Bo Hamburger
Years ago

Slamball

Saw a game of this on cable in the US a few years ago, and was transfixed. It's a cartoonish/video game-like hybrid of basketball, ice hockey and trampolining, and (for me) was as entertaining as all get-out.

I thought it had died a whimpering death but apparently it's now on its way to Europe. The Europe site has a couple of great introductory videos here (13MB for the Quicktime, and 7.3MB for the WMV - but they're different from one another).

How soon can we get a league going here? And can you imagine DMT and Panther going at it, Slamball style?

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Skyhook  
Years ago

Well BO - if you can find a court that is decked out like that . IM IN !!! I would be happy to help you find sponsors too.

Looks like great fun. I like the fact they allow lots of contact.

Might have to tighten up those tramps if DMT and Panther were playing.

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XY  
Years ago


That is excellent!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

does anyone know if this available on bit torrents anywhere

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Anonymous  
Years ago

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Bo - e-mail them and ask what it would take to get it here. Perhaps give them a bit of history on yourself, former prefessional athelete (leave out the nasty stuff tho).

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Dr Bullshit  
Years ago

That is off tap, even an exhibition game would be so awesome.

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Bo Hamburger  
Years ago

What the clips show little of is how fast-paced and dramatic the overall game is: every possession is pretty much either an unbelievable dunk or a full-on, in-your-face rejection.

I'd also love for them to put out a DVD of some highlights, or a "Year in Review", or a Grand Final - just something, even if it's years old. It would make me a happy disgraced Danish cyclist.

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Moses Guthrie  
Years ago

Wow. See the guy break the courtside screen and get sent flying?!

Bring it on. Someone tell KB to try this one night at his pick up game comp. Even KG could get interested in this!!

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Reece  
Years ago

Slamball is the greatest thing known to man!

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Den-Fizzle  
Years ago

OMG that shit is so good

amazing i want 2 try it..... looks so fun so so fun

AND1 slamball thatz wat i want 2 c next lol


PEACE out ballers

ps Go Hard Or Go Home

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Reece  
Years ago

man ur gay

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nutter  
Years ago

omg dat shit is nuts did use no that ken carter (of da richmond high bball team or know as "coach carter" coachs rumble

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billo  
Years ago

They show a bit of Slamball on cable over here in the UK, been watching a fair bit of it lately. I'm pretty sure the stuff they're showing is from 2003 so I'm not sure if the league has moved on from there or not. They've got John Salley, Pat Croche and some girl as the hosts, Xavier McDaniel is a head coach of one of the teams, Kobe Bryant's dad Jellybean used to be (maybe still is) a coach too.

This weekend just been they showed the slam dunk contest along with a series of top 10s from the year, the dunk contest was insane, front flips through the legs, 360 double pump windmill through the legs, the options are so varied, it's genuinely like watching a real life version of that old classic NBA Jam.

The problem with developing the sport is obviously the highly specialised court they play on, also the potential for pretty serious injury means any insurance would an absolute nightmare. They do (did?)have a draft but to be honest I've no idea how this works as it's not a sport with a significant (or any?) lower competition from which to draw players.

From what I can gather most of the players are ex-college ball players not quite able to cut it in the pro leagues, good atheletes with natural flair but poor fundamentals.

While the play it up as being a serious sport with serious competition I think it's a 50/50 mixture between legitimate sport and sensationalised entertainment (for the record pro wrestling comes in at about 5/95 on my scale), but I don't think it's too far removed from the professional dodge-ball they show sometimes (which is hilarious conincedently).

It's undeniably entertaining to watch but after a while you get used to the big dunks and crave a purer form of the game. Nothing produced on the Slamball court can compare with seeing Vince jump over someone with no trampoline.

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Meaks  
Years ago

A mate of mine in the States was playing in one of the slam ball teams and his brother was the head coach before the TV rights werent picked up and the league folded!!! Its a pretty tight game and if you can get it over here im sure it would get out of control!!!

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