Get Up Eight Times

From TrueHoop:
Anyway, talk of posterizing, breaking ankles … that’s all about humiliation, and that’s absolutely a part of basketball. A big part of it.
And when it comes to using basketball to humilate your opponent, there is a certain scale. Shooting a jumper over someone is maybe a one. Beating someone to the hoop for a [...]

(Posted this originally on Yardbarker Backyard)
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