is a "Spaulding" which was used to describe completely stuffing a shot attempt, not just an ordinary shot block, but one with real finality, causing much embarrassment to the shooter. Maybe just a local term in SF. I never heard it used anywhere else.

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This is a Spaulding



Also reminds me of the story where Braun gave Pasternack a Spaulding. Definitely the best thing he ever did.

This guy stole the ball and scored the ball:


https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/aesok7/high_school_player_makes_the_steal_and_hits_the/?st=JQSJIZM3&sh=a3240e0e

Yogi Bear said:

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SFCityBear said:

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I agree with most all of the above. I don't like the word "handle" to describe dribbling, because to me it just means palming the ball, not dribbling it, which was and still may be, illegal. In any case the rule is not enforced, at least hardly ever enforced. It sort of connotes holding on to the ball, and handles are used to carry things, and palming the ball is or was synonymous with carrying the ball in the rulebook.

I word I miss is a "Spaulding" which was used to describe completely stuffing a shot attempt, not just an ordinary shot block, but one with real finality, causing much embarrassment to the shooter. Maybe just a local term in SF. I never heard it used anywhere else.

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This is a Spaulding



Also reminds me of the story where Braun gave Pasternack a Spaulding. Definitely the best thing he ever did.

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Nah, with all due respect, that's not a Spaulding. Maybe in your neighborhood, but not in mine. There was no shot attempt, no block, and no intent to stuff. the ball. The amazing thing about your clip was how fast Harden popped up of the floor. At Harmon, I once got hit in the head by a pass, not thrown nearly as forcefully, and I probably got a concussion from it. Had a fever for several hours afterward.

A Spaulding was something like this: I'm playing in a scrimmage at Cal. I'm dribbling up the floor on a fast break alone with only Cal center Camden Wall at 6'-10" standing under the basket waiting for me. At 5'-10" and skinny, I figure this is no time to drive. At the freethrow line I pull up for a jumper. Cam takes one step toward me, leaps up, and puts his hand on the ball as I am at the top of my jump, shoves the ball back into my face, and forces me to fall backwards, landing flat on my back, still holding on to the ball. I shake my head. What the heck just happened? I had never played against someone 6'-10" with huge wingspan before. That was what was called a complete Spaulding in my day, in my neighborhood anyway.

When I was a kid, one-and-one was called "hunch." SF City Bear and Ursa can attest to this fact. Here's my question. Was it called "hunch" in any other areas of the country or was it strictly a SF term???My Dad played in the City 20 years earlier and they even called it "hunch" back then.

helltopay1 said:

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When I was a kid, one-and-one was called "hunch." SF City Bear and Ursa can attest to this fact. Here's my question. Was it called "hunch" in any other areas of the country or was it strictly a SF term???My Dad played in the City 20 years earlier and they even called it "hunch" back then.

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My Dad was born in 1921 and he referred to what he played at Bushrod Park in Oakland in the 1930's, as hunch. Two games I hated losing at when growing growing up: One on one hoops and chess. When you lost at the first you felt physically dominated and when you lost at the second you felt intellectually crushed. ...but boy did I sure like the feeling of winning at both. Life lessons learned.

Just turned on the oregon USC women basketball game. sure enough, the female announcer said, last year, she could really score the ball." if I were king for a day, I would have spanked the announcer.

HTP
Definitely remember "hunch." When I was a young kid (single digits), the "rule" was that when you "scored the ball" you took a free throw ( hard to make as a 6 or 7 year old) and play continued from there.

I'm not a fan of "handles" either....especially when certain nerds use it. I've got hanldes, but that's another story. The other weird one was "that was wet", sounds unsanitary and uncomfortable when used in mixed company.