Basketball terms, in general, are easy to understand, but sometimes a word like “KEY” confuses a lot of us while we scratch our heads trying to figure out what that term means and what it has to do with the game. What is the key in basketball? The key in basketball is the rectangular shape … Read more
Often we see players who are attempting to score a basket draw contact at the same time. They hear the whistle blow and flex as the ball goes into the basket yelling and one. The ref doesn’t always blow the whistle in most cases unless it is an obvious foul. But when it does happen … Read more
Basketball is a team game which can have its moments where players go one on one against each other, basket after basket while the whole team stands there and watch. What is an ISO in basketball? In basketball the term ISO means isolation. This is when a player will go one-on-one with another player on … Read more
Bonus what the heck is a bonus? What does that have to do with basketball? Is that when a team scores over a hundred points in a game and everyone gets free pizza. What does bonus mean in basketball? The term bonus in basketball means when a team reaches a certain amount of fouls, the … Read more
It appears nowadays almost every player in the league has a nickname while on top of that basketball terms seem to be growing every year and are not actually a saying or made up but are in fact a statistic such as in the paint. What does in the paint mean in basketball? The term … Read more
What is the term wet in regards to basketball? No it doesn’t mean that a basketball player is drenched in sweat from playing basketball all day. The term wet means something completely different than that. What Does “Wet” mean in basketball? The term “Wet” is slang or a figure of speech in basketball, when a player … Read more
Many of us know basketball terminology but have no clue where terms may have come from or how they originated. Such is the case with the saying dropping dimes. What does dropping dimes mean in basketball? In basketball, the term dropping dimes refers to an assist, in which a player will make a pass to a teammate … Read more
There are many strategies to fouling in basketball when the game goes down to the wire. One term you hear often is a foul to give. What does this even mean? What is the strategy if any in this type of foul? What is a foul to give in basketball? The term a foul to … Read more
Basketball has many rules, and in those rules are many variations and terms. The up and down rule is not actually the rule, it is just used to describe what had happened in the play that resulted in a turnover in possession. What is an up and down in basketball? An up and down in … Read more
Mismatch, what are we talking about socks, an outfit. No, we are talking about basketball when a player is much taller than their opponent or much faster. But how is this used to a team’s advantage? What is a mismatch in basketball? A mismatch is a basketball I.Q. play used by a team which gives … Read more