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]

Originally Posted by 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?

It depends on what league 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]

Originally Posted by Marley23

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]

Originally Posted by Bryan Ekers

Man, talk about double-dribble.

Looks more like palming to me.

[Oslo Ostragoth]

Originally Posted by treis

Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman

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

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Of course, this kind of thing would never happen in a civilized country like England

[Contrapuntal]

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