Questions tagged [basketball]
Questions about the sport of basketball in general. For the American professional basketball league, see [nba].
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Has any basketball player dived over the edge?
Watching the 2016 NCAA Men's Championship for March Madness. They are playing at the NRG Stadium in Houston. This is a frequent site for the tournament.
This court is raised, so that each sideline ...
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Why are trophies awarded when the tournament gets cancelled?
On the day each NCAA basketball conference tournament was cancelled, (both for men and women), there was a small ceremony where one team won the trophy for their respective conference. I am assuming ...
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Question about the Definition of the “Gather”
so, in the NBA rulebook, it says: "The gather is defined as the point where the player gains enough control of the ball to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot, or the player cradles the ball against ...
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Why is getting three personal fouls in the first half of an NCAA basketball game a big deal [closed]
I know five personal fouls calls for an ejection, but I cannot find anywhere why three fouls before halftime is a big deal.
Thank you for help
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What is the point of the NBA regular season?
I am trying to get into NBA, but ... I don't get it. The regular season seems completely pointless and irrelevant to me. There are 30 teams, and the top 16 (that's more than half!!) make it to the ...
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Difference between turnover and steals
In the NBA app, I was reading the statistics of the match Lakers vs Kings.
In particular, Lakers have 10 steals, Kings have 5 steals. Moreover, Lakers have 14 turnovers, while Kings have 16 turnovers....
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Why do basketball players wear hoodies/long-sleeves on the sidelines?
Regardless of whether or not the player has already been on the court or started on the bench, many NBA basketball players will wear a long-sleeve shirt or a hoodie while sitting on the bench.
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Exceptions to the 15 player rule
Are there roster size exceptions to the 15 player rule in the NBA? This was something that has come up when looking at a few rosters this year. Lakers and Nets have 1 player disabled (Demarcus Cousins ...
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NBA “and one” rule - an edge case
My question is very similar to this one, although it is a little different and may have a different answer. (Also, I think the answer to that question somewhat misses the point).
Consider the ...
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How much arm is one allowed to use when boxing out in basketball? Are they different offense/defense?
I'm 6"4' 250 lbs and while that's certainly not "big/tall" for NBA, I'm usually the tallest/heaviest (or at the very least, amongst one of the) when playing with people in my community.
Oftentimes, I ...
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Markings on an NBA key
The NBA key has 4 hash marks on each side. Three are required to separate the three players during a free throw. The fourth is situated close to the third. What is the fourth one for?
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Basketball - Blocking and Catching Shots
Let's assume an offensive player takes a shot on the basket.
If a defensive player catches the shot in the air without goal tending, is that considered a block, a steal, or both in the statistics?
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Basketball Under Push
While the opponent is shooting a ball, is it legal to push the Basketball through under the ring before it completely enters the Ring, to prevent a Shoot?
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What is a 0 (zero) step?
I have been watching James Harden and his "creative" ways to take extra steps without being called for a travel.
One concept that he uses is a "0 step." I'm having a hard time figuring out what a 0 ...
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Why was the precalculated probability of winning high for Raptors in year 2019?
Why was the precalculated probability of winning high for Raptors in the year 2019? Because Kawhi Leonard came at the end. So just wondering.
I saw a 4 digit number during the 2019 summer on Toronto ...
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NBA Continuation Rule
If a player is fouled on a drive to the basket and continuation is granted but then commits a charging foul while continuing his drive, what is the call?
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NBA player to player match ups
In the NBA, does the depth charts of one team match up with the depth charts in another team in terms of who will face who?
Let me explain:
Suppose the Celtics have Kemba Walker listed as a Starter ...
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Can a player inbound the ball off an official?
An official standing inbounds is inbounds. Does a ball come into play when thrown off such an official, as it does when thrown off an opponent?
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Details regarding two step rule
If a player is running and bouncing, is he allowed to catch the ball - for simplicity let's assume that he has both feet in the air through all the time interval whose beggining is marked by start of ...
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Is a hard slap to the basketball a foul?
If player A has control of the basketball and begins his two-step run at a lay-up within the painted area, and Player B (defender) slaps the basketball hard as Player A goes by, is this a foul by ...
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How do you log in basketball stats a desperate shot attempt at shot clock buzzer?
In basketball, the 24 second shot clock buzzer is about to sound, team in possession of the ball throws it up towards the basket.
According to some sources this not registered as a shot attempt. Now, ...
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NBA - Why can recently signed players not be traded but sign-and-trades are allowed?
What are the contractual differences in signing a player vs executing a sign-and-trade that prevent a recently signed player from being traded but allow for a s&t?
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Why was D'Angelo Russell underpaid during this free agency?
Why was D'Angelo Russell underpaid during this free agency?
Kevin Durant signed with the Nets for 164 million. Kyrie Irving signed with the Nets for 140 million. Russell is only sign-and-trading away ...
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Wanna watch basketball competitions [closed]
To people who are intersted in watching basketball matches I'm a beginner in training basketball and I wanna watch competitions to have more experience from watching
Suggest me your favourite team and ...
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In the NBA, why do teams spend all their money available?
It seems to me that if an NBA team has an annual salary cap of, say, 100 million, set by league rules, then the team acquires players until they can spend all 100 million for the year -- some teams go ...
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What is the difference between a runner, a floater, and a tear drop?
In the regular season, a lot of scoring techniques are used to maintain a good ppg average. Throughout all of the games I have watched, I have seed a lot of different layups, and their use. Many ...
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Can you goaltend a shot that won't count?
I was watching a review of the longest shot in NBA history and was reminded of this pretty incredible bucket:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8CS9DVsUA
This video is of the 2015 Boston Celtics ...
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Is it still acceptable for fans to run onto the field after winning the NBA Championship?
I have seen old videos of fans running onto the parquet in the Garden after the Celtics won the championship. Is this still done? If not, when did this stop being allowed?
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Is traveling/carrying no longer called for dribbling players?
As far as I know you are not supposed to let the ball stop in your hands while you are dribbling. However it seems like in modern NBA this is not enforced very often.
Most recently I was watching the ...
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How did the NBA decide on 23.75 feet for the 3-point distance?
In 1979, the NBA voted to have a 1-year trial of the 3-point line, which later became permanent. Although the ABA used a 25 foot 3-point line, the NBA used a 23.75 foot line. How was the 23.75 number ...
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Which NBA team had the shortest “longest winning streak” in a championship-winning season?
Inspired by this question: Which MLB team had the shortest "longest winning streak" in a pennant-winning season?
Which NBA team had the shortest "longest winning streak" during a ...
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Why would an offense not put anyone on the free throw lane?
In the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game, with 22.5 seconds left in the second half, Texas Tech had Norense Odiase, a 62% free throw shooter, at the line for what CBS announcer ...
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What team has shortest “longest losing streak” within a season in NBA history?
Inspired by this question: What team has shortest longest losing streak within a season in MLB history?
What team has shortest "longest losing streak" within a season in NBA history? Off the top of ...
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Has a Sweet Sixteen ever had all 4 top seeds in each region?
The 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament came close to having all of the top 4 seeds in each region make it to the Sweet Sixteen. Only 2 teams lower than a 4-seed made it to the Sweet ...
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Was Larry Bird the first basketball player to wipe his sneakers during games?
Players wiping their sneakers during deadball periods is ubiquitous now. I remember hearing somewhere that Larry Bird started doing it, but not for any particular reason.
Is he the first to make ...
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Are 10+ year contracts discouraged or prohibited in the NBA?
In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $430 million contract. This is on the heels of Bryce Harper signing a 13-year, $330 million contract. There have been several 10-year contracts signed by baseball ...
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Who determines the teams shirt colors, and based on what?
From the games I've seen (anywhere, not only in my own country), looks like each team gets one of two colors, but couldn't find a clear pattern or how it's being determined.
Are there any global ...
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Buzzer between free-throws
In the NBA, I regularly notice a short buzzer sound played between the first and the second free-throw. What's the reason for this?
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How many catastrophic shoe failures occur in college basketball?
I don't watch a lot of basketball, but I did see a game yesterday where the player's shoe tore wide open.
In sports, equipment failure is certainly part of the game but in US college sports (which is ...
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NBA traveling - conflicting rules
I was watching this NBA Video Rulebook video. In it, 23 White gathers the ball after ending his dribble, establishing his left foot as his pivot foot. He then steps right-left, and the referee calls a ...
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When does the second half of an NBA game start?
I'm from Europe so it's hard for me to stay awake for the whole match, so I'm asking how much in total with commercials and time-outs, when does second half tip off?
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What is the minimum information you would expect on a basketball scoreboard? [closed]
I'm building a software scoreboard for basketball. I want to start with the absolute minimum feature set. What would that be? What are the the things that you would absolutely expect to see on a ...
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What is a field goal in basketball?
So recently I have started taking an interest in basketball after picking up a basketball video game for 3 dollars. One thing I have noticed about stats in the game is that I know what pretty much all ...
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Is there a standard (advanced?) stat in basketball for measuring player “consistency”?
Is there an accepted stat that analysts use to measure how consistent a basketball player is?
Take points per game (or points per 48 min): two players with the same average scoring rates could have ...
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Future NBA Hall of Famers
Are there any models which predict how many players in the NBA are guaranteed to make it in the Hall of Fame if they retired after this season? If so, what results do those models give?
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Are goaltends called on a shooting foul?
I'm aware there is a question about blocking a shot off of a foul, but this one is concerned more about blatant goaltending off a fouled shot.
Here's a scenario:
Player outside the three point ...
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What's the purpose of Division Standings in NBA?
As far as I know, the NBA Divisions are subparts from the Western and Eastern conferences. I understand the impact of climbing the conference rankings as the top 8 teams in each conference receive a ...
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Why do only the NBA teams that are already up start pressing at the end of the game?
In the ends of most games, one team is ahead by a varying amount of points. When this happens, the losing team starts doing a full court man to man press. Wouldn't it be logical for both teams to ...
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In Statistics, Does a Missed Shot While Being Fouled Still Count as a Missed Shot?
During a game, players get fouled a lot, and they often throw up a shot, to try to have an opportunity to get more points. When you throw up a shot while fouled, in your game statistics, does it count ...
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What happens when OJ Mayo's two-year NBA ban expires?
It has recently been brought to my attention that OJ Mayo would like to make a return to the NBA. I was just curious about what happens after his two-year ban expires. Would he return to play for the ...
