I just saw a video of Wembanyama dribbling between Bullock Jr.’s legs, and I’m kind of curious as to why a defensive player doesn’t just box out in this situation? It seems like less of a struggle to just turn your body and box out the offensive player, claiming the ball is now loose, and I was wondering if there is some NBA rule prohibiting this.

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      Your day been so bad that now you’re just trolling on Reddit? Tough. Good luck with what’s going on and I genuinely hope that your life gets better man. On a real note though;

      Yes, I have played basketball, I mainly do pickup after graduating HS, because A)I’m really not good enough to try to either make it a career or even do the 2-3x a day workouts required by most college athletics, and B)It’s a lot more enjoyable to play basketball for fun, so if some dude posters on me, or calls a foul on how I’ve played, I’m just able to laugh it off knowing that at the end of the day, we’re both going to be sore asf and feel that we’re the best player in the world.

      I have been nutmegged, multiple times, and that’s actually where the idea comes from. After it happened 2-3 times I realized that it was because my legs were too far apart, so I would start playing a ‘bait’ style where they’re even further, but at an angle so I’m in more of a position to get the ball. I have never done so in a college/professional situation, (b/c I suck) so the refs I would use it with never got paid enough to actually read the rule book.

      So I was asking more so If it’s legal, since I know parts of it are possible.

      Sorry your day sucked and now you’re trying to passively-aggressively take it out on strangers on the internet. Hope you have a better one tomorrow.

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        Lmao you sure I’m the one whose day is going bad? You wrote a book based on one comment. Guess I hit a nerve.

        Bro’s never been nutmegged before and it shows even more now.

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          I can tell from that long story he wrote that he’s never played ball before.

          Big “bags of sand” vibe he’s putting out. lol

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          Man has been megged so many times recently that he had to develop a strategy to defend against it lmao. You should leave him alone, I can’t imagine the embarrassment.

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        Bro wrote a one sentence joke lmao. It seems like you’re projecting a ton lol that’s such a wild reaction to a simple joke