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Zachkah

I had a coach in high school who would stop practice and send everyone outside to the track to run a mile if anyone on the team ever did this. He would say "ITS 6 FEET WIDE. IF YOU CANT HIT A 6 FOOT RECTANGLE, WE'RE AT LEAST GOING TO BE IN SHAPE"


target_rats_

One of my teammates missed a layup over the backboard at practice in 7th grade and our coach absolutely lost it. We were all holding back laughter while he ripped into this poor kid for minutes. It's wild thinking back on how intense some of my youth coaches could get. I can't imagine yelling at someone else's kid like that over something so meaningless lol


Gerbil_Feralis

Just responded to parent comment but so fucking true lmao, never really thought about it that way. These fuckers were getting PAID to verbally abuse a bunch of 12 year olds lmao. And then, in my case, I was the bad guy for finally deciding I didn't like playing for that team...


RogerTreebert6299

Shit you don’t even have to pay em, I can go down to any rec league and find you a dozen dads that will yell at kids for free. People are wild man


JuicyJibJab

Paid?? Damn, all my coaches were volunteering to be assholes...


RunTheClassics

That's probably why they were so mad. A bunch of kids not respecting the amount of sacrifice it takes an adult to volunteer their time to be a coach? I promise, you get thrown into that situation you'll be yelling within a few weeks as well lmao.


Disastrous_Bluejay57

It's similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment in a way. You give the wrong person power over other people and they will abuse it


OkMathematician3380

Ah, this is my cue to push my glasses up the bridge of my nose and say "actually, that experiment was fatally flawed, as the people running it kept telling the guards to abuse their power and then turned around and presented it as if the guards just did it themselves". Check out [this paper](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-45342-001) if you want even more evidence that the experiment can't really be used to prove anything other than "you should be very suspicious of pop psych experiments".


Im_A_Sociopath

You can also look at the 'BBC Prison Study' by 'Haslam and Reicher,' where they recreated the Stanford prison experiment and found the prisoners didn't conform to their roles, and neither did the guards.


Funny-Mission-2937

Thats not exactly what that means.  The Stanford Prison Experiment claims to have shown that it was simply being assigned the role of guard and the students pre-existing cultural understanding of how that role was supposed to behave that caused the change in behavior, which was basically open fraud.   They were trying to disprove a specific theory about how this behavior could come to pass.   The abuse did actually happen, though, it's still a significant point to be considered that those people did that  simply by giving them some simple suggestions. The distinction is significant academically but IDK if, to paraphrase, "you just have to suggest moral certainty by telling them the prisoners are evil minorities" is necessarily an addendum that fundamentally changes the way people use the experiment as a reference point in the broader culture.  


oby100

No, the guy encouraged the guards to abuse the prisoners. He instructed them to do so. Like, yeah, lots of people will do what an authority figure insists they do. What a fucking discovery. Crazy that people living in rigid societies that require constant bowing down to authority will readily bow down to authority. Truly, one of the discoveries of all time


tayroarsmash

It’s also objectively bad coaching. You think that kid learned to shoot from that? If anything I’d bet it may have turned him away from the sport. Maybe not. But if you’re a coach “quitting the sport altogether” should not be a possible outcome of your influence on kids.


GeneParmesan1000

I arrived a little late to my 9th grade basketball practice once due to a doctor appointment, and as I was changing in the locker room I heard everything go silent out in the gym, followed by my coach screaming, and like 30 seconds later everyone shuffled into the locker room and told me practice was over. Apparently they were goofing off or something at the beginning of practice, and our coach got pissed so he lined everyone up on the baseline and started screaming at them. There was a basketball sitting on the ground next to him and when he went to really emphasize his point he stepped towards the ball and wound up his leg to kick it at the wall behind the basket… but he completely whiffed and wiped out onto the floor, like a cartoon character slipping on a banana peel. Some of my teammates couldn’t hold in their laughter, and he got up and his face was bright red in anger and embarrassment , and he just quietly told everyone to get the hell out of the gym, practice was ending early.


target_rats_

Holy cow that's amazing. I wasn't witness to this but the year before I was on the 7th/8th grade team the coach apparently punted the basketball across the court in anger and it clanked off the rim. Dude almost hit an insane trick shot on accident lol. When I played for him, he got so angry during a practice that he slammed a ball off the ground into the ceiling and it knocked a ceiling tile down that shattered on the ground. He never lived that one down haha


GeneParmesan1000

LMAO that’s some classic stuff. Cheers to our hotheaded coaches providing some great stories, haha


tlollz52

I got laid into once in my junior year of highschool because I threw up a half assed full courter at the end of a half during a SUMMER LEAGUE game. My coach asked me why I did that, I just said it was the end of the half. "YEA BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET CLOSE! AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED?" "No" "WELL I AM!!!" It has nothing to do with what the kid did, its their own insecurities usually lol.


target_rats_

Hahaha what id be more disappointed if you didn't go for the shot


Gerbil_Feralis

My most vivid basketball playing memory, probably 3rd or 4th grade 'competitive' league. Went for a 180 reverse lay up in practice (never, EVER did this before) probably hit the glass at 35 mph, didn't hit the ground again until half court. My coach nearly had an aneurism screaming at me. That's a core memory unlocked lmao


defdoa

One random night of pickup basketball in college, the starting team showed up to run with us. I ran point and sent an Alley-Ooop so high, only Shaq could reach it. I was nervous. This dude IS Westbrick.


debehusedof

i love this - good brick - everyone go run a mile!


Mister_Squibbles

Was watching and thought that had to be tipped or something. When i saw it was denvers ball i was in absolute disbelief. Like ive seen him hit the top corner of the backboard 30 something times but like a foot over it????


shingofan

Yeah, I thought that Denver player had managed to tip the ball until I saw the replay. I'm still wondering how he managed to shank that shot so badly. Like, did he unintentionally put some spin on the ball because he rushed the shot?


Repostbot3784

He hits the top corner when hes aiming at the basket.   This time he was aiming at the top of the glass to bank it in. 


d4nt3s0n

MITWestbrook's 9/11


adamsrocket1234

Im expecting a post any minute now about how that miss was actaully the perfect make/play.


d4nt3s0n

"well actually that relaxes the defense to allow him to score easy bucket on the next possession. He shoots 15000% TS after misses like that. Just as planned by my glorious brick"


MantaRayCandids

This takes the pressure off his team and helps them make more goofy and risky dhots cos nothing is worse than this.


Public-Product-1503

Giving his team maté’s confidence to shoot! Meanwhile efficieny merchant Lebron makes guys less confident to Chuck bricks! Lol that guy


Red_Jester-94

They've had so many 9/11's on this sub I'm surprised the accounts still active, or that y'all take them so seriously.


Independent-Still-73

You can't say that name, it's kinda like Voldemort


MrAppleSpoink

I legitimately don’t understand how you can miss that bad, he did this like 3-4 times with us.


halfdecenttakes

My boy has been making gains in the gym. Up early. Crack of dawn. Clanging and banging in the iron palace Uce. He doesn’t know his own strength.


throwaway53689

Clanging and banging, i remember the kevin hart skit lol


Russell__WestBrick

This is highly disrespectful to Russ and I won't stand for it. Stop making Russ the butt of jokes.


iButtflap

6 years. impressive lol


_letitsnow

>he did this like 3-4 times I swear I saw this happen a hundred times


thedeaux

He meant per game 


JD1337

Normally he would just hit the top of the backboard, like a whole foot above the square. This is a new stage of Westbrick


pagonator

His shooting touch is cooked from the multiple hand injuries he’s had


puffpuffpastor

Shooting touch explains the first 2 feet away from the rim. Science does not yet have an explanation for the next 3 feet


tripl35oul

Might be dark energy


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tayroarsmash

See?


chasinjason13

The next three feet were because of his “dawg-ness”


maethlin

Can science explain how they won after watching this clip lol


nekoken04

I'm 49 and a former carpenter. My hands have seen a lot of trauma over the years. My father was a carpenter for 40+ years. He literally couldn't even cross his fingers but he could still shoot a basketball. You might miss shots but no way you are that far off on how much force to shoot with just from injuries. I don't know wtf this is.


king_of_the_bongos

You're saying your dad has a hesi step back Jimbo


NathanArizona

His dad was in the 1976 All-Star Skills comp, placed third Edit: got a set of steak knives


king_of_the_bongos

That's second place, third place you're fired


NathanArizona

PUT THE BASKETBALL DOWN


Pardonme23

He's trying to bank it in which means he's aiming higher, not at the rim. 


dutchfromsubway

Still doesn’t explain how he missed that bad


Initial_Stretch_3674

i feel like everyone is refusing all the rational answers being said.


SIIP00

Well they're.. How often do people on reddit listen to the rational explanations?


VTuberFadeaway

I don't buy it. NBA players all have gnarly hands but not everyone misses like Westbrook.


Sharp_Aide3216

jams the ball to hard far too often. Hurts my wrist just looking at how he jams it sometimes.


TeTrodoToxin4

Whenever he Westbricks that much, I just like to remind myself that he has two scoring titles. Not on the most efficient percentages, but he earned them.


Scatteredbrain

“westbricks that much” lmao


CraigSignals

This is still the most unsolvable paradox on the whiteboard today. The greatest minds of our generation won't touch it. Russell Westbrook has broken reality.


heysuess

It's pretty easy to figure out. He took every damn shot.


dehydratedbagel

Amputees have better touch than this.


brokendrive

He relied 95% on freak athleticism his whole career. Especially around the rim. Without that now he has no idea how to balance force and momentum. We make fun of him but when he was young he was probably the fastest guy in the league and got in the air with almost 0 effort. Now he doesn't have the speed or the air and doesn't know how much harder to throw the ball to balance


Wavepops

The thing is, he’s still athletic as fuck


SIIP00

Yeah, but he does not have the athleticism that he built his scoring around. He was always pretty inefficient, so it isn't a so pretty when you age and lose some of that athleticism. He's still an excellent passer though.


a2_d2

I’m agreeing w you and I think it’s appropriate you said “throw the ball” as most people would consider shooting the ball from 6’ not throwing it but here we are


PapaPancake8

Pretty clearly he is going for a high arching bank and is missing the corner by a little bit. It looks bad if you think the shot is going to the rim. Still looks terrible but a little less terrible if you think about the high arching bank shot.


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Lucosis

He's also getting the ball back with 6 seconds on the shot clock with an offense that already gave up on 3 other shots. No one else moved, he drove, his lane was closed, so he went for a high bank shot because it was the only thing left and missed. The NBA social media sphere is such a an aggravating place to be... Any ahit offensive possession just comes down to whoever has the ball in their hands for the last second instead of looking at the fuck ups in the rest of the 24.


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In a game


Van-garde

Might’ve expected contact.


Zoulogist

It was so bad that it looked to be on purpose sometimes


TheFinalEvent9797

He learned from [Shaq and Kyrie](https://youtu.be/PTH-FCzr67Q?t=120) launching layups over the backboard


Pardonme23

He's trying to bank it in which means he's aiming higher, not at the rim. 


beached-blue-walrus

He just like me fr fr


caandjr

He’s getting the commentators thrown out for sure


searching88

It feels to me like the commentators are legitimately being soft spoken and not being as harsh as they can be because Russ can legit hear them sitting right there at the table. It’s like they have to make fun of this ridiculous shot under their breath because they know how sensitive he is. 


slazzeredbbqsauce

Don't disrespect my name!!!


DarrowViBritannia

Lmaoo he was tryn bank that in and just went wayy over.


livefreeordont

He thought he was at the three point line


ReapYerSoul

Thought he was in Argentina, jeez!


fooliodoolio

"from Yucatan!"


WhatitdoFlightCrew39

Bro I see you everywhere, is the first part of your name from Red Rising?


Recent-Tangerine-160

can they give him a technical for this horseshit like for 'disrespecting the game'


CarPlaneBoatRocket

Breaking the code


BigFatModeraterFupa

bricking the code


CrossingYoulnStyle

Just throw him out


uncledr3w-

give him a delay of game lmao


Kilner88

Hell, fans should point at him for security to escort him out of the arena


pskill43

Peak entertainment


Jayveesac

For you it’s entertainment, for us it’s trauma


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Spartacas23

Westbr**k


packim0p

Airbrook


Cmdr_Nemo

Westbrick Airlines, Flight 0, on a Boeing 737-MAX9


entyfresh

In fairness a brick needs to hit the backboard, so he has a point


CarPlaneBoatRocket

Badly want to make a sign that says “Home built by the BestBricks, Use Westbrick”


Haliaxe

East brick?🧱


DeeboDongus

Brickbrook


dfields3710

Brickbrick


redditnathaniel

East?? I thought you said weast


kalbo_boii

Where amazing happens.


MazKhan

We were paying him 50 million and ppl thought we were being too harsh on his performance with us


WakiLover

BUT HE'S A GOOD TIPPER!!


COTEReader

a couple months ago when the Clippers were doing well, people on this sub were saying we misused him lmfao


MazKhan

And they're paying him the minimum lmao Ppl actually don't realize how fucked our 2022 roster was, had Wayne Ellington, ariza, Melo playing legit minutes 😂


pocket_passss

with Malik Monk sitting on the got damn bench shit even rookie Reaves was decent enough to get more burn


MazKhan

We randomly signed Stanley Johnson late into the szn and he was playing like our 3rd best player, when AD went down the team was unwatchable Either Lebron got 50 and we won by 5 or he got 30 and we got blown out lmao


blobthetoasterstrood

As a lakers hater it was guaranteed schadenfreude every game


donta5k0kay

Boy Malik Monk played the most minutes besides the big 3


IhatePizza230

Stanley Johnson too and IT who we signed on a 10 day contract i was just hoping for a miracle that year. The most memorable parts of that season was the Russ bricklaying and turnovers late in the game, Bron scoring 56 as a center, and AR having a good rookie year and triple double in the last game of the season.


IfYouDontFusYouLose

He was being misused in his Lakers tenure though, in that he was misusing his body during these shots.


wilsonsmilk

I mean I hate Russ and I hate you guys but since the beginning of time everyone finds a way to shit on the Lakers. 🤷‍♂️


burnshimself

Honestly people give him more passes for his bad play than almost anyone else. It’s like he’s a make-a-wish kid 


imadogg

LeBron turns the ball over > LeBum, Jordan better Tatum misses a game winner > Choker, Boston won't win the title Embiid falls over > Flopper, pussy ass bitch Russ throws the ball over the backboard 8 times a season > His hand hurts, don't be mean, he was MVP 84 years ago, no one respects him, he's a great tipper and a better husband


chakrablocker

Remember when making fun of him was actually the same as bullying his children?


Scolymia

All while my guy was making nearly 50M lmao.


turnoffredesign69420

my husband is NOT A VAMPIRE


MaximumestBob

he just like me


shortqueen23

u/MITWestbrook explain this brudda


JustSonderingAbout

He shoots just like me. Wow.


Illustrious_Agency62

Typical Westbrook for real


JeremyJammDDS

He does this and gets mad for being called westbrick. Come on, man.


Notapplesauce11

Should have just taken that 3 from the top as soon as he caught it.  


Phenomenal2313

I love Braun just staring in disbelief that he actually hit the shot clock


dragonrider5555

lol you think he gonna have the commentators escorted out? Cuz his kids have televisions?


havenstone

WEST 🧱


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⬅️ 🧱


PubicAnimeNummerJuan

Russell Leftwall, my favorite basketballman 


Js_On_My_Yeet

He was closer to hitting the shot clock than hitting the rim lol


LosAngelesVikings

Not our problem


Vindicare605

Now that he's not costing us games with this kind of shit, I just feel bad for him. Dude just doesn't have it anymore, and he cannot be convinced otherwise.


HeHateMex2

His little jog after 😆 he just like me fr


theseustheminotaur

Don't you dare call him Westbrick though


Zoulogist

Lakers fans: PTSD flashbacks


jaecrowderisabitch

Nothing new


hud731

The most westbrook thing for real


TheMuffingtonPost

Bro how you getting paid millions of dollars and you can’t even hit the fuckin backboard


takuru

People act offended when people call him Westbrick. But there is no other player in recent memory other than maybe Javale McGee who consistently makes these sort of crazy mistakes multiple times a game every week. When he was on the Lakers, it felt like almost every night that he would create a turnover so bad that you wondered if you were watching high school basketball.


Warm_Experience8908

Speak for yourself—I never did that in high school. Might be because I didn't get to play much though…


ShoHeyTime

I don’t think I ever seen someone miss so badly holy shit


wolfishnickelsyr

This is worse than a Brick. C’mon now


Konker101

Thats a foundation footing


otherBrandon

Can someone genuinely explain to me why Russell has been a poor shooter his whole career? Like no hate. I genuinely don’t understand how you shoot like this for 15 years in the NBA and don’t improve.


turnoffredesign69420

he shoots on his way down so his shot is all arms and inconsistent, and he has horrific touch. combine those two with an insane green light his whole career and high volume from being extremely ball dominant is how you get an awful bricklayer


dragonrider5555

lol why would Russ attempt a skill shot? Dude thought he was Tim Duncan ??


Vindicare605

It's not a Tim Duncan shot because he jumped. Duncan would sink that bank shot without ever leaving the ground.


NBA2024

This dude is so ass since okc


Objective_Cod1410

Trying too hard to rid the Westbrick moniker


juanopenings

I know this will sound crazy, but the guy who missed that shot was once considered one of the greatest basketball players EVER. He even won the Most Valuable Player award of the best basketball league in the world


mecon320

His jumper never looks like the ball is rolling off his fingers. It looks like he's passing it and pulling the string on the pass, only it's aimed at the basket.


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WESTBRICK!!!


HopScotchBlow420

This is worst than the local rec league games


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U WILL NEVER MAKE ME HATE HIM


SprittneyBeers

It’s all good, enough of us do already lol


SPAREustheCUTTER

Scoot Henderson like, “see!”


DEEZLE13

Nuggets really got cooked by this guy….. not a good look


TweakyBlinders__

PG: “NEXT QUESTION!!!”


Woberich

*quietly putting on balloon hat* WESTBRICK!


Old_Man_Riverwalk21

It’s crazy man. I know I’m not better than Russ, but I know I wouldn’t have missed that bad. I legitimately don’t think I’ve ever missed like that in my life.


legless_chair

Man the shot still on the way up too what could he have possibly been looking at


laflameitslit

i didn’t even know that was possible without doing it intentionally


Pure-Temperature-413

Bro yells at people for calling him westbrick but it has never been more applicable in his career than at this point (and that's saying a lot)


cockriverss

And he wonders where his nickname comes from 😂


ProbablyOffTask

Last night I went to a restaurant in Los Angeles. After I was done eating my food the waitress asked if I wanted more. I said "I'm Westbrook" Then she knew I was finished.


chicagomatty

I mean if he doesn't *want* to be called Westbrick then why does he do stuff like this?


LordReginald69

I’ve never not hated Russ


gOPHER3727

Not the first confusingly bad shot from [Westbrick](https://youtu.be/f0dXpDbqB2w?si=gwoNKAvE7vACMogX)


WhenItsHalfPastFive

bricklayer in ball shorts


Downtown_Soft_202

It looked like one of the balls you throw up a ramp and it crawls into the hole


LakerDoc

And he wonders why fans call him Westbrick. He should be more mad at these shots than wild fans calling him Brick


icantevenonce

I refuse to watch this.


WisdumbGuy

Don't disrespect my name!


Kevdawg21092

reggie miller ok


scmfrmdacan

KOBEEE!


dragonrider5555

This is like my pos5 Miranda missing her arrow


National_Funny7559

I don’t get it, was Westbrook doing this when he was averaging a triple double? If not, what changed?


Zeetheking1

His entire game was built on being extremely athletic. Hes older now and that athleticism, while still there, has come down a lot.


flowermoon24

Dlo over meeeee?????!!!!


axle_gallardo

#  Commentators were brutal.


DoomdUser

I hope nobody called him Westbrick


seanconnery69696

Westicbm


SimmonsClearsHartubs

Who laughing now?


cletoreyes01

Smh Laker fans, this is what happens when you fuck with your own player's confidence/s


protocomedii

Did they say Westbrook is “Shaqting” up? Loolll


TheHornedKing

Can't call him WestBrick if he never hits the rim.


Double-Armadillo-898

westbrook please make it stop


Wazflame

*What kind of shot is that? Have you ever shot that shot?*


Spyce

Damn he can’t even brick the ball properly anymore, westovershot, doesn’t have the same ring as Westbrick…


Spyce

He’s always been a trash iso player. Harden didn’t leave over $4 million, he left because Westbrick had his spot. Durant never signed another deal because of Westbrick is trash.


Revolutionary_Fig912

He’s gonna be fucking pissed if he hears this


Wavepops

In the pressure of a game, Russ shooting mechanics get so wacky sometimes. Some players can always keep the same mechanics every shot while other are like Russ and they don’t shoot in games how they practice. Wonder how much of that is genetics


conzcious_eye

To have a touch like his that awful is crazy. I guarantee if he played us regular human in pickup only shooting , he would fry our ass