Playing 1's and 2's was so dumb. It's literally just saying "Hey let's make 3's

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May 16, 2019
12:30:00am

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worth 4 points instead of 3". That's it. Totally stupid.

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Time

What are the weirdest pick-up basketball rules you’ve seen?

coug719

5/15/19 11:04pm

Wall is out even on a regulation court with plenty of room under the basket.

byubyu

5/15/19 11:05pm

no offsides. like soccer offsides but in basketball

BlueFrog

5/15/19 11:07pm

Tell me you had someone wave an offsides flag...

coug719

5/15/19 11:20pm

WHAT???? Cherry picking is at the essence of pickup basketball!

mobomanjoe

5/16/19 5:21am

That's how mobo scores all his points

jaredm

5/16/19 6:02am

One of our house rules in our stake pick up games is that if there aren't 10 guys,

Clark Addison

5/16/19 5:54am

I've played by 1s with California people before, wonder how common it is. I will

palangi

5/15/19 11:09pm

1s and 2s or just ones?

cougarfann888

5/15/19 11:14pm

Just 1s

palangi

5/15/19 11:18pm

Playing 1's and 2's was so dumb. It's literally just saying "Hey let's make 3's

Game Changer

5/16/19 12:30am

It made sense when we were a lot younger

cougarfann888

5/16/19 12:37am

It's a small price to pay for people who suck at mental math.

supertux

5/16/19 5:46am

If you didn’t call a bank shot it was -2 points if you made it

the_byu_flash

5/15/19 11:18pm

Awesome

runnincoug

5/16/19 12:20am

I’m in favor of that. An accidental bank is getting rewarded for the equivalent

Duke Silver

5/16/19 12:36am

Shooting foul = 1 pt plus ball back. It was to prevent

Thrill

5/15/19 11:26pm

I had this one in our AZ church ball league. Thought it was the dumbest thing.

coug719

5/15/19 11:36pm

Fresno?

Natedog916

5/15/19 11:49pm

My friends and I played without out-of-bounds. Rarely called any fouls either,

Game Changer

5/16/19 12:32am

We play non stop but with subs. So much better than having to wait for a game to

runnincoug

5/16/19 12:41am

No blood no foul

Y2k

5/16/19 3:00am

Win by four points.

Awesome Blanket

5/16/19 5:24am

I like this in a competitive pick-up ball environment.

mobomanjoe

5/16/19 5:50am

Shorts and skins

Brutus216

5/16/19 6:01am

Ah, the mythical coed game.

CougarThug

5/16/19 6:36am

Call your own fouls... BYU intramural team vs Utah State Pen inmates

CougarThug

5/16/19 6:39am

When I was coaching I made up a game to emphasize the importance of intense but

downtownchrisbrown

5/16/19 9:05am

You would shoot up to 3 free throws if you made a basket. Also if you didn't get

David Lo Pan

5/16/19 9:10am

wait a second....

jaredm

5/16/19 9:58am

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