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Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA events. Keep it clean!
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Loops of all things Hoops.
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A subreddit to discuss the college basketball video games: College Hoops 2K8 and NCAA Basketball 10.
2024.05.17 08:12 Mattintheha7 20M - #online- Looking for a nice connection
Hi everyone! Just joined this subreddit and eager to connect with like-minded individuals. In these unusual times, making new friends sounds like a great idea! A bit about me: I'm from Cali and passionate about music, tattoos, basketball, true crime shows, movies, and gaming. You'll likely find me shooting hoops on the basketball court or indulging in the thrill of true crime documentaries while cozied up under a blanket. Also, a huge animal lover—tell me about your pets if you have any! Currently pursuing my dream of becoming a teacher. I embrace individuals hailing from every corner and corner of the globe. If you're curious to learn more, feel free to hit me up! Can't wait to chat with you.
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2024.05.17 04:45 OzBargainBot Spalding 60" Glass Stealth Basketball Hoop $1,519 (Was $1,899) @ Rebel
2024.05.17 01:56 8OneSix Want to transition into Hockey Goalie with bad knees, am I dumb?
I am a lifelong basketball player but after yet another knee injury I really don't want to hoop anymore. But I NEED to play a sport, and I have been addicted to the NHL playoffs. I really love the idea of being a goalie, but before I start the long process of working towards it I wonder if this is a stupid decision with bad knees?
I am doing kneesovertoes and lots of yoga for my hips already, but I do have a history of ACL/Meniscus issues in both knees. Should I look for a different sport or position?
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2024.05.17 00:50 Death-Stare Am I a bad neighbor ?
| I will attach a photo. The neighbors son always plays basketball and hits our plants We have 4 cars and we have to park one of them right near the hoop …which also prevents him from playing basketball and hitting our plants It’s kind of hard to back up one of our other cars though, so we had to move this one forward slightly on their side … but their hoop is slightly on our side … lol Should I move the car backwards ? Am I a bad neighbor ? submitted by Death-Stare to Apartmentliving [link] [comments] |
2024.05.16 23:04 Kstate913 Samford transfer F Achor Achor commits to Kansas State
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2024.05.16 21:01 LinkKetchum420 VR Basketball 'Blacktop Hoops' just launched
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2024.05.16 18:15 inventure So after almost 3 years we just released our VR basketball game Blacktop Hoops. Let us know what you think.
2024.05.16 18:05 BroMandi [Costco Wholesale] Spalding Ultimate Hybrid 54" Glass Portable Basketball Hoop $499.99 at Costco [Deal: $499.99, Actual: $699.99]
2024.05.16 17:51 Sikatanan The Book of Brunson: What I found rewatching all 244 of his two-point attempts [OC]
You are Jalen Brunson. (Cool feeling, right?) You catch the ball on the right wing and weave together some between-the-legs dribbles while you contemplate how you should score. Pound dribble to a step-back? The double-crossover-to-hesi combo to get to the paint for a classic floater?
Not this time. You call up good ole’ Isaiah Hartenstein — love that guy — for a pick, but it’s a ruse. As he approaches, you flash the quickest in-and-out in the land and reject the screen, blowing by your hapless defender like the Road Runner lapping the Coyote. Layup drills aren’t this easy.
As Knicks fall around him like so many orange, autumnal leaves, Brunson just keeps carving a path to points. He’s had five 40-burgers in 11 playoff games. There aren’t many guards in the league with as diverse a shotmaking profile. I wanted to dig deeper and figure out how he got all these buckets, particularly the ones inside the arc, where the artistry happens.
A shot chart can show you
where the shots happened (sort of), but they can’t show you what kind of attempt it was. The NBA assigns a type to every shot, but the descriptions are both inconsistent and wrong too often to be useful for a micro-analysis like this. So, I hit the tape. I rewatched all of Brunson’s 244 two-point attempts from these playoffs and categorized them into several shot types (there is some discretion involved, art and science, but I tried my best to be consistent).
Here’s how he scores inside the arc, from least prolific to most. The Book of Brunson, if you will (or if you will not; that’s what I’m calling it, regardless). It starts a little slow, but I promise it gets exciting toward the end. Kind of like every single Knicks playoff game.
[Thanks for reading! I've collected nearly a dozen video clips illustrating my points. I think they add a lot to the post! They can be found in-context here or at the various links I've put throughout.] 7) THE DUNK
1 make, 0 misses, 0 FTM, 2.00 Points Per Shot (PPS)
Brunson is listed at 73 inches tall. If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge not too far from Madison Square Garden I can sell you. He only had three dunks in 77 regular season games, but he had one threadbare yet magnificent jam in these playoffs. Here it is: [
video here]
When I played 2K (back when a single digit followed the “2K” prefix, yikes), that was called the “rim-grazer” package. Barely gets over the cylinder. Still counts!
6) Cuts
2 makes, 1 miss, 1 FTM, 1.67 PPS
Here’s the thing about Brunson. Brunson makes Brunson happen. He doesn’t need passes from teammates; he needs them to set picks, space the floor, and stay out of the way. In the regular season,
23% of his two-pointers were assisted, a low number. In the playoffs, that’s fallen to 15%. And calling some of these “assists” feels generous. You tell me how much the pass here had to do with Brunson scoring: [
video here]
I digress. Back to cuts. Synergy has him in the fourth percentile for the share of shots finished off of cuts; it’s not his jam. By my count, Brunson has had precisely three field goal attempts off cuts in 11 playoff games. Two went in. For what it’s worth, Hartenstein had the assist on both (and in fact, Hartenstein’s 10 total playoff assists to Brunson are more than anyone else on the roster). Here’s one: [
video here]
Understandably, the Pacers were not expecting it. Neither was I, but then again, I’m not paid eight figures to stop him.
5) Transition
6 makes, 3 misses, 3 FTM, 1.67 PPS
The Knicks, famously, are
the slowest team in the league, and they’ve
crawled in the playoffs. Might be too tired from the heavy minutes; have to save your energy for offensive rebounds, I get it. Josh Hart carries most of the transition load.
But every once in a while, someone will poke the ball loose and toss it up to Brunson. He’ll catch it, dribble, lay it up. Most of the time, he makes it; sometimes, he misses it. If it doesn’t sound that exciting, well, it’s not.
If you want to see one, here it is. I appreciate how he uses his weirdly broad shoulders to create space around the rim: [
video here]
Brunson can’t really throw it down in a highlight kind of way (except that one time when he did!). Fast-break Brunson layups are about as dull as fast-break layups can be. Let’s move on.
4) Spinning (usually) fadeaways over his (always) left shoulder
13 makes, 8 misses, 2 FTM, 1.33 PPS
Okay, now we’re getting to the good stuff. I will lump most of Brunson’s middies together, as you’ll see shortly, but I am partial to the aesthetics of the spinning fadeaway.
I mean, look at this thing. It’s gorgeous. The footwork, the arc, everything. And always — always! — using that left shoulder as a pole to spin around: [
video here]
These are difficult shots, but by my count, he’s shooting 62% on turnarounds! That’s wild. I wonder if he shouldn’t take more of these and fewer step-backs, although these are a bit harder to get off with bigger bodies on him. Brunson knows what he’s doing; I shan’t second-guess him.
3) Layups and blow-bys
29 makes, 23 misses, 19 FTM, 1.48 PPS
Layups are a massive part of Brunson’s shot diet, even if it’s harder for him to get to the rim than some of his less-normal-sized peers in the league. Shot a little better doing these against Philly with a jump-less Embiid than against Indiana, where he has gone just 14-for-29 by my count (although he’s drawn a handful of fouls, so that’s a bit misleading).
But it’s always fun seeing him break defenders in half on the way to the hoop like it’s the most casual thing in the world: [
video here]
It isn’t casual, though. It’s a lot of work. I’m stressed about the impact of all this acceleration and deceleration on his joints, ligaments, and bones, and despite what the tenor of this piece may lead you to believe, I’m not even a Knicks fan.
I’m also stressed you’ll judge me by my chosen highlights, spent more time than I care to admit picking ones that will prove to you that I’m both knowledgeable and a little hipster. Brunson made Nesmith touch parquet
twice in the ongoing series (which hurt me; I’m a huge Nesmith guy), but that’s a little too cool to be cool, you know what I mean? Here’s where I landed. Brunson’s not as big a pass-fake guy as you might expect, but he sure does love to pretend that a pick is coming: [
video here]
Ah, now I’m second-guessing myself. Oh well. You know what Brunson layups look like. It’s all crazy dribble combinations and shot fakes in fits and spurts, starts and stops, that somehow end with him blurring to the hoop for a high-arcing shot off the glass.
2) Floaters
30 makes, 32 misses, 18 FTM, 1.26 PPS
The infamous Brunson floater. A cruel tool, one the Geneva Convention was specifically designed to combat. It’s unstoppable (except when it’s stopped).
Floaters are a weapon of last resort for too many point guards, the shot they puke up when they can’t get past their man. That can be true for Brunson at times, too.
But Brunson has weaponized the floater, often by using it to bait fouls. If he gets the hostage dribble on a defender, putting them on his back, you better believe he’s gonna throw the ball upward and his body backward to get the whistle (I thought they legislated that out of the game, but nobody told the refs judging Brunson). That’s not my favorite play, of course, but it’s hard to deny the effectiveness.
He launches floaters from everywhere and anywhere. Leaning left, leaning right, falling down. Contested, wide-open, in the middle of four bodies. Occasionally, Brunson reminds me of
classic fight-movie scenes in which the protagonist is drowning in enemy combatants, buried so you can’t even see him, when he suddenly springs up, spraying bad guys everywhere: [
video here]
People say Brunson is good at getting to his spots, as if there is a finite number. I don’t really agree. All spots are Brunson spots; the floater will come from whatever direction he chooses.
1) Step-backs, side-steps, pull-ups, and other hyphenates
31 makes, 45 misses, 12 FTM, 0.97 PPS
Even excluding the turnaround fadeaways and floaters, Brunson has shot more midrange jumpers than any other type of shot. Yeah, that’s sort of cheating; I’m lumping many different kinds of buckets into one bucket. Maybe it’s too broad to be useful. But frankly, some of these are hard to differentiate (and also, this post would be too long; if you’re still here, I appreciate you. Know that this started off being
much longer in a way that benefitted no one.). You’d think it would be easy to tell a pull-up from a side-step, but I swear Brunson can combine these in ways that somehow don’t defy the laws of basketball (i.e., traveling). It’s hard, so eventually, I decided to lump them all together.
Midrange jumpers are generally looked down upon. You can see from my points-per-shot calculation how much less efficient they’ve been than everything else, but that’s the nature of the beast. Just because they don’t always go in doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate them.
Sometimes, it’s hard to manufacture even sub-optimal offense (and that’s particularly true in the playoffs). Sometimes, you gotta go out there and cook; as long as the meal’s not burnt, it’ll do. And
sometimes, it’ll be g*dd*mn delicious: [
video here] In truth, many of these possessions are ticking grenades, and it’s up to our hero to jump on them. The Knicks try to run their offense, nobody else can do a dang thing off the dribble (not, mind you, that they receive many chances), and suddenly there are six seconds left on the shot clock. Brunson, thankfully, can do a whole lot in six seconds. This is great defense; it doesn’t matter: [
video here]
The midrange isn’t dead; like wealth, it has simply consolidated into the hands of the few. Only players with sufficient star wattage are allowed to take them. And with a playoff run for the ages, Brunson’s been outshining nearly everyone.
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2024.05.16 17:32 equ126vr Blacktop Hoops VR is the best basketball VR game in the universe
2024.05.16 17:31 Zaeveongamer Blacktop Hoops VR Full Release
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2024.05.16 17:30 SmackTalkaSkyWalka New Full release game Basketball hoops vr
So I have been playing this game in beta for just over a year. It’s an awesome game where I have basically played 90% of my VR in. The full release will have customizable avatars, campaign mode 2v2 ai (even courtcam mode) and there is even a league to play vs the best of the best.
I am really passionate about the game I do not work for them but the more people who know about it the better. Check out the trailer!
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2024.05.16 17:29 Zaeveongamer Blacktop HoopS Full Release
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2024.05.16 17:27 Zaeveongamer Blacktop Hoops VR Full Release
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2024.05.16 17:06 inventure Our VR basketball game Blacktop Hoops just dropped on Pico
2024.05.16 16:40 inventure We added improved slap physics to our VR basketball game Blacktop Hoops
2024.05.16 16:24 Successful_Drag_1256 35 [M4F] # Phoenix/AZ Looking for new friends possibly more.
Hey there, fellow weekday warriors! 🏀 Are you looking to add some excitement to your weekdays? I'm a 35-year-old nurse who works four days a week from 9 pm to 9 am. I've been in AZ for about a year now, and aside from my awesome coworkers, my friend circle is looking a bit sparse.
I'm all about hitting the courts for some basketball action and unwinding at bars after a long shift. If you're up for some hoops or grabbing a drink during the weekdays, let's connect! Looking forward to meeting some new pals outside of the hospital halls. Drop me a message if you're game!
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2024.05.16 15:32 Aggressive_Stop8370 After almost 3 years we just released our first game, Blacktop Hoops, a single player and multiplayer VR basketball game where you can play through a career mode, hoop with friends in or climb the ranks competitively in 1vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3, or 4vs4. What do you think?
2024.05.16 15:05 Ferrarus Decision about outdoor shoes in Japan
Hey guys,
Recently I’ve been looking for some solid outdoor shoes that I’ll be able to walk around in during the day and hoop in if need be (they’d mainly be for daily use, but I’d like to play in them if the opportunity arises).
I was considering the Jordan 12 for its durability, and the Zoom Separate for its superior ventilation and good durability. I was set on the zoom separates, but I am now in Japan which has opened loads of new options.
Could anyone share their experience with ASICS/Mizuno (or Japanese in general) basketball shoes, and whether they’d be suitable for my needs. I have heard good things about their durability from EfficientZone.
Look forward to the discussion
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2024.05.16 07:19 Mattintheha7 20M - #online- Looking for a nice connection
Hi everyone! Just joined this subreddit and eager to connect with like-minded individuals. In these unusual times, making new friends sounds like a great idea! A bit about me: I'm from Cali and passionate about music, tattoos, basketball, true crime shows, movies, and gaming. You'll likely find me shooting hoops on the basketball court or indulging in the thrill of true crime documentaries while cozied up under a blanket. Also, a huge animal lover—tell me about your pets if you have any! Currently pursuing my dream of becoming a teacher. I embrace individuals hailing from every corner and corner of the globe. If you're curious to learn more, feel free to hit me up! Can't wait to chat with you.
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2024.05.16 06:37 my_call_a_G Letter from my HOA today. So much of these rules are completely unnecessary
Hello Homeowners! As the weather is warming up, I wanted to send out some friendly reminders to the community:
- The HOA dues are considered late if received after 15 days from the 1st of the month.
- The 2024 meeting schedule has been set! Please mark your calendars with the following dates so you can participate in the meetings and find out what is going on in your community. All meetings have been posted to the HOA’s website. All meetings are open to the public and homeowners are encouraged to attend.
- Trash day for the association is on Tuesday. Trash service is included in your HOA dues, and the volume based rates apply, so please reach out to your account manager if you would like a different size cart. Asking for a smaller bin if you don't use all of the space you currently have may save the association money. Cart sizes available are 35, 65, and 95 gallons.
• Please note that no garbage or trash cans or receptacles shall be maintained in an exposed or unsightly manner (except that a container for such materials may be placed outside at such times as may be necessary to permit garbage or trash pickup.) The HOA's governing documents state that trash may be placed on the street for pickup after 5:00 a.m. on the day that such trash is to be picked up. Trash containers must be properly stored the evening of pickup. Some holidays may delay trash pick-up, please see the schedule enclosed on the last page for details on holiday delays.
- When parking in driveways, please ensure the vehicle is parked all the way forward and not protruding over the sidewalk for pedestrian safety. Cars may not be parked in the street for longer than 48 hours per city guidelines.
- Pet owners, please ensure you are cleaning up after your pet in the community, including in your fenced yard. Dog feces carry disease that is harmful to humans and other pets so it is important to keep up with this regularly. Dog waste left not picked up can also lead to disturbing odors. Additionally, all pets must be on a leash when in the common areas of the community.
- Any exterior modifications to your lot require board approval. Please ensure you complete the attached ARC request form and submit it through your portal along with any photos, plans, drawings, etc of your project, before you begin a project.
- With warmer weather upon us, most homeowners like to entertain guests and be outdoors more. Please ensure you are being respectful neighbors and keeping noise levels low as not to disturb those around you.
- All lots in the HOA are to be kept in a clean and attractive condition. Please do not dispose of any food or compost items in the common areas as they may attract unwanted pests. Please ensure turf areas are mowed regularly, weeds are mitigated, overgrown shrubs/trees are pruned, ground cover (such as rock and mulch) are in place and tidy, and house repairs and paint are in good shape. Bags, coolers, toys, sports equipment, and other miscellaneous items should not be left outside and visible from the street when not in use.
- Basketball hoops: The HOA's governing documents state that no basketball backboards shall be attached to the garage. Only portable backboards shall be allowed and do not require approval if the following guidelines are met: 1) portable units cannot be placed in the public right of ways, streets, or sidewalks; 2) location must be at least half of the length of the driveway away from the street. This location constitutes proper placement and the unit must be kept in this location. Basketball hoops must be stored out of sight when not in use.
For those who have received violations prior to the beginning of May, those are considered to be courtesy notices, and moving forward courtesy notices will be in the form of an email rather than an emailed letter attachment. Warning letters will come after courtesy emails, and then the first and second violation notice will follow given that the violation has not been corrected. We are currently working together with the landscaper on maintaining the common areas.
- The HOA has a vacant position on the board. If anyone is interested in serving on the board, please let us know by May 24, 2024. The board would like to appoint someone who may be interested in the treasurer position. The term runs until the annual meeting this year, December 4, 2024.
End of letter, effectively.
Everyone knows that property values plummet when basketball hoops are left out overnight, it’s just a fact don’t ask any questions about it.
Edit: for those of you that want more examples, here you go:
Basketball goals can’t be left in driveways. Playhouses for kids can’t be more than 6 ft high. If a single dandilion is in your yard you get a weed violation. You can’t plant trees in your front yard. You can’t plant a garden in your front yard. You can’t have a shed. You can’t have privacy fences. You can’t install more than one gate on your fence. You can’t fly pride flags. You can’t install solar panels without permission. You can’t install a back deck or patio without permission and it has to be a specific kind of deck. You can’t have too many garden boxes in the back yard. You can’t have a trailer. You can only plant certain trees in your back yard. You can’t have a satalite dish.
Fuck HOAs. Anyone who wants this shit is not someone I want to be friends with.
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2024.05.16 06:13 PlayaSlayaX [MacMahon] Luka Doncic took an intentional approach to avoid complaining to the refs and “focus on basketball” in Game 5: “I just go out there and hoop. Have fun. It was the old Luka — a smile on my face.”
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