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Can someone explain to me the significance of hand checking in the NBA?
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:31 pm
I’m watching a really neat sit down with Hubie Brown and he’s talking about hand checking and they’re showing clips.
I can’t stop thinking that a Lebron type guy would absolutely obliterate this style of defense.
These guys are in the ball handler’s pocket with a hand on their hip. Wtf happens when Lebron does a super human rip through on that as he faces the defender and then blows past them bc they’re 3 inches from him and now taking his shoulder to their throat as he drives?
Or if a big guy(like Lebron) turns his back and backs you down, what the shite is a hand check going to do?
Was it legal to swipe that dumb shite away? Was that an offensive foul? Do you really want to guard some of these super athletes we see today that close? Can you play help defense if you’re touching every person you guard?
I don’t understand why hand checking makes players back in the day more hardened than guys now. How is it a knock on this era that they don’t hand check?
I can’t stop thinking that a Lebron type guy would absolutely obliterate this style of defense.
These guys are in the ball handler’s pocket with a hand on their hip. Wtf happens when Lebron does a super human rip through on that as he faces the defender and then blows past them bc they’re 3 inches from him and now taking his shoulder to their throat as he drives?
Or if a big guy(like Lebron) turns his back and backs you down, what the shite is a hand check going to do?
Was it legal to swipe that dumb shite away? Was that an offensive foul? Do you really want to guard some of these super athletes we see today that close? Can you play help defense if you’re touching every person you guard?
I don’t understand why hand checking makes players back in the day more hardened than guys now. How is it a knock on this era that they don’t hand check?
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Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:36 pm to ReauxlTide222
Imagine getting fouled on every dribble with no ref blowing the whistle.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:37 pm to ReauxlTide222
LeBron from a physical standpoint could have played in that area and produced. However, his mental weakness would have wrecked him.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:39 pm to ReauxlTide222
Old people tend to think that the most physically gifted nba player ever would some how not be able to survive in the nba of the 80-90s era.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:46 pm to ReauxlTide222
It doesn't help LeBron as much as the smaller point guards with tremendous skill but less strength and athleticism. See Steve Nash whose performance, efficiency, and impact skyrocketed after the handcheck rules were implemented.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 7:53 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Wtf happens when Lebron does a super human rip through on that as he faces the defender and then blows past them bc they’re 3 inches from him and now taking his shoulder to their throat as he drives?
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:12 pm to ReauxlTide222
Being able to physically prevent a guy from a free release is significantly different than not being able to touch him.
It allowed way more contact and leeway. LeBron is a physical freak, and would have been a very good player in that era, but thinking he’d have the longevity he has had is just stupid. He would have worn down way more throughout his career. That’s why glorifying his run of so many games/playoffs is hilarious since it requires you to ignore context and what toll each game took on your body.
That doesn’t have anything to do with scoring either. You ca score a lot of points like in the late 70s and early 80s with that physicality in play, but it still wore you down way more.
The NBA has become the equivalent of a street pick up game where the guy calls every touch a foul. It’s ruining the game and why a lot of people have become less for hard and at best more casual viewers.
It is also why people with little understanding of looking at the whole picture think LeBron is the same in any era. He simply would not be as dominant in that era. Still great, but not the pathetical Self-labeled “King” that he is today.
It allowed way more contact and leeway. LeBron is a physical freak, and would have been a very good player in that era, but thinking he’d have the longevity he has had is just stupid. He would have worn down way more throughout his career. That’s why glorifying his run of so many games/playoffs is hilarious since it requires you to ignore context and what toll each game took on your body.
That doesn’t have anything to do with scoring either. You ca score a lot of points like in the late 70s and early 80s with that physicality in play, but it still wore you down way more.
The NBA has become the equivalent of a street pick up game where the guy calls every touch a foul. It’s ruining the game and why a lot of people have become less for hard and at best more casual viewers.
It is also why people with little understanding of looking at the whole picture think LeBron is the same in any era. He simply would not be as dominant in that era. Still great, but not the pathetical Self-labeled “King” that he is today.
Posted on 5/14/23 at 5:58 am to ReauxlTide222
Hand-checking was nothing more than a mild nuisance, but old guys act like great players today couldn’t handle the league back in their day because of hand-checking
It’s such a silly argument. As if LeBron or Durant would be stopped because of a hand check.
It’s such a silly argument. As if LeBron or Durant would be stopped because of a hand check.
Posted on 5/14/23 at 6:19 am to ReauxlTide222
I seem to remember on an early version of NBA Live, there was a “hand check” button where you essentially just pushed the offensive player. Like shoved em with arms fully extended.
Anyone else remember that?
Anyone else remember that?
Posted on 5/14/23 at 6:27 am to ReauxlTide222
OP would legitimately suck Lebrons cock
Posted on 5/14/23 at 7:43 am to ReauxlTide222
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These guys are in the ball handler’s pocket with a hand on their hip. Wtf happens when Lebron does a super human rip through on that as he faces the defender and then blows past them bc they’re 3 inches from him and now taking his shoulder to their throat as he drives?
LeBron is one of the best basketball players of all time. He would be good in any era.
A big difference is back in the day, he would gets past that guy he gets into the lane with a guy like Charles Oakley, Rick Mahorn, Bill Laimbeer, Charles Barkley or Patrick Ewing. His career would have likely been shortened by five years if he was tangling with those guys every night.
Ahh, I miss defense in the NBA.
Posted on 5/14/23 at 11:44 am to ReauxlTide222
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These guys are in the ball handler’s pocket with a hand on their hip. Wtf happens when Lebron does a super human rip through on that as he faces the defender and then blows past them bc they’re 3 inches from him and now taking his shoulder to their throat as he drives?
usually The hand checking happened after the dribbler had a half step on the defender, and it allowed the defender to catch up/recover a better defensive position. It wasn’t usually a static hand on the hip, it was a quick check to the hip/torso help to recover
Posted on 5/14/23 at 12:02 pm to ReauxlTide222
It’s amazing how much you freely admit how retarded you are. And even out your picture behind it.
Posted on 5/14/23 at 1:58 pm to ReauxlTide222
A way to make older nba players seem better
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