re: Mike and Mike posed an interesting question

Not only would I do it, I would do it with my back to the goal for double either way: 40 mil or 4 years.

And I would make it within 10 shots.

Here is a little spin on the OP -

Half-court shots, but you're competing against a random person drawn from the crowd. You shoot one shot each round, alternating who shoots first. First one to make it in a round where there opponent misses wins $20M. Lower goes to jail for 2 years. What do you do?

Every time you miss in the start of a round would take years off of your life, but one of you is winning $20M and the other is going to jail for a while.

i worked at a sports camp for a few summers and lunch was inside a gym. almost every day the counselors played halfcourt knockout (gotcha or whatever you grew up calling it) in front of the kids and it got to the point where missing a couple in a row pretty much meant you were out. this was a group of decent high school level athletes, but nothing crazy.

i know that's just another anecdotal worthless story, but i really dont feel that this is all that tough in theory. i still think i would be scared shitless though if im cold for the first 10 shots.

I would do it.

I am risk loving, good at half court shots (but not basketball overall), and lucky. I could probably punt the ball in blindfolded based on random shite I have made before.

Thats with players running at them. During warm ups they never go 0-10

Understood, but my point was more along the lines of even if historically you "might" get lucky and hit one, odds are better that you'll be unlucky and miss every one.

Especially after you've missed the first 10 or so and start to freak out.

Yes. I could make about 4 out of 20.

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Show me where to shoot!

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In prison the shoot would be in your mouth.

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