Do Basketball Players Grab Each Other's Balls?

The Game Room
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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?

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[QUOTE=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?
[/QUOTE]

It depends on what league he was in.

:wink:

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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.

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John Stockton has been accused of that by several players.

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

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[QUOTE=Marley23]
An NBA player got caught on video doing this a year or two ago. Sorry I can’t remember the player or team.
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Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman

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Man, talk about double-dribble.

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
Man, talk about double-dribble.
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Looks more like palming to me.

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[QUOTE=treis]
Reggie Evans on Chris Kaman


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:eek:

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

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