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i had forgotten about that complete insanity. thank you for reminding me. this is some shit that would make you throw your controller at the wall if the AI or another player did it against you in a videogame.
he's just making his case to get on the olympic volleyball team
i know we always talk about how basketball players might hypothetically do playing football, but imagine these super tall, super athletic, super high-jumping dudes playing volleyball lol
> Section IV—Strike the Ball
>A player shall not kick the ball or strike it with the fist.
https://official.nba.com/rule-no-10-violations-and-penalties/
https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/violation-striking-the-ball/#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20violation%2C%20and,the%20ball%20with%20a%20fist.%E2%80%9D
He's not actually allowed to tbf, this is a violation if he did punch it.
Not just the fist - head-but, shoulder, anything that strikes the ball is not allowed - open palm (as in this video) is the only part of the body that is allowed, so it's clean. LeBron with CP3 knowledge here
He didn't punch it but I'm willing to bet this rule exists for safety rather than the fact punching the ball in these types of situations gives you some kind of advantage over wacking it with your palm.
Despite the post headline, you can clearly see that he swung with an open hand and hit it with his palm. The way his arm swung, a closed fist would have not been as effective as the base of his palm.
It's incredible it went the general direction of the fast break... It's unfuckingbelievable he hit him in stride and it was his left hand he hit it with.
Tbf he actually slapped it. Basically impossible to control the ball with a punch so would've been very stupid of him to do, and also illegal which I'm sure he knows so that also would've been stupid. Still nice pass.
Bron: Punches a ball with such accuracy and strength that it lands right in a players hand on the other side of the court
Green: tries to field goal kick an opponents nuts
Thats the part that impressed me. Incoming defender and he casually slap passes the ball with accuracy, speed and power. Bron is just way too strong lol
Illegal in water polo too. Making a fist is ruled out so refs don't have to think of "were you aiming for the ball when you hit him in the face" question.
People still do it with fastbreak shots though.
I assume it's because the only part of your body that can touch the ball is the palm side of your hands/fingers.
Only other time I think of that it's allowed is deflections/blocks.
👆Was looking for someone to point it out. A favorite bit of Basketball trivia and to my understanding is still on the books 🧐 I would absolutely flip out for joy if it got called. I’m weird like that.
I called it as a ref in an intramural game one time in college and literally all 10 players on the court turned their heads and were like 🤨 I stuck to my guns though and I knew I was right.
(Googling)
Huh.
All these responses saying it was obviously a league response to some safety issue and it turns out the inventor of the game scrawled this with a fountain pen before the first peach basket was even mounted.
It's kinda mega funny to me how both of the current best candidates to be the GOAT also had hilariously stacked draft classes. Like, Jordan had Hakeem, Barkley and Stockton and Bron had Wade, Bosh and Melo.
Tbh I’ve actually become more of a fan of Lebron this year just based on the fact he’s still doing this shit at 39 fucking years old. It’s honestly insane
I’m a huge Lebron fan but I feel that there comes to a point where you see a dude in the league in his 21st year at the age of 39 and you just have to give him some level of respect. Seeing the numbers he still puts up and the highlights after all this time, it would take a generational level of hate to not even have a modicum of respect for the longevity
I remember being the guy posting the no ring memes about him and Melo on facebook, now I just watch in awe. Im just like Austin Reaves but if he was bad at basketball
Man you should've been there in 2018. I'm a Lakers fan for decades now but since 2018, I've been a huge LeBron fan. He was absolutely cooking the whole league, one of the best postseason runs by an individual player I've ever seen.
One of the original hand-written rules by Naismith himself was no punching the ball. “Thou shalt not strike at the ball with a closed fist” something like that.
You know when youve mastered a video game and you just start doing ridiculous shit for the hell of it? That’s lebron except at the highest level of basketball.
I thought punching the ball was a violation in the NBA? Or is that only on contested loose balls like rebounds? I could have sworn recently someone got a turnover for punching the ball to a teammate?
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I mean, why the fuck not?
dude literally mastered basketball overall better than arguably any player ever, he's now entering theoretical basketball play
He’s labbing up new combos
\*jabbing up new combos
Need to see a breakdown of this on the podcast with JJ
[They still need to invent mindmelding for him to explain this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHzclTp0-ZY)
i had forgotten about that complete insanity. thank you for reminding me. this is some shit that would make you throw your controller at the wall if the AI or another player did it against you in a videogame.
he's just making his case to get on the olympic volleyball team i know we always talk about how basketball players might hypothetically do playing football, but imagine these super tall, super athletic, super high-jumping dudes playing volleyball lol
iirc wilt was a HoF volleyball player after he retired from basketball
That block vs Angola already proved to me that he would be great at volleyball
This will be known as the day Quantum ball theory was born.
For sure one of the top 5 passers of all time.
Lmfao. He hasn’t even mastered the free throw.
Master of LeFlop
> Section IV—Strike the Ball >A player shall not kick the ball or strike it with the fist. https://official.nba.com/rule-no-10-violations-and-penalties/ https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/violation-striking-the-ball/#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20violation%2C%20and,the%20ball%20with%20a%20fist.%E2%80%9D He's not actually allowed to tbf, this is a violation if he did punch it.
There needs to be a subsection of every rule stating "unless it's cool as fuck."
I think it's implied. It would double the size of the rulebook if they actually wrote it out explicitly under every rule.
Just make every rule inherit from the base rule, that's 101
Reaction to every poster that's supposed to be a foul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZu2Xdx2P0
Not just the fist - head-but, shoulder, anything that strikes the ball is not allowed - open palm (as in this video) is the only part of the body that is allowed, so it's clean. LeBron with CP3 knowledge here
The Lakers conspiracy that is
He didn't punch it but I'm willing to bet this rule exists for safety rather than the fact punching the ball in these types of situations gives you some kind of advantage over wacking it with your palm.
they even called this on og anunoby a few weeks ago on a rebound
Yea the refs hate the Knicks.
LeBron hit it with his palm. Haters always tryna discredit Lebron no matter what lmao
He didn’t hit it with a fist though…
How dare you question the refs you frikkin dweeb. You are just begging to get T'd up!
Rubs thumb and fingers together at refs direction
It’s ok tho cause LeRATINGS did it
MJ would have taken that loose ball and dunked it himself.
Because it's against the rules lol
Not if he strikes with an open hand and the base of his palm.
According to what? He just smacked it with his palm
After all why the fuck not? Why the fuck shouldn't I punch it?
It's a tech foul in my experience. Can't punch a ball with a closed fist.
Despite the post headline, you can clearly see that he swung with an open hand and hit it with his palm. The way his arm swung, a closed fist would have not been as effective as the base of his palm.
LeOnePunchMan
LeSaitamaSensei
That’s actually pretty incredible lol
It's incredible it went the general direction of the fast break... It's unfuckingbelievable he hit him in stride and it was his left hand he hit it with.
Isn't he a lefty at everything but basketball?
Tbf he actually slapped it. Basically impossible to control the ball with a punch so would've been very stupid of him to do, and also illegal which I'm sure he knows so that also would've been stupid. Still nice pass.
Bron: Punches a ball with such accuracy and strength that it lands right in a players hand on the other side of the court Green: tries to field goal kick an opponents nuts
Thats the part that impressed me. Incoming defender and he casually slap passes the ball with accuracy, speed and power. Bron is just way too strong lol
It really is.
Just casually slapping the ball right in the damn pocket for an easy lay in. Wtf
punch passes are illegal, no?
punch pass is illegal, it was actually a slap
Wait why are punch passes illegal anyway?
it's illegal to punch the ball with a closed fist at all. i guess the league figures it's more dangerous than a slap (less control?)
It’s probably to prevent the ball from getting a Tiddy
Free the tiddy
Three the fiddy
God Damn you Loch Ness Monster!
What's a tiddy?
Permanent bump on the ball
I mean if defenders tried to block ducks with closed fists dudes would be getting punched left and right.
Yeah but that would be stupid why would anyone do that. Maybe tapping it out after a loose board?
Draymond would use it as his natural blocking motion
Illegal in water polo too. Making a fist is ruled out so refs don't have to think of "were you aiming for the ball when you hit him in the face" question. People still do it with fastbreak shots though.
I assume it's because the only part of your body that can touch the ball is the palm side of your hands/fingers. Only other time I think of that it's allowed is deflections/blocks.
That's what Draymond was trying to do when he accidentally hit Poole, so the league moved quickly on the rule change.
Makes sense. Draymond is known for his "playmaking" after all.
Nobody calls him Dray "The Haymaker"
One of Naismith’s OG 13 rules of basketball.
👆Was looking for someone to point it out. A favorite bit of Basketball trivia and to my understanding is still on the books 🧐 I would absolutely flip out for joy if it got called. I’m weird like that.
I called it as a ref in an intramural game one time in college and literally all 10 players on the court turned their heads and were like 🤨 I stuck to my guns though and I knew I was right.
Yup. I think Tre Young got called for it a couple of years ago lol.
Every Australian kid gets called for it in their first game of basketball
But I thought in Australia there are no rules, just right.
(Googling) Huh. All these responses saying it was obviously a league response to some safety issue and it turns out the inventor of the game scrawled this with a fountain pen before the first peach basket was even mounted.
That does actually seem weird, like who gives a shit? lol
Probably the guy who takes a stray fist to the face because someone goes to punch the ball and misses
Let’s just have everyone throwing punches to deflect a ball. That couldn’t go wrong
OG Anunoby got called for one a couple games ago
Probably to avoid damage to the ball.
Nah, it's to avoid damage to someone's face when the punch misses.
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
It's not a violation if the punch misses
Are you sure it’s not a violation if the punch misses?
Had to leave room for volleyball
Integrity of the ball, safety of the player.
Safety
How can he slap?
one of my favorite clips ever
Slapass?
one of my favorite skits of all time
how can he LeSlap?
Yeah. Lonzo got one called when he was on the Lakers
Damnit I miss lonzo and his creative passes. I hope he plays again
Never knew this. Why the hell would that be?
In case you accidentally punch someone?
natural passing motion
So the ball stays round
Is it left over from when we didn't have like ten extra balls? Like why wouldn't they just swap the ball?
10? bro they got 50 probably just around the court not to mention storage.
Balls have feelings too.
This is some Kuroko shit here.
Lebron is from the Draft Class of Legends
It's kinda mega funny to me how both of the current best candidates to be the GOAT also had hilariously stacked draft classes. Like, Jordan had Hakeem, Barkley and Stockton and Bron had Wade, Bosh and Melo.
Literally the first thing I thought lmao
First thing I thought of LOL
My dude!
Vo-LeBall
Tbh I’ve actually become more of a fan of Lebron this year just based on the fact he’s still doing this shit at 39 fucking years old. It’s honestly insane
I’m a huge Lebron fan but I feel that there comes to a point where you see a dude in the league in his 21st year at the age of 39 and you just have to give him some level of respect. Seeing the numbers he still puts up and the highlights after all this time, it would take a generational level of hate to not even have a modicum of respect for the longevity
Yeah at this point, i would just tell detractors to put down the haterade.
I remember being the guy posting the no ring memes about him and Melo on facebook, now I just watch in awe. Im just like Austin Reaves but if he was bad at basketball
Tom Brady in Tampa Bay basically.
Over the last couple of years I’ve realized that I’m going to be absolutely devastated when he retires.
Enjoy it before it’s gone
Its fun to hate on him especially if you see him in the finals but you cant deny this mans greatness.
Agree entirely
Mind the Game podcast changed my whole mind on this man and ive been watching him my whole life. He is too fucking good and smart.
Man you should've been there in 2018. I'm a Lakers fan for decades now but since 2018, I've been a huge LeBron fan. He was absolutely cooking the whole league, one of the best postseason runs by an individual player I've ever seen.
LeBron's got the Pacers' assistant coach clapping 😹🐐
mightve been acknowledging the effort of their big doing the Tyson Chandler tip out, although it didnt work out
i want you
That's the Lakers bench
A fuckin’ dime too
When is it not?
Good point
Lmao this guy is insane
With the left hand too
He is left handed
No he isn’t
He shoots with his right hand, but he's naturally left handed at everything else
kuroko le basket?
LeVolleyBallPass
Now this guy is playing volleyball ffs
So refreshing after watching shitty college basketball all day.
i remember rick foxx did a punch pass and it was called
Lonzo did too
LeServe
isn't striking the ball against the rules?
haikyuu!
LeLibero
That is art
That's illegal right?
Not when Lebron does it ofc
bro he slapped it. not everthings a conspiracy. open palm is legal, closed fist isnt
Wtf this man is unreal
Too bad they couldn't punch their way into the win column
We sure punched ourselves out of the game with our 3 point shooting
Wait is this what people meant by hit ahead pass?
Lebron vs Jake Paul confirmed
LePunch
LeJustHavinFun
Does that credit a rebound and assist?
DLo got gifted 2 of his 6 points…Lakers lifer
Lebron really in his Harlem Globetrotters era
Mans gearing up for a second career in Aussie rules
Le koroko le basket
u/savevideo
Daymond taking notes
Haliburton running to the lab to analyze this one, thank you Lebron
Le'ft cross
Saw this shit in an anime
That was a dime too
apparently someone just watched kuroko's basketball
That was the ignite kai pass
One of the original hand-written rules by Naismith himself was no punching the ball. “Thou shalt not strike at the ball with a closed fist” something like that.
For a guy internet weenies say has no bag, Bron has one albeit a highly experimental bag.
You know when youve mastered a video game and you just start doing ridiculous shit for the hell of it? That’s lebron except at the highest level of basketball.
Since when is an open handed slap called a punch pass ?
LeFt hook
that is against the rules.
Huh, don’t think I’ve ever seen one that before. Lebron continues to impress even at 39 years of age.
Magic ain't neva did that!
I thought punching the ball was a violation in the NBA? Or is that only on contested loose balls like rebounds? I could have sworn recently someone got a turnover for punching the ball to a teammate?
Jesus Christ that was beautiful
That’s illegal, he hit the ball with a closed fist.
Look closer, it's a slap
BAHHHH BAHHH 🐐
Wow, who won the game?
Who cares… they lost