Comments on: The Basketball English To English Dictionary

By: latke

latke — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:11:12 +0000

By: Mike K. (KnickerBlogger)

Mike K. (KnickerBlogger) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:42:06 +0000

metsdan – I never knew that! Good to know.

By: metsdan

metsdan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:02:58 +0000

bill walton’s (or his awesome quotes) recurrence in the definitions is very appropriate. also, just a little thing – whole nine yards isn’t a sports reference. it’s from WWII, the ammo belts for fighter planes were 9 yards, so if you used all your ammo you went the whole nine yards…

By: Catsil

Catsil — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:56:40 +0000

Beast (n) – A player whose dunking abilities are three levels of magnitude better than his shooting.
“Tonight’s game matches up the soft Dirk Nowitzki and the beast Dwight Howard.” – Marv Albert.

Veteran (n) – A person with three years of experience.
“With Greg Oden on the sideline, the Portland turn to the veteran Brandon Roy.” – Portland color analysts.

Leadership (n) – The capacity to lead, guide or direct a team to achieve higher goals; or any player who’s been in the league for 10 seasons.
“The Denver Nuggets really misses the leadership of Mark Pope.” – Matthew Pope.

Distributor (n) – A point guard who can’t shoot.
“With Ginobili, Parker and Duncan on offense, Jacque Vaughn fits in the perfectly as the distributor.” – Bill Walton

Slasher (n) – A shooting guard who can’t shoot.
“With LeBron penetrating the defenses of opponents, the Cavs don’t need another the slasher Larry Hughes.” – Charles Barkley

Scrub (n) – Cannon fodder for insults and jokes, who still earns ten times your salary.
“What a blowout game! Look, the scrub DJ Mbenga checks in.” – Some basketball fan drinking beer with buddies

Uptempo (n) – An offensive scheme to hide defensive deficiencies.
“Alright, men! We’re going to play uptempo!” – Mark Iavaroni to the Grizzlies during halftime

By: MC Welk

MC Welk — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:38:14 +0000

Nah, lost in translation, I sniffing the glue. Look at hair. –AK 47

By: Sly Williams

Sly Williams — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:15:48 +0000

“Hey, what do I have to do to get my screen name in red letters?”

Put a link under website when you post, I believe.

By: Robert Horry's Agent

Robert Horry's Agent — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:06:10 +0000

“Winner (n) – A person that was lucky enough to play on a championship team. Today this usually applies to just about anyone who played with Tim Duncan or Shaquille O’Neal”

Come on– all those guys were lucky enough to play with Robert Horry.

“Without Robert Horry, Tim Duncan Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon would be ringless.” -Socrates

By: Siggy

Siggy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:13:25 +0000

A Top 5 Player (n) – The best player on his team, but when you actually run the numbers could be anywhere from Top 5 to Top 40.

“When Gilbert Arenas is right, he’s a Top 5 Player”

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:00:33 +0000

Max,

What is your point?

in·tan·gi·ble [in-tan-juh-buhl]
–adjective 1. not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
2. not definite or clear to the mind: intangible arguments.
3. (of an asset) existing only in connection with something else, as the goodwill of a business.

tan·gi·ble [tan-juh-buhl]
–adjective 1. capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
2. real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary: the tangible benefits of sunshine.
3. definite; not vague or elusive: no tangible grounds for suspicion.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:18:57 +0000

Real shame you don’t know what the words “intangible” and “tangible” mean and that you repeatedly use them incorrectly, LOL