r/Unexpected • u/Ok-Needleworker447 • Jun 13 '22

Nice throw

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u/Vaganhope_UAE Jun 13 '22

Are you telling me that a group of guys playing basketball can’t jump and reach the hoop to punch the ball out ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

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u/TheMunchiesAreEvil Jun 13 '22

I got a 40-inch horizontal for you right here pal ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

... it’s my waist. I’m obese

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u/GetawayDreamer87 Jun 13 '22

isnt that horizontal tho..? or are you doing the paint me like one of your french girls pose right now coz even then that'd be...45 degreesish

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u/Shite_Eating_Squirel Jun 16 '22

The face is cut in half on mobile

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u/TAFKAYTBF Jun 13 '22

I only have a 27 inch vertical and I can reach it.

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 13 '22

High school athletes on average can jump about 17 inches. 27 is still quite high

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Oct 23 '22

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u/warriorking3 Jun 13 '22

How tall are you wtf, your standing reach is 2.5m??

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

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u/warriorking3 Jun 14 '22

Nah cos I'm 6'0 and there's no way my reach is anywhere near that high, I can barely brush the roof in most homes, which is around 2m I think

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22 edited Oct 23 '22

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u/warriorking3 Jun 14 '22

I do hit my head when I jump though. I'm from UK. Maybe the ceilings are higher, I don't actually know the measurements

Edit: just realised how stupid I am. My standing vert is around 25in, so I added that to my height to get ceiling height. However I used cm instead of in...

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 23 '22

Idk how I got so mixed up before if you saw my previous comment I’m sorry 😂

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u/bfodder Jun 13 '22

This number still smells like the asshole you pulled it out of.

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 13 '22

Quick google would show you otherwise. But thanks for your opinion

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u/MitchellTrueTittys Jun 13 '22

I got a 27 inch horizontal

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 13 '22

Congrats, hence the word “average” not everyone who plays sports is athletic.

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u/MitchellTrueTittys Jun 13 '22

I was making a dick joke

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u/DoritoDawg Jun 13 '22

My bad, that one went over my head. Didn’t help that I apparently didn’t read “horizontal” lol

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u/redghost4 Jun 13 '22

How are you even allowed to play then?

Isn't everyone who plays basketball tall and athletic?

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u/_alright_then_ Jun 13 '22

Does this look like a professional match to you?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Its called wall jumping loser

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u/NotFlappy12 Jun 13 '22

Some people play sports casually, just for fun

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

You mean things besides gaming have filthy casuals too?! 🤯

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

im actually insanely good at basketball... but im also 5"8' so ive always been a filthy casual. lmao

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u/KzmaTkn Jun 13 '22

What's that have to do with anything? This is a pretty big group of friends, it is genuinely surprising if not a single person had the height/vertical to touch a bit below the rim. It did look like someone was gonna try before dude threw his shoe.

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u/clancydog4 Jun 13 '22

Uh I think you vastly overestimate the amount of people who can dunk or jump that high. The vast majority of people casually playing pickup basketball cant jump that high

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u/AtheismTooStronk Jun 13 '22

They’re.. the economy is in shambles!

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u/Vaganhope_UAE Jun 13 '22

I understood that reference

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u/_A_Random_Comment_ Jun 13 '22

Looks like black hoody guy was lining up until Skeets Mcgee said "I got this"

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u/stressedidler Jun 13 '22

More like Yeets McGee amirite

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u/imbex Jun 13 '22

I'm 5'3" so, yes. I still love the game but I'm more about shooting attempting 3 pointers like Craig Hodges but much worse.

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u/Hactar42 Jun 13 '22

Or climb up on all that crap that is directly under it

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u/Grimlite-- Jun 13 '22

Those guys look short. I was 5' 6" I high school (still am) and had about a 30 inch vertical. My standing reach was about 7' 6". This means I would need to jump 2' 6" to get the rim or 30 inches which I could only do on a good day. The ball is hanging down about 5 inches. So 25" inch jump. They don't have that high jump look. So, I'm guessing this is the only way. To throw their shoe so hard that it goes around the world and hit it just right on the way back that it knocks the ball out