"athletic" "unathletic" - please define as these terms pertain to basketball

[pearl31]

nm

 

[bigmike]

Athletic - Getting to where you want to go (either laterally or vertically) faster than the other guy.

 

[kuethstheman]

Run faster, jump higher. Like you're wearing PF Flyers with the Action Wedge!

 

[kcsu]

Quicks, Hops, Speed

 

[KevMonstah]

A) Being able to beat your man one on one with an iso move or down the court on the break.
B) Being able to D up on a guy and not get blown by the majority of the time.

 

[OrangeDW]

Speed, lateral quickness, strength, jumping, hand eye coordination, then we get into things like explosiveness, timing, and smoothness.

I remember comparing Cooney to my college friend who was strong and fairly fast and could jump - but couldn’t jump off a diving board and catch a ball while in the air.

 

[donniesyracuse]

It's not that black or white

 

[OttoinGrotto]

It's about drive. It's about power. We stay hungry. We devour. Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours.

That's athletic.

 

[JustPherU]

If you can’t tell the difference I just don’t know how to explain it.Pretty obvious to anyone that watches basketball.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Every single player we have is athletic. Let’s get that perfectly clear.

How we use the words is all relative to a “baseline”. And that baseline is established through the overall pool of players in the chosen population. In our case, high level D1 bball.

edit- and of course, there is some subjectivity to this.

 

[721Comstock]

Every single player we have is athletic. Let’s get that perfectly clear.

How we use the words is all relative to a “baseline”. And that baseline is established through the overall pool of players in the chosen population. In our case, high level D1 bball.

Yeah, it's not like Joe, Buddy, Jimmy, or Cole wouldn't break the ankles of pretty much every poster here.

But - compared to other high P5-level hoopsters, none of these guys has the same physical gifts of speed, hops, quickness, etc. that many of our opponents do.

Our guys are average, at best. (and that's probably being generous)
Most of our opponents are above average (and some are elite) in the athleticism department.

Now - our guys have a lot of basketball skills.
Which helps offset that, to a degree.

 

[HOFCeluck]

It's the opposite of gritty, scrappy, and/or cerebral.

 

[NovaOrange]

Unathletic - me at 41
Athletic - anyone who currently plays a sport on a full ride

 

[cliftonparksufan]

It's the opposite of gritty, scrappy, and/or cerebral.

Or plucky or a gym rat. Lots of times their dads were coaches. Sometimes they can shoot the three well but can't take their man to the hole.

 

[Scooch]

Athletic:

Unathletic:

 

[Fly Rodder]

Yeah, it's not like Joe, Buddy, Jimmy, or Cole wouldn't break the ankles of pretty much every poster here.

Yeah, just look at what JGIII did to Cosby-Roundtree from the top of the key last night. That should have been illegal.

 

[pearl31]

If you can’t tell the difference I just don’t know how to explain it.Pretty obvious to anyone that watches basketball.

lol sure thing champ. why don't you humor us and define it then

 

[JustPherU]

lol sure thing champ. why don't you humor us and define it then

Ok Chief you talked me into it.
Watch a replay of last nights Syracuse game and that will give you the answer to which team is athletic and which team is not very athletic.
I don’t think it’s very hard to see one team was stronger and used that strength and jumping ability
to just completely dominate the less athletic team.

 

[Scooch]

Is this really supposed to be a good faith question?

How about this, in 2016 we got 30+ minutes a game from Gbinije, Richardson, Cooney and Roberson. Our current guys who are getting 30+ minutes/game are Buddy, Jimmy, Girard and Swider. Are any of the current four quicker or stronger than the crew from five years ago?

 

[721Comstock]

Ok Chief you talked me into it.
Watch a replay of last nights Syracuse game and that will give you the answer to which team is athletic and which team is not very athletic.
I don’t think it’s very hard to see one team was stronger and used that strength and jumping ability
to just completely dominate the less athletic team.

Is being down 4 points until 5:49 was left, and then being down only 6 (2 possessions) until there was under 4:30 left in the game, an example of just completely dominate the less athletic team ??

Yeah, Nova pulled away from that point on, and led by double digits for the last 4-ish minutes -
but I'd hardly call being in a nailbiter for the prior ~35 minutes domination.

 

[pearl31]

Is this really supposed to be a good faith question?

How about this, in 2016 we got 30+ minutes a game from Gbinije, Richardson, Cooney and Roberson. Our current guys who are getting 30+ minutes/game are Buddy, Jimmy, Girard and Swider. Are any of the current four quicker or stronger than the crew from five years ago?

there's no "faith" at all - I see the two terms bandied about in virtually every post on here I read, often in distinctly different context - I find them to be default/nebulous terms applied in an echo chamber sort of way, was hoping for some clearer definition

 

[NineOneSeven]

Is this really supposed to be a good faith question?

How about this, in 2016 we got 30+ minutes a game from Gbinije, Richardson, Cooney and Roberson. Our current guys who are getting 30+ minutes/game are Buddy, Jimmy, Girard and Swider. Are any of the current four quicker or stronger than the crew from five years ago?

We will always have Roberson's left handed cram at Duke.

 

[JustPherU]

Is being down 4 points until 5:49 was left, and then being down only 6 (2 possessions) until there was under 4:30 left in the game, an example of just completely dominate the less athletic team ??

Yeah, Nova pulled away from that point on, and led by double digits for the last 4-ish minutes -
but I'd hardly call being in a nailbiter for the prior ~35 minutes dominatiQuestion was about athletic vs unathletic.

Question was about athletic vs unathletic.
We were completely dominated on the boards by the much more athletic Wildcats.Game was in doubt for awhile but the athleticism of one team was apparent from jump street.

 

[miamicuse]

An athletic person can have sex in 12+ different positions, an unathletic person can do four positions. Oh in basketball...I was thinking hanging spinning baskets.

 

[pearl31]

Question was about athletic vs unathletic.
We were completely dominated on the boards by the much more athletic Wildcats.Game was in doubt for awhile but the athleticism of one team was apparent from jump street.

Cool. We're obv more athletic than Fl St then!