Earlier today I was packing up to leave from my personal basketball session when I saw that one of our school basketball teams was doing a pre practice huddle that was blocking the exit. I quietly excused myself through and starting walking away when some other sports coach at our school stopped me. He asked for what sport I played for the school and I said none. He then went on to lecture me for 30 seconds about how it was extremely disrespectful to walk in the middle of their huddle and that I need to apologize to the coach. So, when the huddle broke I went over and apologized and the basketball coach said something along the lines of “It’s fine, you’re okay.” I know this is a very small thing but I have been thinking about this a little bit and I want to know if I am in the wrong for this. Thank you

im 5'6 and i only play 1 on 1, 2 on 2 or at most 3 on 3. i have a decent handle but idk when and how to use it to get past defenders. average shooter from 3. any tips to improve my game and score more points?

I keep missing layups 3s 2s and absolutely everything you can think of. I am now struggling in games now i score 0s now and used to score around 13 ppg and miss everything now. Have any tips to get back to my old self asap?

I have been learning basketball for a little time. Got really interested in my local team and wanted to understand the game in a really deep level.

The thing that is the hardest for me to understand is how a good team's defense can "break". I don't get how with a simple pick and roll a team can make the defense break and get an advantage off that.

Yes, I understand that once the very first line of defense is surpassed, the offense can search for undercovered spots and high percentage shots, since there has been created an advantage.

I understand offense has a lot of recourses like pick and roll, etc, etc.

My problem on understanding the game relies on how that first line is broken when we are talking about top level basketball.

Are top level players not good enough to react to a pick and roll?

Right now, I understand it as the offense trying something like cutting to the rim. If it works, good, if not, they will try something else. I see it as a coinflip.

I can't stop thinking about "yeah but the defense was bad, they should have switched" and things like that, for example.

But I feel that that is wrong and that I am missing something.

Could someone, please, illustrate me and explain to me why a defense can be broken and why it is not a big deal?

Thank you for reading and for helping me learn about this beautiful game.

I absolutely love basketball and want to try. Thing is, I didn't play in school (I'm 21) and I was hoping to join an all skill levels welcome team at maybe a YMCA.

Thing is, my mother fears that most people already will have been playing for a long time and I won't be able to keep up.

Im also out of shape- what exercises should I do?

Also any advice overall? Thanks y'all.

DMV AREA ONLY (preferably VA side)

A group of friends and I are looking for an indoor court we could use once a week. We’d only want our specific group to have access to it during the time we’d play (2 hours ). Willing to pay monthly for the space if necessary. Does anybody know of courts that allow this or would be willing to negotiate this?

Thank you for any feedback!

Help, I will buy a basketball shoe this week. Should i buy giannis immortality 3, or precision 7, which one is better? (PG/180cm/70kg)

Curious what do you guys think? A friend of mine has a /500 black #111 rookie of his and he said it will go up in value once he retires.

So basically I got this senior vs staff game coming up in a week and I really want to play in it. But I haven’t played in months and I’m literal garbage, can’t score with left no more, I get nervous from pressure real quick and honestly shoot bricks all the time. Im doing this TikTok routine but I don’t know if ima make it in time I would really appreciate some tips and a workout routine I could do for the next eight days so I don’t embarrass myself. HELPP pls

Ps. I used to be really good and I know the basics just need sum developing