Do Basketball Players Grab Each Other's Balls?

[fessie]

You know those things you hear, and you're never quite sure if they're true?

My Dad used to play a little basketball, just playground and recreation leagues. And he was telling me once about how physical it is under the basket, things you can't necessarily see from a distance. Elbows and pushing...

and, I swear...

he said that when a guy is going up for a basket, an opponent will typically make a grab for his balls. To distract him.

Now, is this true?

Or was there more going on in his league than he realized?

[newcrasher]

You know those things you hear, and you're never quite sure if they're true?

My Dad used to play a little basketball, just playground and recreation leagues. And he was telling me once about how physical it is under the basket, things you can't necessarily see from a distance. Elbows and pushing...

and, I swear...

he said that when a guy is going up for a basket, an opponent will typically make a grab for his balls. To distract him.

Now, is this true?

Or was there more going on in his league than he realized?

It depends on what league (http://www.gaybasketball.com/) he was in.

;)

[Least Original User Name Ever]

Elbows, showing sweaty armpits in faces, things of that nature, yeah.


Swinging from a dude's nuts like a monkey? Probably not. Them's fightin' words in playgrounds.

[Lamar Mundane]

John Stockton has been accused of that by several players.

[Marley23]

An NBA player got caught on video doing this a year or two ago. Sorry I can't remember the player or team.

[treis]

An NBA player got caught on video doing this a year or two ago. Sorry I can't remember the player or team.

Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcinlrgojk

[Bryan Ekers]

Man, talk about double-dribble.

[Marley23]

Man, talk about double-dribble.
Looks more like palming to me.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcinlrgojk :eek:

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Of course, this kind of thing would never happen (http://weirdpicturearchive.com/pics/vinniejones.php) in a civilized country like England :eek: :eek:

[Contrapuntal]

Current NBA darling Chris Paul punched Julius Hodge in the nuts during a game when they were in college.