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Finally. This is 100% the offseason talk im here for.

What’re the odds that at some point an NBA player getting serious minutes had a molly/LSD/psychedlic hangover at some point? I’d say it’s likely.

I played ball while on LSD before. It was very fun, but i can confidently say No. Are shots still possible? Yes. Did i make some? Yes.

It definitely depends on the dosage though. I was on a pretty heavy dose at the time. If you microdose, you might be able to play with minimal effects on your game, you just have to stay locked in. A microdose might actually help keeping you locked in.

But a heavy dose? Nah man, things are wavy as shit. Your mind is bending and warping. Keeping focus would be the main issue. Making an open shot shouldnt be too tough, but in a real game with everything moving as fast as it does, just pass the ball man lol.

I will say however.. if you can master being “in the zone”… a heavy dose trip while hooping would be some anime-grade level hype.

lebron in a playin game against the warriors in 2021 once said he saw 3 baskets, and decided to shoot in the middle one in an absolute deep clutch 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV84fmhpvek

I think taking acid during a game suggests that you’re pretty used to taking acid. So, I’d worry a bit about paying attention and stamina and defense and stuff, but it wouldn’t be that tough to make shots. Reading the scoreboard may be another matter.

All depends on the exact hallucinations they are experiencing.

Psychedelics?

Depends on how experienced they are with that specific psychedelic and the dose.

I was a professional touring musician for a long time. Back in the late 90s I played a show while on mushrooms. While I absolutely do not recommend it, and obviously playing music isn’t the same thing as being an athlete….I do think that at some point your body just relies on muscle memory when you’re doing something that long.

I’ma go with yes……if a pro NBA player has tripped before, said player could make shots while hallucinating

Imagine you’re playing basketball and you start hallucinating a bunch of bugs bunny characters playing with you or something

Would be awesome if somebody did this, played amazing, but couldn’t handle the media interviews at mid/post game

Id say unlikely but idk, curry made that one shot without looking so who knows

I played a game of street hockey once rolling on x. It was interesting. It wasn’t nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

Ben Simmons might play better on it honestly he might find the ball scary and throw it away and accidentally go in the hoop.

Depends on what type of hallucinations they are. They may or may not affect their depth perception. The hallucination could be fixated on the hoop and with muscle memory they could be able to make shots.

Also could depend whether they were drug induced or due to a mental health situation.

Someone in psychosis can be physically capable to a scary degree.

a few mma fighters stated they use shrooms/lsd during sparring and even in official fights. i’d think basketball players would be fine in low doses too.

yes

Is there any good footage on YouTube of people playing on shrooms or acid? That will give us some hints

I wanted to bash this thread, but then I peeked inside and I have to give op his flowers.

I can see it being very beneficial for something that is so mechanically heavy like pitching. Sprinting around a court playing defense against the best athletes in the world sounds like a nightmare.

Seems like the kind of thing we can figure out, team!

I’d personally kick in $50 toward paying some team’s 9th guy, still on his rookie deal, to gather some data for us

Who’s gonna get a kickstarter going?

Cam Thomas’s shot selection makes me think he was hallucinating many times

I played video games on acid a bunch of times. I was in God mode a couple times, I remember I had a teammate tell me they were taking notes while watching me play. Other times I was so faded I sunk into the back of my chair and afked the whole game.

So I’d say it could go either way, you could become incredible or you could just be so high you can’t function. I guess itd depend on the dose .

Ive played golf on shrooms a couple of times.  I played pretty well tbh.  So yeah, I bet an NBA player could easily make some shots while fucked up on drugs.  Hell, I bet an NBA player already has, looking at you Bill Walton.

On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a famous no-hitter against the San Diego Padres while allegedly tripping on LSD. Ellis later stated that he completely lost track of the days, took the psychedelic drug in another state, and realized he had to pitch only hours before game time.The inning to inning, and he sometimes could not clearly see the batter or the catcher.

So, maybe?

I know for a fact the Celtics were coked up in the 80s. 

(Yes… I know coke is very very different than a hallucinogen, I just wanted to share my fun fact)

I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn’t hit hard and never reached me.

Finally we have an explanation for the Horford Flinch

Sports and LSD can go hand and hand. Hallucinogenics are misunderstood. You exactly don’t see cartoons when you’re tripping. You are able to lock in and be totally in the moment.

People have been able to do wild stuff.

Give Steph curry lsd in the playoffs

I’ve hooped drunk as fuck before and I mean my shots still flicked alright and sometimes went in

I’m sure pros could shoot muscle memory just fine

They were dunking on 80s cocaine. Chris Mullin and Vin Baker were proper alcoholics yet made all NBA.  They can hit 2 open 3s while confronting ego death. 

I feel like a pitcher would still have the muscle memory and know the distance to make a throw to home plate as their positioning never changes.

A basketball player though could be anywhere on the floor, and they’d have to shoot with the precise amount of push needed to make a basket.

NFL players would likely be more successful in pulling this off. QB or WR specifically

That’s gonna vary by trip and depend on the dosage.

The nba was on cocaine during the 70s so why not

They’d believe they made all of them, even though it was a beach ball and a putt putt course. LSD is fun.

An MLB pitcher threw a no hitter on acid. I am sure a one off situation could end up with a player performing better than ever off some shrooms or something, but I don’t think it would happen all the time if it became regular.

LSD is a psychadelic not a deliriant.

So if someone took a huge portion of mushrooms, DMT, or LSD, sure. It is definitely possible they score.

If they do something like chug a couple bottles of Benadryl or eat some belladonna, no. They would be fighting invisible demons.