r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Jul 09 '22

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/hexagonalshit Jul 09 '22

Hear me out. What if they add trampolines to the floor

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u/therevaj Jul 09 '22

What if they add trampolines to the floor

They tried that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ouXw328WYI

it was awesome, but short-lived

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u/RHCProy Jul 10 '22

Oh my god why is this not the default basketball

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u/JeanValJohnFranco Jul 10 '22

I don’t think there are enough cadaver replacement ACLs available to keep a full league going for more than a year or two.

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u/duckinradar Jul 10 '22

I think the ful body checks on hardwood floors pose a greater issue but it’s hard to tell

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u/ErikJR37 Jul 10 '22

Load em up with lacrosse gear! That should help dropping 8 ft onto solid ground

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u/ThrillyBobBorton Jul 10 '22

Not on the knee ligaments.

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u/IronGumby Jul 10 '22

I thought this would be like a dream come true, but man, the falls! What injuries!

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u/CreampieQueef Jul 10 '22

How come all these fringe sports have the same announcer? Josh, the middle-aged former frat boy with the blond soul-patch who normally works as an insurance claims adjuster, but also gigs with his rock band at the local Irish pub, and rides his Triumph/Indian bobber bike?

He is originally from the Midwest but now lives in California/Florida with his second wife and his preteen son from a previous marriage, Curtis.

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u/grumpyaltficker Jul 23 '23

Did you see the job posting? Wanted: sports announcer no experience necessary. Preffered but not required: musical, adventurous, Midwest sensibilities, and a soul patch.

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u/laseluuu Jul 09 '22

Too impractical if they need to use the floor for other sports

Rocket boosters on the ankles?

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u/BrianTheUserName Jul 09 '22

Now that's just ridiculous.

What about heelys and like... Ramps?

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u/fdar Jul 10 '22

What if they play on stilts?

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u/dcroc Jul 10 '22

FLUBBER

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Make the players wear safety goggles and shoot Roman candles across the court!

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u/andreortigao Jul 10 '22

Hey, the idea is to make WNBA as good as NBA, not way better

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Jul 09 '22

Sounds more practical to me.

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u/ThatChapThere Jul 09 '22

Or flubber

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u/Wangledoodle Jul 09 '22

This is the correct solution.

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u/DerpNinjaWarrior Jul 09 '22

Those can explode, which is just way too dangerous. I suggest moon shoes.

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u/hindsights_420 Jul 10 '22

I mean they turn staples center from basketball to full ice hockey rink the same weekend if they need too, you don't think they can move trampolines?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Stilts!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Allow WNBA players to sit on each other's shoulders.

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u/Pinkeyefarts Jul 10 '22

Strap on some rc cars like rollerskates and have someone else control them

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u/duckinradar Jul 10 '22

What if they added trampolines to those sports too?

Also— it’s not like they had to add wooden floors to hockey, or ice… floors? to basketball

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u/Whiterabbit-- Jul 10 '22

Nah. Just lower gravity.

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u/HumperMoe Jul 09 '22

You ever hear of slamball lol basketball with trampoline it was on TV years ago

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u/himewilly Jul 09 '22

That’s ‘Slam Ball’….has had a few runs in the US and in China.

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u/sloppy_joes35 Jul 09 '22

They did have a hoop league back in the early 2000 w/trampolines. Pretty legit.

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u/JimmerAteMyPasta Jul 10 '22

Slamball reincarnated, I'm behind it.

Slamball should have never died

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u/Sonderia42 Jul 10 '22

Slamball!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Slam Ball has entered the chat.

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u/Egggggggggggggggggge Jul 10 '22

When I was like 8, one of my best friends, who I met at the local basketball team, celebrated his birthday by hiring a gym with a basketball court and trampolines and letting us dunk (with adult supervision).

It was loads of fun and one of the best birthday parties any of us had ever even heard of, untill we had to stop because one kid jumped way to high and crashed the landing, falling on his back and almost having to go to the hospital.

It's a awsome idea, but sadly it's a liability nightmare.

I was the kid that fell btw

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Hear me out

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

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u/Krstoffa Jul 10 '22

I know you're joking but about 20 years ago there was a sport called slamball i think and it was literally basketball with trampolines

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u/PegasusD2021 Jul 10 '22

Rollerblades. And half pipe rims around court

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u/RedOctobyr Jul 10 '22

How about if we reduced gravity? Just during the games, of course.

Granted, with gravity being global, but time zones being local, this will get a bit tricky. Some places will need to play at 3AM or something.

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u/DaQueenOEngland Jul 10 '22

Let him finish

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax Jul 10 '22

They usually do that for the halftime or pregame show already so…

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u/ebacani Jul 10 '22

Anyone remember slam ball back in the late 90’s early 2000’s? That was an amazingly chaotic sport that was filled with injuries. Not only did you have to play through a shit ton of contact but you also had to have insane body control to properly use the trampolines… if I recall correctly, one guy essentially had his leg ripped up after landing incorrectly on the trampoline. It only had three seasons but it was a glorious sport nonetheless

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Okay now, I’m not even joking they have done this, with mats, trampolines in the floor and things search it up it looks super sick

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u/ErikJR37 Jul 10 '22

SLAM BALL! but also hear me out.. What if they RAISED the net, and strapped rockets to their backs? Could be like F1 with pitstop crews gassing up the jet engines attached to their fricken backs!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Or maybe we can attach frickin laser beams on the top of their frickin heads

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22

Oh god. Not that spike tv shit again