Playing Basketball Cartoons and Comics

'Hey, hey, hey! Wait until I toss up the ball. I want a fair jump.'

"We beat the spread!"

'He's got a good attitude, and he's tall. But he's got to get into the weight room.'

'Here we go again... Dewey's personal life is interfering with his game.'

'He was a good coach. But hey, bottom line in this league? If you don't win, you get whacked.'

'Whoa! Cool your jets. You just learned to stand erect. We'll work on the crossover dribble later. Learning basketball is an evolutionary process.'

'Yo, Sid! Go get sheared. We're skins.'

'Now get out there and believe in yourselves! If you believe in yourselves, you can beat anyone!'

'No, Biffy! Get back here! Bad boy! Spit it out!'

'What?' 'You got him with an elbow.'

'I can't dunk.'

Maps to celebrities courtside seats

'Shall I box up the shoes, or does your son want to fly them home?'

'Jiggles is out for the season... he broke his funny bone.'

Banked on a college degree without an NBA career to fall back on.

'Dart night was a stupid idea.'

'Go ahead, Calvin. Get yourself killed. I've warned you a million times about dribbling in traffic.'

'... And when I came down with the rebound, I heard something snap like a twig. How bad is it?'

'Let's go home, coach. If God was going to intervene with a miracle and change the final score to save your job, it would have happened by now.'

Flagrant wedgie.

In Philip's recurring nightmare, he enters the game in front of a capacity crowd and a worldwide TV audience wearing basketball shorts from the 1980s.

'Billy! Set your homework aside and get down here. There's another basketball recruiter here to see you.'

Athletic Darwinism.

'I can't decide whether to pay my rent this month or go to the basketball game.'