Basketball

One straight forward meaning of " .... has soft touch" - you feel soft when you touch it. May be there are other meanings based on the context.

Downtown is CBD (commercial business district) of any city. It is the core commercial area of any city. Distance generally does not matter.

SG

Hi guys,

'He has a soft touch' means he does things in a gentle and careful way. For basketball, this would refer to how he handles the ball. It can also be used figuratively, eg he chaired the business meeting with a soft touch.

I don't know basketball, but I think downtown probably refers to 'near or under the basket'.

Best wishes,

Clive

I have zero knowledge about basket ball. In the context of Basket ball, my reply does not make any sense.

Please ignore it.

SG

Soft touch - means a knack for playing basketball in a certain style/technique.

Blessed with tremendous hands, he has the soft touch to put the ball in the hoop from anywhere on the court.

Guys,

This is from megayears of being a couch potato watchin' NBA games.

Someone having a soft touch : His shot when hitting the rim would often find its way into the hoop because the ball does not bounce hard off the rim; or the shot has a friendly spin that when touching the rim it gets into the hoop.

Shooting from downtown : Shooting from beyond the 3-point line.

Thanks for that useful information!

If these phrases refer to basketball, I would suggest that 'a soft touch' is a good sense of accuracy in shooting, and that 'going downtown' is approaching the opponent's basket, probably quite closely, as in a slam dunk.

Apparently, no one has been able to define "from downtown." The reason they say this is because NOBODY lives downtown. However, when someone makes a lay up (scores from merely inches from the basketball), they might say, "He took all the way home." Thus, if he shoots from "downtown," it couldn't be anywhere near 'home.' So, yes, "downtown" represents the 3-point line.

Hi,

Sorry, but 'NOBODY lives downtown' is a false premise.

In my city, and in plenty of others, lots of people live downtown.

Clive

In basketball jargon, "from downtown" means far from the basket, most often meaning from WELL beyond the three-point line.