# Do NBA players shower at half time? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863 "2010-06-04T01:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/1 "2010-06-04T01:03:27Z")
Is there time for NBA players to shower at half time? (provided, of course, that they played enough minutes to break a sweat.) Or do they all just have to sit around and listen to the coach bitch about their not getting back on defense? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/2 "2010-06-04T01:21:45Z")
There’s time, but they don’t do it. Halftime is for rest and coaching. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/3 "2010-06-04T17:41:31Z")
Horace Grant, if he was playing terribly, would shower and dress again so he could start over. It isn’t a regular thing by any means, though. It’s considered very weird that he did it. Anecdotally, I think it would be a bad idea. I’m sure it isn’t scientific, but I know that after a game or hard exercise a shower saps me of whatever energy I have left and leaves me drained and kind of… jangly and relaxed in the limbs. I think taking a shower at halftime of my competitive games would have kept me from staying psychologically up for the game; you don’t want to relax at halftime. I guess you could get used to it, though. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/4 "2010-06-04T18:49:36Z")
I can’t imagine them taking a shower. Especially the guys that got to get their knees, ankles, wrists, etc. wrapped. When I exercise vigorously, I always wait at least 30 minutes (maybe longer) before I shower. if I shower right away, I am still sweating when after the shower. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/5 "2010-06-04T19:03:06Z")
Whenever I get out of a hot shower I always feel drained of energy, like **Jimmy**. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/6 "2010-06-04T20:22:53Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Whenever I get out of a hot shower I always feel drained of energy, like **Jimmy**. Stop jerking off in there. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/7 "2010-06-04T20:28:54Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Stop jerking off in there. > > 🆒 I’ve never been able to masturbate in the shower. ☹ It’s the computer chair for life, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/8 "2010-06-04T20:55:04Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’ve never been able to masturbate in the shower. ☹ > > It’s the computer chair for life, I suppose. Looks like you need to invest in a water resistant laptop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nba-players-shower-at-half-time/541863/9 "2010-06-04T20:57:10Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Looks like you need to invest in a water resistant laptop. 🙂 Haha!