Where does " Droppin a Dime" come from.?

I asked this q before. All I got is that it is an assist. I know but why a Dime? Dime is 10 right...

Answers:

The term is an inner city slang. In the past, a phone call was a dime and not a quarter and thus the term "dropping a dime" meant calling someone. So when a player hookups with a teamate, he drops a dime.

Who will win it?

This phrase was created by probably the best play by play announcer in history, Chick Hearn. He was the play by play announcer for the Lakers for a very long time.

He also invented the phrases "Slam Dunk" and "Airball", along with many others.

What's next for the Chicago Bulls?

It means to make at phone call (from a pay phone) Pay phone cost much more but the expression is still around

Which top team has been given the worst assignment in the first round?

Drug dealers call a $10 bag of crack a dime.
Perhaps when a dealer passes the crack to the buyer, and the buyer takes it and "scores", it's compared to an "assist" in the NBA.

NBA jerseys?

its like it you drop a dime anyhere on the court a player can be running and stop right on the dime and shoot the ball. [ like steve nash ]

Can Steve Nash dunk like Baron Davis did over Kirilenko?

We measure on a scale of 1-10 a dime being worth 10 is considered a perfect pass. Drop a dime= Drop a perfect pass

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