how could i play in the nba?
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Stop playing defense and work on street moves that mean absolutely nothing to the sanctity of the game except for highlight reel moves.  Throw away tapes of Bird, Johnson, Barkley and start following Iverson, Alston and Williams.
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well first of all it depends on what kind of league ur in.\nhead to head or rotiser. once you know that u gotta understand how to win in each. but these are some guidelines to drafting\n\nif your in the top 5 pick a star who you can ride throught the season. \n\nmake sure you get a quality Center as they are hard to come, and a quality pg. there are many of them, but some have horrible turnovers or fg percent and jack the 3 to much. so get a quality pg\n\nyou also need a flat out scorer like ray allen, redd, j-rich arena's the top scores will be taken, but someone who can put up 25 30 on any given night is key.\n\nremember you dont have to go in that order center pg scorer, just get the best possible person and look to take a chance like if you feel no will will pick up lets say mike bibby till the 4th round take him then, and get a better scorer. \n\nmost importantly remember this conversation\na steal in the nba is worth 10 points and a block is worth 7 points. i say this cause any person can average 30 to 20 points in a game, but the average steal is little less then 2, and blocks is little less then 3. so if you have lets say ak47 or ron artest who will get you like 1.5 steals and 2 blocks a game and still get you 20 points and 8 reboundsa i would take him him over a ray allen who gets you 26 points 3 threes and like 2 steals. \n\nand last pick players you like, i am a raptor fan and i hate what vince carter did to my team. so neva in the 3 years ive played fantasy have i traded for or drafted for that bitch carter.\n\nenjoy the season\nand then look for the best players availble.
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Shoot the basketball every day. Practice driving into the lane and laying the ball into the basket. Also practice your rebounding. Try to improve your vertical leap and quickness off the dribble. When you are in a basketball game, shoot the ball with confidence. Don't be thinking that you are going to miss your shot. Be thinking that the ball is going to go in the basket.
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Practice shots that you'd take in a game. Stand still, catch and shoot. Stand still, catch, dribble and shoot. Catch while on the move and shoot. Catch while on the move and fake or just go right into the dribble and then shoot. And, creating off of fakes (while a pivot foot is planted). Make sure you square up to the basket when shooting. Both feet should be pointing at the basket, and your body should square up to it. Make sure your power is coming from your legs, not your arms. Remember to follow-through on your shot. Practice like crazy. And be intense. Don't be lazy, work hard. If you half-heartedly practice getting shots off, they won't be very effective when a tough defender is near you in a real game
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shoot the ball 1000 times every day, work on your passing.  also you got to be smart, if your a shooting guard your probably smaller than most other players so you have to make up for your size by shooting and being smarter than the other players.
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I'll be frank with you: Don't bother unless you have a lot of scouts and college coaches hounding you right now. Most future pro players in any sport are usually spectacularly good at a young age. They show so much natural ability that even if they had an off-night, it would still carry them to a great game. If you find yourself singlehandedly blowing out basketball teams at the JV and Varsity level, there's a good chance you're going to the NBA. If you make basketball look easy, you're going to the NBA. If you're not painfully exceptional at your age, don't bother! Go study, learn a skill, it will pay off more than playing basketball all day trying to fulfill a stupid dream. I know people tell you not to give up your dream, blah blah blah, but come on. If you've ever coached young kids, you're well aware that there are rare exceptional talents that are born naturals, that learn fast.\n\nMoral of the story: Just play basketball for fun, and get your friends/teammates to do so too. Too many kids spoil a fun game because of the potential to make money in the NBA. My friends had such bad attitudes about basketball, and it ended up so that none of them even played community college ball. Unless the local newspaper is going gaga over you, don't even begin to get dreams of the NBA. Hard facts, have fun man...\n\nMight I suggest investing more time into football, baseball or maybe even soccer if you're not going to be tall? Basketball is a very size-discriminatory sport!
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Well, first of all, you have to be good at basketball, very good.  Once you've nailed that "small" requirement, the rest comes easily.
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Depending on the height of your teammates, you'll probably play forward or center. And depending on your teams offense, you might not even have a center.\n\nYou should practice:\n1) Posting-up\n2) After you catch the ball posting-up, try dribbling backwards and turning and shooting with the ball over your head.\n3) Practice hook shots and bank shots with both hands.\n4) Watch your feet and make sure you don't travel, many big guys under the hoop travel.\n5) Defensively, just keep your man away from the basket. Being able to block shots, block out for rebounds is an obvious plus.
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Play sports like basketball
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try www.eteamz.com\n\nalso, some other good leagues ive played in before are Hoopstars\n\nor u can get a team and go play in tournaments
142985
Ask someone who plays "extreme" basketball.
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esay, i play basketball at my high school. first be a good dribbler and a fast runner. also practice on the fakes, they work soo good, like the crossover. dribble between legs. \n\nall you got to do is: \nbe faster than the defender and learn the fakes and tricks. follow these and youll be scoring everytime
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You should do plenty of layups, make sure you can do it both right handed and left handed.  Do lateral side skips (as if you were defending someone)...actually, here's what you should do:  rent "Hoosiers" and you will see all the classic basketball drills when he's whipping the team into shape.  Those drills are still relevent today...if you do them, you will be better prepared for tryouts.  Or you could order the instructional videos at www.betterbasketball.com\n\nAs for endurance, if it's too cold to run, you could do jumping jacks for 20 minutes or more indoors.  Or skip rope.  Or you could get to the basketball gym early and run laps, or stay late and run laps.
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*Work on your freethrows(being down low you will get fouled a lot)\n*Work on quick feet(although you are big you need to be quick so you can move to the ball faster)\n*Take about 500-1000 mid-range jumpers a day(work on getting the right form, keep the ball above your chest)\n*Keep the ball low and work mostly on your off hand ball handles\n*Make sure you keep your pivot foot while spinning, and when you pump fake make sure you show a real shot fake, not that fake ball show.\n*Beat your man down the floor(again quick foot work), establish position early and don't give in to the man guarding you. Get deep into the post area.\n*Don't flop, don't dip into the defense, and go up STRONG no matter what.\n\n*THE BEST THING TO DO IS DO CARDIO, STRENGTH TRAINING, AND QUICKNESS DRILLS. ALSO DO A LOT OF CATCH AND SHOOT DOWN IN THE PAINT
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have fun with that. i live in america as a 6' sg/pg and shoot over 50% from 3. the most ive done is talk to a d2 coach or two. but fill out the ncaa clearinghouse info and just look on college websites and email coaches. that and make a video of yourself playing real games and send that to them.
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The first guy who answered was retarded. If you want to get better you must\nA.)Practice your jump shot. Copy Jordan's. You must be able to jump in the air then shoot. That will enable you to do more difficult things like turn arounds, and fade aways.\nB.)Practice your ball handling. It may not always be fun, but unless you are 6 foot 8 you will need superior ball handling skills. You need a crossover and to be able to dribble with both hands.\nC.)Your inside game. The left handed lay-up will give you an edge because you will be able to go left or right. Work on hook shots, and floaters as well. \nD.)You must play people better than you and be willing to get your butt spanked for a while before you will learn little tricks they do and eventually surpass them through practice and hard work.\nE.)You must be in great cardio shape. Which means running a lot. Sprinting makes you faster.\n\n*Here's a little trick. Notice which foot your defender has closest to you and drive in that direction. They have less time to adjust that way. It's less effective to drive the other way unless you're gonna pull up and fade away, or your defender is slower than you.
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Here is a website for the NBA Development League.  You will need to attend one of the tryouts.  The list of dates are on that page.\n\nhttp://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/2005_Tryouts-152194-95.html\n\nI just seen that those are last year tryouts.  I couldn't find the tryouts for this year.  There are phone numbers on that page to call and maybe they can help you.\n\nHere is the list of the lowest salaries in the NBA.\n\nhttp://www.insidehoops.com/minimum-nba-salary.shtml\n\nIt appears that if you get picked after attending the tryouts, you can expect to make at least $398,XXX a year.  If you they let you stay in there for 10 years, you will make a minimum of $1,XXX,XXX.   But if you are still making the minimum salary after 5 years, I say they will not keep you, they will let you go and move on to somebody else. \n\nhttp://www.nba.com/news/cap_040713.html\n\nThis site shows that the most a basketball player can make is about $40 million dollars.\n\nAs for job description, I would say you must be a well-rounded basketball player.  You must be good at everything, to an extent.   Just attend the tryouts and see if you get picked.  Pay close attention at the other players at the tryouts too.  If a lot of them are playing aggressive defense, then do just that.   Anyway, just attend the tryouts to see if you have what it takes.