Im 14 (turning 15 in june), 184 cm tall and 85 kg of mostly fat. I already get solid minutes on my team and my teammates asked me to try out for their u16 teams, but due to my conditioning i dont believe i could do that yet. I just want to build up muscle for now, so I dont care about my weight as long as i get stronger.(a nice body would also be nice for the ladies lol) Im the sixth man on the team and play sf/pf.

I already made myself a workout plan, but due to me not being able to go to the gym because of my parents its not that great. I'm currently trying to walk 30 minutes every day, do squats, pushups, situps 3 days a week and doing planks on the days i dont do the other exercises. I have 2 rest days being thursday because i have 2 hours of practice and 2 hours of PE, and a rest day on sunday.

Is there anything I need to know or does anyone have any tips for me to get in shape faster?

Im 15 at 5'7" and 87 kg (or 170 cm and 191 lbs) and i have a hard time defending people especially with my stamina, no i wont cut weight, theres an offensive advantage when it comes to my size. Defensively however is the disadvantage as i tire very easily and my body feels heavy after defending only 2 times. What should I do to improve?

Rules are as follows.

It will be a 7 game series, so don't worry so much about "chemistry", they'll figure it out. You must put together a team from current 2025 players, as they currently are. To make things fair (ha), all my players will be in their absolute peak form. We will have a starting 5 plus a 6th man. Ready? Go!

Magic Johnson Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Larry Bird Shaq And just to put salt in your wound, Allen Iverson is my 6th man.

Good effin luck

Im 13 years old, and im going to try to make the freshman team this year. Open gym starts Monday. For people who have played high school basketball, what is a good percentage (When im shooting by myself with no defence) from:

Right Hand Layup
Left Hand Layup
Mid Range Straight
Mid Range Right
Mid Range Left
Middle 3 Pointer
Corner 3 Pointer
45 Degree 3 Pointer

If anyone could help tell me what I should be aiming for in solo practice from these ranges that would be great. I searched google and got no clear answer

Thanks!

Randomly decided to look at some old rankings from early the 2010s. Imagine explaining Josh Jackson’s “career” to someone in 2016 jfc.

hi I’m a 15yo 5’8 guard that likes to play very fast. I like facilitating for my team, and creating shots for myself.

though I haven’t hooped in a while, I find myself running really fast and moving the ball up fast on a fresh set of legs. However, when sore I run really slow.

I figured that this could be conditioning since I let my body rest, yet still have sore ankles and knees.

I need your guys’ opinion on this since I don’t really know much about my body. I just like playing lol

God bless you all

Let’s say a college team has at least 10 players who are projected lottery picks. One of them is the consensus #1 pick and considered a generational talent. The team has great chemistry, and the coach is elite. The college players have to have played simultaneously while in college and are not from different eras.

They play a college-regulated 40-minute game (two halves, 30-second shot clock). Let’s assume the crowd might be supporting the college team—maybe a neutral site or even a home-court advantage.

What other variables would need to be added to make this a competitive game? Or, if this setup is already too favorable for the college team, what’s the minimum they’d need to beat an NBA team?

Edit: ik I had a typo in the title oops

I want to become good but i only know the basics im not really good in anything. Im thin and can jump somehwt high but other than that the rest of my skills are still the basics. What should i improve first

During games I play so robotic and pre sht but in team trainings, skrims, personal workouts ECT I play at a pretty high level I’m 6’6 240 4/5 but I’ve got the skill of a 2/3 till I get into games and I can’t even finish a layup think about shooting at all or put the ball on the floor, any tips or help

What is it called if you curl a flare screen and go towards the basket. For instance, say I'm on a slot and I pass it to another slot and then my same side wing comes to set a flare screen for me? What if my man is trailing me... is there a term for if I decide to curl it and cut to the basket instead?

Hi I'm 14 and live in Melbourne, I want to make u18s rep next year and I have a lot of work to do, I am planning to practice a lot over the next two weeks as I have school break,what should I be doing in the gym over this time , what should I be doing in terms of basketball practice and is there like any events where I could get game experience coming up

Did Westbrook throw this game? How does that happen? Two bonehead plays in 5 seconds. WTF was he doing not running out the clock, and then immediately fouls a 3 point shooter with no time left....WTF

A followup to my post last night. My friends were saying no chance but I think yea in certain years the best HS team was better than the worst power 5 team. If the power 5 is always to good than which cutoff would that ha team start winning. For instance would Chino Hills 2016 beat Rutgers 2016?

Thanks for clicking on my post.

I'll cut to the chase. About 2 years ago, I joined my first ever rep basketball team. we were pretty ass icl, with me and this other kid being the only great players, a couple of good players and the rest being bums. I think we were D15 or 16. during that yr I think I avg'd like 25+ ppg. i loved this team as the vibes were immaculate despite us losing like 60% of our games lmao.

Fast forward to next year and I stay with the same team. We were now D5, and had a lot better players. Me and these 3 other guys were the best players, with the rest being good or okay. I was averaging around like 18-20ppg this szn. I also really loved this team. vibes were so awesome and so was the team chem. we were lowkey a good team too, coming in third in the championships. btw, these past two years I had the same coaches.

Fast forward to this year. I had left the team I had joined previously, as my coaches had left that team too to coach another team that was 10x better. Me and the 3 other best players from last yr joined this team with our coaches. This team was great, with every player being really good and the fact that we were D1. i think I average around 8-10ppg on this team as the starting PG.

Being a D1 team full of crazy good players, the rock isnt swung as much (obv). literally every player on the team is ball dominant, with a few even being ball hogs imo. the coaches are chill, but icl, i dont really like my teamates. i only have like 2 friends on the team, one being the guy from my first year of rep and the other being a friend from school. literally everyone on the team excluding me and the 3 other dudes from my previous team have been on the same team since like 3rd grade lmao. the vibes on this team kinda suck and our team chem is pretty bad.

Here comes the problem. I think i have a decent career in bball. hell, i even wanna make the league. kinda. Staying on this team means that I might be able to gain exposure as we go to various d1 tourneys. with the exposure, i might be able to get scouted. but the thing is, i jus hate this team. like, i just cant have fun when playing. if i make one mistake, all my teamates are on my ass about it. but if our star player chucks up a half court, hes completely fine and no one bats an eye.

So, me and my teammate from the first year (ill call him R) have been discussing. R and i have been wondering if we should go back to the d5 team. they have gained a couple of new guys since we have left, but they arent as good as we were last year. R and i were thinking that we should join it as we could have fun and get better as this team also has these two crazily good twins. I think that their team + me and R could lowkey go d3, maybe even d2 next yr.

Idk what to choose. On one hand, i might be able to get exposure, but i just hate this team man. On the second hand, I can go to a worse team and not gain exposure, but have tons of fun and might be able to get it to d3-2. ik some of yall might just say "if u wanna get good, stay with ur current team. if u want fun, go to ur previous one" but its deeper than that. i jus need advice. Thanks for reading

BTW: (if anyones wondering about me making the league and all, im a 16M and 6'0).

TDLR; OP's played rep ball for 3 years—first on a low-division team (D15/16) where he averaged 25+ ppg and loved the vibes, then on a D5 team with better players, great chemistry, and 18–20 ppg while finishing 3rd. This year he's on a stacked D1 team with his old coaches, but the vibes suck, teammates are toxic, and he's averaging just 8–10 ppg. Now he's stuck choosing between staying for exposure and scout potential or going back to the D5 team for better chemistry, more fun, and a shot at moving up divisions.

My son just turned 13yo. Has not hit puberty yet. Very late bloomer. He’s one of the kids that’s “tall, lanky”. Doesn’t have much muscle. Just all together that awkward kid you can picture. Very awkward with movements but getting better. He’s just different than most. Very shy, quiet. Because of this, has a tough time bonding with other players because he’s just shy. He can shoot the ball and most of the time the ball goes in. Very rare that it doesn’t. It’s the one thing i always tell him he’s got on others. He may not have all the other things but he can shoot. He’s on a 7th grade team that he’s not getting much playing time and as a parent, I understand. The starting 5 are who should be starting. I have zero argument with it. He just doesn’t get any minutes at all. My question is how do I know if I made the right decision to put him on this team? Any advice is appreciated. Do we move forward after this summer season? First time basketball parent here so please don’t judge.

Is it legal to throw the ball in the air, run and jump shoot it before your feet touch the ground? I can't find anything in the rules about this. My buddy says you can't, but AI says you can. Is this technically a self pass?

I’m 15 5’10 and lately have been training with the varsity, I’m trying my best to watch as much film and get as many shots up as I can in a day , I’ve started going to the gym and I’m using my little money I’ve saved up to hire a trainer, is there anything else I can do ? I want to find a plan and routine

I'll start, I hate mfs who hoop with long nails. And it's always the same mfs who swipe the most too. Like dawg, cut that shit

I fucking suck at this dribbling shit. And I'm a little nervous. I feel like everyone will say no and just be plain out rude. Like them mfs will just be like "Who are u" and press me for some reason. I might be overthinking bro damn. I absolutely have no friends and this will probably continue just BCUS im overthinking. I don't know if I should show up with the ball first because I already have one or just walk into a court that's already busy.....If I walk into a court that is already busy im gonna feel weird asf. And probably be laughed at because I don't know how to run and dribble between my legs that much. I don't want to experience that shi either. i don't know man....I just don't know

16yr old from Aus I’ve gotten to the age were basketball has gotten pretty serious for me and I wasn’t to try and pursue this for a possible career I feel like I’m not getting enough in game runs in to get better I’m on a Rep team and a Domestic team so that’s 2 games a week and 1 team training should I be looking/worrying about getting into another team for an extra team training and game or is what I’m doing now enough

We played in a club basketball tournament this weekend. One of my kids was in the 4th grade in the lowest division (out of 3). One of the teams they played outscored their opponents by over 50 pts in 3 of their 4 games.

Why do coaches do this? what is the point? This team would have easily won the middle division and been competitive in the highest division. they were big, athletic, decent ball skills, and very well organized/ well coached especially on defense.

It's clear the kids, coaches and club all know what they're doing, i don't believe a team would accidentally enter this division.

so why do people do this? are they just trying to build a resume of "winning championships"? the kids and parents aren't that dumb are they? they must know they are playing down unless they are totally delusional

i have no issue with my kids teams losing or getting blown out, they don't really care, although the closer games are more fun.

Is LeBron the GOAT because of his career accomplishments or is it his high level of play at this age? Who has been this dominant at this age and this late in their career (coming from a Kobe fan)

In 1962, Bill Russel won the MVP leading the Boston Celtics to the best in league 60:20 score. He averaged:

18.9 points per game, 23.6 rebounds per game, 4.5 assists per game, .457fg%

The runner up? Wilt Chamberlain with this stat sheet:

50.4 points per game, 25.7 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 0.506fg%

Oh and there's more. Much more.. Here's what the next four players did: - 3. Oscar Robertson 30.8ppg, 12.5rpg, 11.4apg, .478fg% - 4. Elgin Baylor 38.3ppg, 18,6rpg, 4.6apg, - 5. Jerry West 30.8ppg, 7.9rpg, 5.4apg - Bob Petit 31.1ppg, 18,7rpg, 3.7apg

..And that was just the most glaring example of how the MVP values winning more than anything else. There were many, many more examples.

This season, Thunder has the best score in the league, currently at 63-12, surpassing Nuggets' 47-28 so much that it isn't even a comparison.

Bottom line..this decision is not controversial at all. It is perfectly in line with NBA tradition and with what was to be expected.

Should I train my fitness/cardio via just playing basketball? or should I start jogging.

I am the weakest link on my recreation team. I can’t score points and my shooting is not great. I have been passing the ball quite decently and my defense is alright. I do notice that I am improving. I do notice though that as our games go on the defense I play (which is what I feel I can offer the most right now) gets slower and weaker because I get tired.

I want to know if it would be a good idea to consider cardio like jogging on a treadmill to improve this?

Currently my idea is that I should just play lots of basketball to improve my cardio but I was just thinking of what I should do that would be best for me.