I hear the term " dime " in many sports articles that I read and it's becoming more popular. 

Is it just a cliche word that fits anywhere?

 

Examples:

Steph Curry was dropping dimes.

Lebron James was dishing dimes. 

Tom Brady threw the perfect dime.

 

Am I just not cool enough to understand?

In basketball it means an assist. Not sure why it would be used in football.

Back in the day where I grew up it meant calling the cops.

Basketball - pretty assist

Football - perfect pass

Had to look it up. 

Robert parish bought a dime bag. Old school. 

10 minutes ago, deaknh03 said:

Robert parish bought a dime bag. Old school. 

Part of the All Ugly Team.

A-Jay

4 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Part of the All Ugly Team.

A-Jay

Willie Mcgee is on that team.

6 minutes ago, deaknh03 said:

Willie Mcgee is on that team.

DJ, McHale, Larry, Kite, they made Ainge look like a Movie Star.

A-Jay

I pick up dropped dimes. 250 dimes = 1 Vision 110

4 hours ago, Bird said:

Tom Brady threw the perfect dime.

 

Not just the perfect pass but put it in a "dime" size hole.

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

DJ, McHale, Larry, Kite, they made Ainge look like a Movie Star.

A-Jay

Ya'll are killing me with these responses, great players but physical beauty......maybe not. Lol

I’m think I’m out of touch.   I don’t understand anything in this thread.  To me a dime = 10 cents.   ?

Dime=perfect 10

 

Basketball it has always been assists. 
 

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

DJ, McHale, Larry, Kite, they made Ainge look like a Movie Star.

A-Jay

tyrone hill is the captain of the all ugly

A dime is the smallest coin. 
So In football if a pass is thrown to the smallest open spot that only the receiver can get it, that is called “dropping a dime” or “ putting it on a dime”

 

Don’t know anything about basketball. 

In fishing it would be like hitting a spot no bigger than a coffee cup. 
 

 

 

Mike

Back in the day a slider was often called a nickel or dime type slider. 

When throwing a slider the seems spinning on the ball at a high spin rate that made it look like a red dot to a hitter. A good slider was considered a dime slider because the dot was perceived to be dime size. A so-so one was the size of a nickel and often called a nickel curve.

23 hours ago, deaknh03 said:

Willie Mcgee is on that team.

One of my all time favorites

1 hour ago, BassNJake said:

One of my all time favorites

I agree, Willie was a big part of that 1982 defensive juggernaut " Cards ".

To do a dime is ten years in prison.  Now they let you out at two cents.

On 12/13/2021 at 4:56 PM, Catt said:

 

Not just the perfect pass but put it in a "dime" size hole.

Even I could do that with those deflated footballs he uses!