Has an NBA game/basketball game been played on grass?

[NauruDude]

I was thinking about it the other day if NBA game/basketball game has been played on grass. Hell even team handball has been played on grass (1936 Olympics in Berlin). But why is basketball never on grass? Who thought it would be funny to see basketball played inside on some light brown shit???

Personally I think it could help smart NBA players like Steve Nash-ty if NBA was on grass because then I think passing is easier. Also there can be puddles and wet game and wind and lots of funny effects.

Even if NBA is played inside I think there should always be some wind in the game to be more realistic. Have you ever played basketball and managed to make rain and wind evaporate? I havent. I sometimes take a towel with me to the ground to dry the ball after bouncin' it.

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[nathanjizzle]

this thread doesnt even deserve a post but, you obviously never dribbled a basketball in your life.

[Fazotronic]

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[LJJ]

I spent many a summer playing basketball on grass fields in the French countryside.

Short, thin grass on very hard and dry ground. It's far from perfect but still playable. If you love the game. It gets dusty and it's not as tight for movement, but the ball does bounce.

[KGMN]

this thread doesnt even deserve a post but, you obviously never dribbled a basketball in your life.
Tennis is sometimes played on grass, so I'm sure it's possible to play on it with a basketball, although I'm not sure what the point of doing so is (besides for the fun of it).

[hammer2010]

You smoke grass?

[creepingdeath]

You kept us waiting too long for another one of your quality threads. :applause:

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[NauruDude]

You kept us waiting too long for another one of your quality threads. :applause:

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What? I have to make new threads how often. I made this one: http://insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232383 7 minutes earlier so I hope I can get away with that. Not like I commited murder or anything.

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

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[DMV2]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

What about basketball on ice? Have they ever done that in Iceland? :lol

[DuMa]

it'll have to be wimbledon type grass. and yes i believe it will save a lot of players' knees.

[Theoo]

I was thinking about it the other day if NBA game/basketball game has been played on grass. Hell even team handball has been played on grass (1936 Olympics in Berlin). But why is basketball never on grass? Who thought it would be funny to see basketball played inside on some light brown shit???

Personally I think it could help smart NBA players like Steve Nash-ty if NBA was on grass because then I think passing is easier. Also there can be puddles and wet game and wind and lots of funny effects.

Even if NBA is played inside I think there should always be some wind in the game to be more realistic. Have you ever played basketball and managed to make rain and wind evaporate? I havent. I sometimes take a towel with me to the ground to dry the ball after bouncin' it.

http://images.free-extras.com/pics/g/grass-606.jpg
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A GOODS THINKING THREAD!!!

wtf is people to this thread the say these things : what the shit , a no think threads. WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THINK?? ok how many people the have a house inside with a basketball hoops inside houses WTF?! a many pepples yeah like a 3 people everyone play basketball out TO THE PARK!! OUTSIDE!! there grasssun and winds and rain.

i dont not understand either why there not many game to the outside in park grass and the things like that there outside. in there outside the SUN is put more energy to player man these have no sun ?? the see no sun in the playing game. a sun will have more energy and player like YAO MING dont always have injure. dwight howard and more player like big player have ENERGY to run alot fast and lebron even faser. that play outside will EXPOSE them superstar that cant not play REAL
basketballings: look:

in outside there are WIND that the player have be able only elite basketball shot player can shot with wind. durant win the outside H.O.R.S.E game he have obviuosly have that in the wind play basketball, durant i think will be the best in that outside basketball. i think theres alot of more people want that outside basketball to the grass or bark , that thre REAL basketball peoples :roll: many people here the have no think , no think that say these dumb therad. i think naurudude never make a thread post with thinking like these thread.

[PleezeBehave]

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What about basketball on ice? Have they ever done that in Iceland? :lol

Not much ice here now, actually. But yeah... we play basketball in rather icy or snowy court during winter. Wet, slippery and sometimes frozen ball... Cold hands, little to no feelings in your fingers... No problem. All for the love of the game.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

why don't you try dribbling a ball on grass?

[Kevin_Gamble]

This is brilliant. Maybe Oden will finally be injury free, playing on soft grass.

Jailblazers will return to prominence!

[ballerz]

Quality thread.

[ZaaaaaH]

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You smoke weed?

[T-Time3]

you ever heard of bask-ice ball ?

[NBAller]

:facepalm

[d.bball.guy]

Why is this thread rated 3 stars? BIGGEST FAIL EVER

[L.Kizzle]

Don't just stop at grass, we bringin b-ball straight to the ocean next.

We playin underwater in a 60 foot high aquarium. Substitutions every minute and a half for breathing.

[Positive]

A GOODS THINKING THREAD!!!

wtf is people to this thread the say these things : what the shit , a no think threads. WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THINK?? ok how many people the have a house inside with a basketball hoops inside houses WTF?! a many pepples yeah like a 3 people everyone play basketball out TO THE PARK!! OUTSIDE!! there grasssun and winds and rain.

i dont not understand either why there not many game to the outside in park grass and the things like that there outside. in there outside the SUN is put more energy to player man these have no sun ?? the see no sun in the playing game. a sun will have more energy and player like YAO MING dont always have injure. dwight howard and more player like big player have ENERGY to run alot fast and lebron even faser. that play outside will EXPOSE them superstar that cant not play REAL
basketballings: look:

in outside there are WIND that the player have be able only elite basketball shot player can shot with wind. durant win the outside H.O.R.S.E game he have obviuosly have that in the wind play basketball, durant i think will be the best in that outside basketball. i think theres alot of more people want that outside basketball to the grass or bark , that thre REAL basketball peoples :roll: many people here the have no think , no think that say these dumb therad. i think naurudude never make a thread post with thinking like these thread.

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[wally_world]

Yes actually.

I was sent as an exchange student to Xi An in China a long time ago, their basketball courts were on grass. Definitely a little harder to get the bounce right, but it's playable.

[NauruDude]

why don't you try dribbling a ball on grass?

Dude I live in the Haarlem of Iceland. If I go outside there is cop everywhere and they sometimes take bballs. Not gwan risk my bball for that.

[creepingdeath]

Dude I live in the Haarlem of Iceland. If I go outside there is cop everywhere and they sometimes take bballs. Not gwan risk my bball for that.
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[LJJ]

Dude I live in the Haarlem of Iceland. If I go outside there is cop everywhere and they sometimes take bballs. Not gwan risk my bball for that.

Haarlem is pretty tough.

[Butters]

Am i the only one who found a old abandoned court before?

You can play ball on short grass,gravel,or dirt.

Dirt would be more reasonable though.

[winwin]

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[NauruDude]

Report about Kevin Ware injury (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/03/31/louisvilles-kevin-ware-suffers-gruesome-leg-injury-players-emotional/2040609/)

Proof that basketball would be safer in the hands of grass.

[Pointguard]

You mean outside of Robert Parrish and Rasheed Wallace who play a lot while on grass? There was a concrete shortage in 1978 and heating unit people were on strike across the nation to boot. So they played games in Rucker Park and local football stadiums. David Thompson jumped so high while on weed, I mean grass, that he when he landed it created a crater in the court. Throw back hippie, Bill Walton fell in the crater and had a leg injury - from which he never recovered. Phil Jackson found Zen while on grass that year.

Hope you enjoyed "this Day in History"

[LikeABosh]

Why is tennis not played on ice?

[wally_world]

When i was in Xi An China for an exchange programme the school had a grass basketball court. It was surprisingly okay to play on, the grass is very short, kinda like Wimbledon. It cushions the bounce a bit but not too much that it will affect your game too much.

[InfiniteBaskets]

Why don't we just play basketball on sand? :confusedshrug:


Actually Wimbledon grass wouldn't be a bad idea from a pure "easier on the body" standpoint. But the cost of revamping the majority of the professional courts in the US would be a costly and probably unnecessary transition.

[pauk]

A GOODS THINKING THREAD!!!

wtf is people to this thread the say these things : what the shit , a no think threads. WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THINK?? ok how many people the have a house inside with a basketball hoops inside houses WTF?! a many pepples yeah like a 3 people everyone play basketball out TO THE PARK!! OUTSIDE!! there grasssun and winds and rain.

i dont not understand either why there not many game to the outside in park grass and the things like that there outside. in there outside the SUN is put more energy to player man these have no sun ?? the see no sun in the playing game. a sun will have more energy and player like YAO MING dont always have injure. dwight howard and more player like big player have ENERGY to run alot fast and lebron even faser. that play outside will EXPOSE them superstar that cant not play REAL
basketballings: look:

in outside there are WIND that the player have be able only elite basketball shot player can shot with wind. durant win the outside H.O.R.S.E game he have obviuosly have that in the wind play basketball, durant i think will be the best in that outside basketball. i think theres alot of more people want that outside basketball to the grass or bark , that thre REAL basketball peoples :roll: many people here the have no think , no think that say these dumb therad. i think naurudude never make a thread post with thinking like these thread.

This. :D

[Kblaze8855]

Ive played basketball on dirt/very very short grass plenty of times. We had backboards nailed to trees in clearings in the woods at times when I was a kid. Not ideal...but the game can be played.

No reason for an NBA game to be though.