If you’re starting to ache from basketball, it’s probably because you’re getting old. So, here are some tips on how to reduce pain after basketball. Getting old is inevitable. And as you get old, your body does too. As a result, you will start to feel more pain from activities that once didn’t hurt you. […]
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If you want to learn basketball or improve your skills, you need to know the fundamentals of basketball. This post will talk about the 5 things you need to master. TL;DR: The 5 basic skills of basketball (or the fundamentals) are shooting, dribbling, passing, defending and rebounding. The fundamentals of basketball are the core skills
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Looking for some drills to teach basketball? Here are the 7 best drills to teach kids how to play basketball and more importantly, the fundamentals of the game. TL;DR: The 7 best drills to teach kids how to play basketball are lane dribbling, lane jogs, Around the World, lay-up lines, the Mikan Drill, the 2-on-1
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Curious what your favorite NBA player’s favorite books are? Look no further. Here is a list of the top basketball players’ most-loved reads. Lying on your bed, scrolling through your phone for the latest NBA news is the worst thing you can do at this moment. Nothing is going on. All the basketball accounts you
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Here are the best exercises you can do to improve your balance and stability for basketball. TL;DR: A few of the best exercises you can do to improve your balance are squats on a Bosu Ball, kettlebell halos and sandbag lunges. Do you remember all of those layups that Steve Nash made while driving on
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Arguably the funniest -and most exciting- player has retired. Blake Griffin, who recently announced his retirement, was a problem in the 2010s. This guy came into the NBA as a big, athletic forward who played at 160.9 km per hour (or 100 miles per hour for all of you who didn’t learn the metric system)
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It’s not as fun as Fantasy NBA or 2K (or fun at all). I’ve been playing a lot of 2K and Fantasy NBA and have been getting pretty good at them. I recently completed a 4-peat in 2K (mainly through simulation) and won my first Fantasy NBA season this past weekend. “I’m pretty darn good
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Here is how LeBron James is going to retire. LeBron James recently announced that he doesn’t plan on playing in the NBA much longer. Via The Score: “I’m not gonna play another 21 years, that’s for damn sure. But not very long,” James told The Athletic’s Jovan Buha after the Lakers’ 116-104 win against the
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Adam Silver is looking into making the game a world competition. But some think this idea is terrible. Look, the NBA All-Star game has not been great over the past few years. All-Stars don’t compete in it anymore and they view the game more like a friendly scrimmage. The NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, has tried
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Draymond says the Mavs guard can score better than his former teammate. Kyrie Irving is one of the most talented offensive players ever. He’s super creative with the ball and he hits shots that you’d never think would go in, like the one he recently did against Nikola Jokic (you know which one I’m talking
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Redick says Milwaukee’s defense will take them to the Finals. JJ Redick wasn’t very high on Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks when news came out that Rivers was to be their next head coach. But it’s been a few weeks since Redick’s assessment and it seems he has changed his tone. On an episode
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Here are the greatest NBA duos that aren’t talked about much. In the history of the NBA, there have been many great tag team duos that brought glory and jewels to their organizations. Magic and Kareem. Jordan and Pippen. Kobe and Shaq. But this story isn’t about them; it isn’t about the legendary tag teams
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Rose loves chess as much as basketball. Back in the olden days, like the 80s and 90s, chess was synonymous with nerds. You would never catch an athlete with a chess board or near the chess club because athletes were supposed to be these cool, athletic guys who only cared about their muscles and how
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Shai explains why his cardinal rule is to get stops. I’ve always preached that players should prioritize defense. The reason why is that if you can prevent the other team (or player) from scoring, there’s no way they can outscore you (unless you’re just absolutely horrendous at scoring, in which case you wouldn’t have won
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Here is a summary and the best quotes from Lamar Odom’s memoir. If you’ve never seen Lamar Odom ball and only know him for his affiliation with the Kardashian clan, what are you doing? This man was a really talented basketball player. He was doing things that players his size, especially during the 2000s, shouldn’t
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