Basketball Thread!

[jazzcomp]

http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=359

2010 rules still have unsportsmanlike fouls

I guess officially and reality differ in calling basketball a non-contact sport.

[SamLoi888]

http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=359

2010 rules still have unsportsmanlike fouls

I guess officially and reality differ in calling basketball a non-contact sport.

My apologies. I had it backwards. There is no such thing as an intentional foul anymore. Referees have been instructed to deem all intentional fouls as unsportsmanlike.

If a defensive player causes contact with an opponent from behind or laterally
in an attempt to stop a fast break and there is no opponent between the
offensive player and the opponents’ basket, it is an unsportsmanlike foul.

[jazzcomp]

What do you think about those power ERG wristbands? Do they work?
Where to buy decent knee supports?

[i_amtrunks]

What do you think about those power ERG wristbands? Do they work?

I think they may be a mental thing, if they truly worked eve a fraction as well as they say they should, every athlete would wear them / they would be banned in any formal competition.

Cant wait for the Rockets vs. Nets game in China tonight, Yao is finally getting some game time.

[jazzcomp]

they are expensive ($55 rebel sport) and I did see NBA players wear them during the post-season.

[SamLoi888]

they are expensive ($55 rebel sport) and I did see NBA players wear them during the post-season.

I asked a guy wearing two at b'ball the other night. He said the first night he put them on he banked 8 out of 9 threes. I think it's mainly a placebo effect but if it works it works. Just expensive for a placebo.

[blackie]

buy the cheap ones theyll do the same thing

[i_amtrunks]

they are expensive ($55 rebel sport) and I did see NBA players wear them during the post-season.

And I've seen an ever increasing number of amateurs at soccer, touch footy, and even Broomball wearing them ever since Benji Marshall and his Tigers (NRL) teammates started wearing them.

An expensive placebo they may be, but whoever marketed them to the NRL, AFL and NBA stars sure knew what they were doing.

[jazzcomp]

And I've seen an ever increasing number of amateurs at soccer, touch footy, and even Broomball wearing them ever since Benji Marshall and his Tigers (NRL) teammates started wearing them.

An expensive placebo they may be, but whoever marketed them to the NRL, AFL and NBA stars sure knew what they were doing.

Even those metal wristlets/bracelets that are marketed on TV that are supposed to take some pain away. Do they work?

I also have a pain in my elbow that it hurts when I fully bend it or extend it. Must be similar to Lebron's injury

[Sharky]

Where to buy decent knee supports?

talk to your local sports physiotherapist about that one, they should be able to get anything that is needed, be warned tho good knee support is very expensive

they ones you get at chemists or sports stores (Thermaskin etc) are very generic but then again, that is maybe all you need...

either that or some good old fashioned strapping tape