mogrovejo
03-10-2009, 05:14 PM
Talking about what he calls the unwritten rules of playing phycical basketball:
Speaking of that, are there unwritten rules of that kind of stuff?
Yes. There are things that you are not supposed to do. In the heat of the moment, those things do happen anyway, sometimes. You get your competitive fires going. I don't know why it happens, exactly, but players do things they would erase, if they could go back in time.
But you are not supposed to do, for instance, what Kevin McHale did to me when I was in the air. You are supposed to make a play on the ball. There are so many leapers in this league, so many basket attackers. Usually when the defense attacks, they attack the ball, and there might be body contact, but not just body contact.
Also, players at this level understand that elbows can be dangerous weapons, and most know not to swing them.
But they do all the time!
You do see it. But, for instance, if someone has his elbows up at his head, and someone's coming from behind, you're not supposed to swing them into the guy's head. If you hit him in the shoulder, OK, that's another thing.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-29-63/The-Playbook--Laker-Assistant-Kurt-Rambis.html
Here's hoping Ariza learns his lesson: if you're going to take a guy in mid-air down, don't do with a swinging motion on his head. Unfortunately, knowing this Laker team, I doubt this will happen, I can't see them ending the season without ending someone's career.
Speaking of that, are there unwritten rules of that kind of stuff?
Yes. There are things that you are not supposed to do. In the heat of the moment, those things do happen anyway, sometimes. You get your competitive fires going. I don't know why it happens, exactly, but players do things they would erase, if they could go back in time.
But you are not supposed to do, for instance, what Kevin McHale did to me when I was in the air. You are supposed to make a play on the ball. There are so many leapers in this league, so many basket attackers. Usually when the defense attacks, they attack the ball, and there might be body contact, but not just body contact.
Also, players at this level understand that elbows can be dangerous weapons, and most know not to swing them.
But they do all the time!
You do see it. But, for instance, if someone has his elbows up at his head, and someone's coming from behind, you're not supposed to swing them into the guy's head. If you hit him in the shoulder, OK, that's another thing.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-29-63/The-Playbook--Laker-Assistant-Kurt-Rambis.html
Here's hoping Ariza learns his lesson: if you're going to take a guy in mid-air down, don't do with a swinging motion on his head. Unfortunately, knowing this Laker team, I doubt this will happen, I can't see them ending the season without ending someone's career.