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Would having a boner affect the center of gravity hence increasing the leverage against the spine putting the spine at risk?

Something to think about.

Wow, so different.

I don't think I could be able to half squat 140x5 with my 150 1RM.

By the way - where do you feel the "load" when you're doing the half squats? Like, do you feel the "knees" are loaded or the "hips" are loaded more? (yes, I know, very difficult to determine, but I definitely feel the knees loaded a heck-of-a-lot more than the hips)

Maybe he can't walk.

Maybe his locomotion method is bounding on the left leg only.

Btw scooby, maybe you should re-read what I wrote here:

http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/scooby-2011-journal/msg102681/?topicseen#msg102681

Yes but if you discover a potential problem you should try to solve it and see if your performance increases even more. That's how records are made.

Well there are a ton of factors at work. One of them is ankle dorsiflexion - you'll tend to jump better using the leg that has the better ankle dorsiflexion. Also, you'll tend to plant first the leg that has better quad strength/that you can pistol squat better onto. It also matters what kind of "hip control" you have on it, how well your body can extend using your arm (you can reach backwards with your right arm planting RL, but planting LR you just go "up" with your right arm which is a different movement).

And so on and so forth.

Personally, I think it's "natural" for right arm people to jump LR simply because that's the natural move going into a shot, and you also stay LR in the defensive stance position so that you can reach with your right arm forward.

So, assuming you're not already pre-programmed, being a right handed guy from an early age should in principle make you a LR planter.

I'll go the other way...I cant hoop in ANYTHING but a basketball shoe for reasons Raptor mentioned. Everything else deforms horribly. Not just on defense but on offense to...crossovers, spin moves, stepbacks...ive tried them all in running shoes and cant even go half speed without feeling like im rolling an ankle.

For the jumping aspect...i think 2 foot jumpers NEED ball shoes because our plants are almost never straight forward, our feet are usually 30-45 degrees off from center. One legged jumpers I can see jumping higher in running shoes as their normally lighter and the forces arent so much lateral as they are fore and aft. Ive been meaning to try some SLRVJs in my Nike Frees....hmmm.

Completely agree with everything.

I can "afford" to play in running shoes because I don't play "desperate basketball". As in - I just go straight forward or do a crossover at best, the rest of the time I pass the ball a lot and play "slow and thoughtful".

But if I were to go crazy in terms of speed and quickness (read - out of control) - then yeah, I'll probably have to play in GOOD basketball shoes. And the only good basketball shoe I have ever played in was the Kobe 6. I have Kobe 7s - impossible to play in. Kobe 8 - impossible (and have them half a number too small, so they're awful).