{"id":411750,"date":"2022-11-18T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411750"},"modified":"2022-11-18T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:37:52","slug":"nbas-most-disrespectful-sign-too-small-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nbas-most-disrespectful-sign-too-small-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA&#8217;s Most Disrespectful Sign: &#8216;Too Small&#8217; Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt NBA is a game of strategy and talent which definitely requires a ton of hard work, but this game gives advantages to the ones with blessed heights.\u00a0In the NBA, where players are typically 6 feet 7 inches tall, a lot of strategies are based on size advantages\u2014or drawbacks, depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p>NBA clubs are sure to try to take advantage of these size-related imbalances on any given night. The remark &#8220;too small&#8221; is one of the most disrespectful forms of trash talk, and it often results from size-related mismatches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jose Alvarado hit Ja with the &quot;too small&quot; and Ja immediately answered back \ud83e\udd0f\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJcs1cSCFf\">pic.twitter.com\/PJcs1cSCFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1592691260573200384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Too Small&#8217; Taunt In NBA:\u00a0Origin Story<\/h2>\n<p>The taunt itself is rather simple to understand. To let everyone in the arena and everyone watching on television know that their opponent doesn&#8217;t measure up, a player who scores on a defence they believe is too little to stop them lowers a hand to the ground.<br \/>\nJa Morant is reportedly 6-foot-2, whereas Ose Alvarado is credited with a robust 6-foot height. The fact that neither Alvarado nor Morant tower over their rivals proves conclusively that the taunt itself is not solely about stature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Easy money for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDTrey5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KDTrey5<\/a> \ud83d\udcb0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/omqXPO92kX\">pic.twitter.com\/omqXPO92kX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/1506056645293522944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>6-foot-1 Even though Trae Young is not particularly tall compared to Jevon Carter (6 feet 1 inch), Young frequently uses the &#8220;too small&#8221; taunt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PJ Washington really called KD \u201cToo small.&quot; \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rzBWkKtUxy\">pic.twitter.com\/rzBWkKtUxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1508243008306647045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Considering everything, the taunt&#8217;s intended meaning could be best translated as &#8220;He can&#8217;t guard me; try someone bigger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ja hit Mudiay with the &quot;too small&quot; flex \ud83e\udd2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rWWSdfVQ3C\">pic.twitter.com\/rWWSdfVQ3C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1195553665634967553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The list of players who have used the &#8220;too little&#8221; slur includes a who&#8217;s who of NBA luminaries, though it&#8217;s unclear who exactly did it first. Back in January 2018, while still playing for the Thunder, Russell Westbrook made a variation of the taunt after completing a pass through Malik Monk&#8217;s contact.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russell Westbrook talks to the hand after posting-up Malik Monk: &quot;TOO SMALL!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PettyWarz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PettyWarz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thunder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thunder<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4EvquzJVOt\">pic.twitter.com\/4EvquzJVOt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carson Cunningham (@Carson_OKC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carson_OKC\/status\/952318181540065280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The best thing about this taunt is that it allows for plenty of personal interpretation on each player&#8217;s part. Players under the height of six feet five often bring it out, and it&#8217;s especially funny when they do it in spite of their physical disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEaWvj4Jk2g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/youngest-oldest-coaches-in-nba-from-joe-mazzulla-will-hardy-to-gregg-popovich\/\">Youngest &amp; Oldest Coaches In NBA: From Joe Mazzulla, Will Hardy To Gregg Popovich<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/what-are-nba-overtime-rules-explained\/\">What Are NBA Overtime Rules? 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