Eastern Conference Playoffs - 2nd Round Discussion Thread

[cam21224]

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I thought i was the only weirdo out there. I'm right handed and when I play ball, I'm usually using my right hand for shooting, but then my left is more dominant on drives, lay ups and such.


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I'm a lefty but I'm a better shooter with my right hand so much so that shooting with my left hand throughout the years has started to look awkwardly like I was never a lefty to begin with.

[Checmate101]

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WTF!!! How did John hurt himself that badly?.... Basketball gods.... If you see this message. Please put a soft case on his wrist please!

Jeff Teague undercut him..yup I said it

but anway, I'm some kinda of hurt right now..always something with the Wizards..hopefully Bynum plays some instead of Temple, we need his scoring off the bench..

Hell, I'll send him my left hand if need be

[wwharton]

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I thought i was the only weirdo out there. I'm right handed and when I play ball, I'm usually using my right hand for shooting, but then my left is more dominant on drives, lay ups and such.


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I don't know if you (or cam) are like this, but Lebron is/was ambidextrous. That's how I was, and I don't know if I just ended up practicing more doing things with one hand or the other or things just change as you get older. I could even see how it's something you may not know about yourself bc you may not have had a reason to try. Sometimes if I write on a board I'll start with my right hand before I realize what I'm doing.

BTW, much better to write with the right and play sports with the left. I've got the worse of both worlds.

[ojandpizza]

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I'm right handed and love going to my left. Pull ups feel better, step backs, defenders at the rim play my right hand, I post on the left block, etc.


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[King_B_Mack]

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I don't know if you (or cam) are like this, but Lebron is/was ambidextrous. That's how I was, and I don't know if I just ended up practicing more doing things with one hand or the other or things just change as you get older. I could even see how it's something you may not know about yourself bc you may not have had a reason to try. Sometimes if I write on a board I'll start with my right hand before I realize what I'm doing.

BTW, much better to write with the right and play sports with the left. I've got the worse of both worlds.

Nope, my left is useless outside of playing basketball. I can't bat lefty when I play baseball, can't write, hold a spoon, snap my finger or none of that lefty. When I play bball though, it's just a natural feel to use my left for everything but jumpshooting.

[Boltman]

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I'm amphibious/ambidextrous, I jump into the ocean off the deck of my yacht using only my left leg.

Then I swim kick only using my right leg and go in circles, baffling all the oceanic Water Polo defenders.

[wwharton]

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I'm right handed and love going to my left. Pull ups feel better, step backs, defenders at the rim play my right hand, I post on the left block, etc.


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This is actually logical though.

Pull up/step back: easier to place the ball from your left hand firmly into the correct position in your right while going up for the shot. If dribbling with the right, there's a better chance of not having it in proper position.

Post on the left block: A pivot to the right puts your body between the defender and the ball and gives you a better angle for a shot.

Defenders play you to the right: because most people are right handed.

You learned well.

[OkayC]

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Im right handed with shooting and finishing, but growing up our backyard was small and weird shaped, so our basketball hoop was placed awkwardly to where we had more space on the left side of the hoop than the right. So im comfortable going left, whether its posting, driving or shooting. Butsince im right handed im just as comfortable going right.

[cam21224]

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I don't know if you (or cam) are like this, but Lebron is/was ambidextrous. That's how I was, and I don't know if I just ended up practicing more doing things with one hand or the other or things just change as you get older. I could even see how it's something you may not know about yourself bc you may not have had a reason to try. Sometimes if I write on a board I'll start with my right hand before I realize what I'm doing.

BTW, much better to write with the right and play sports with the left. I've got the worse of both worlds.

I write left handed, can also write some what decently right handed. I can bat, catch and throw with both but the more I learned with my right, the more comfortable I got with just using my right, I started just using my left as a decoy.

I'm only 5'6 but it comes in handy in the post being able to use the left if I'm forced too. Idk I just stuck to it, favorite place to post is the right block, step back right side, pull up right side, layup right hand, even when I go left I'll only lay the ball in with my right.

[Checmate101]

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Man, Still can't believe he out..and for the record, don't think he Teague undercut him, was just upset at the moment..Anyway, Still think we have a chance, folks just got to step up even more...Now them knowing he's not going to be there, should help them out instead of it becoming a shocker to them...annd I would like to see Hump come in an do Hump things..

BUT. I knew after game 2, if he wasn't playing that it was broke..This guy had so many injuries this year that went unnoticed, all to this swollen ankles,shoulder,headaches,thumbs,knee..and still pushed though, one of the toughest PG I've seen play..and for him to miss this game, a playoff game..had to be something..This Gilbert Arenas all over again for me..we have a shot at doing something special and our all star gets hurt.

[The 24th Letter]

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Stop derailing the dominant hand thread with your playoff talk

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I'm right handed as well and prefer driving to my left but for the life of me, I can't finish with my left hand.

There goes your Pack Scouting Report in case we play a game one day lol

[lilteapot]

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The wall injury just sucks big time. He was playing really good basketball and the wizards looked like they might actually win the series, and he's just so much fun to watch.

[ggsimmonds]

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I'm right handed as well and prefer driving to my left but for the life of me, I can't finish with my left hand.

There goes your Pack Scouting Report in case we play a game one day lol

Same here. Adding to that problem I am a 5'11 white boy with not so good hops. This leads to some crazy acrobatic layups because I can't finish with the left. But I am better driving to the left (initially).

On the Wall injury, it really sucks. I was worried when he said he felt like he broke it because he suffered the same injury before, but when they said x-rays were negative I breathed a sigh of relief.Then promptly panicked again when he missed game 2.

We could still take the series, but with a healthy Wall we could have went to the finals. With the injury we lose in the ECF.

[The 24th Letter]

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I'm right handed as well and prefer driving to my left but for the life of me, I can't finish with my left hand.

There goes your Pack Scouting Report in case we play a game one day lol

It'd be awesome if we could get a OS game up one day...

I'm ambidextrous, I shoot right handed though.....prefer to drive right....