OT: 12 yrs old and 6'10" - 8' rim

[Lucid]

Those French...

 

[MG44]

Damn it...I could have been a star if we had had an 8" league when I was a kid!

 

[NineOneSeven]

Kid should average 100 points a game.

Raise the rim.

 

[orangefog]

And the ball looks like a grapefruit.

 

[sufandu]

That's stupid.

 

[MikeDamone]

Why are 12 year olds playing on an 8 ft goal? That's for 5-6 year olds

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Why are 12 year olds playing on an 8 ft goal? That's for 5-6 year olds

And as said above, that's not close to the size of the ball they should be using either.

That is dumb.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

What .. let me expound...

What ...

 

[DaCuse]

Which team won?

 

[cuse10]

Why are 12 year olds playing on an 8 ft goal? That's for 5-6 year olds

Method used overseas to help refine your shooting technique. As you get older, the rim height goes up.

 

[asj410]

Is this real? I was laughing hysterically the entire time.

 

[two3zone]

Video is more embarrassing for him than a positive. Complete joke.

 

[sufandu]

Wouldn't it make more sense for him to play up an age group. I don't see how shooting on a rim that he can dunk on flat footed will help his technique. If anything, it seems like it would hurt it.

 

[Trueblue25]

I blame gmac

 

[RF2044]

Is this real? I was laughing hysterically the entire time.

Thought the same thing -- it is asinine to have a kid that tall playing against kids half his size, on an 8 foot hoop. Shame on the coaches / that league for not finding a better situation for both the 6-10 kid and the other kids in that league.

 

[OrangeTown]

Damn it...I could have been a star if we had had an 8" league when I was a kid!

We had an 8” league when I was 12. 30 years later, I’m still 7” short of being eligible.