What's your favorite moves in the basketball court?

[Lebron232]

1. Tear drop shot. ( ala Tony Parker)
2. Fade-away jumper ( very effective againts smaller and less bulkier defender.)
3. Running One handed layup.
4. Reverse layup.
5. Pull up 3 pointer

I'll provide some video at the end of the month.

 

[mvblair2]

Are you talking about my favorite move to watch or my favorite move to do?

My favorite move to do is standing to one side of the basket (about two feet away) with nobody around me, jumping up like a salmon fish, and trying to bounce the ball off the backboard. That's definitely my favorite move to do.

My favorite move to watch has got to be a shot off the pick-and-roll.

 

[Lebron232]

Your favorite move to do on the basketball court. My Favorite move to watch are Hakeem's Dream shake, Michael Jordan's/Kobe Bryant's fade-away jumper, Steve Nash and Jason Kidd's No look Pass, LeBron's throw the hammer down, Manu's European sidestep, Tim Hardaway's crossover, Jabbar's Skyhook, Tony Parker's floater/Teardrop shot, and Duncan's bank shot,

 

[Phantim3dx2]

Are you talking about my favorite move to watch or my favorite move to do?

My favorite move to do is standing to one side of the basket (about two feet away) with nobody around me, jumping up like a salmon fish, and trying to bounce the ball off the backboard. That's definitely my favorite move to do.

My favorite move to watch has got to be a shot off the pick-and-roll.

matt you are so white

tear drops are beautiful to see, jsut beautiful

favorite move i do, is clutch moments on games and i back the defender(around the left corner of the free throw) then jsut chuck the ball to bank it..its such an ugly shot but it has gone in most of the time. i

 

[kerouac822]

Used to do finger-rolls a lot. Now, I'm practicing teardrop shots.

 

[Khalid802]

My favorite move to do is an off the glass fadeaway "a la Olajuwon"

Easier said than done especially when you've gained like 10 kilos/22 pounds over the last couple of years

 

[mvblair2]

My Favorite move to watch are Hakeem's Dream

That's a thing of beauty.

matt you are so white

Fundamentals, baby. It's all fundamentals. I can hit that two-foot banker at least 45% of the time.

Did I say two-foot? Man, that's probably a stretch for me...

 

[mvblair2]

Used to do finger-rolls a lot. Now, I'm practicing teardrop shots.

A finger-roll I can handle, but I will never be able to do a teardrop. I'm a bad shooter to begin with, but I'm also a terrible dribbler, so I can never face a defender and then have him back up...

 

[eindhow2]

Teardrop
Pull up - bank shot
Pull up - three
Spin - three

I can do a lot with the ball actually.. It's because I'm a PG so my arsenal of moves are about shooting and dribbling.. But it will be hard to make you guys believe coz no one in IBN has seen me play..yet..

 

[mvblair2]

I can do a lot with the ball actually.. It's because I'm a PG so my arsenal of moves are about shooting and dribbling.. But it will be hard to make you guys believe coz no one in IBN has seen me play..yet..

Well, we have no reason not to believe you, either. If we play one-on-one, just let me have more than 3 seconds in the lane. Then maybe I can get up a shot.

 

[b3lowzro2]

Mac Cardona's tear drop/baby hook. Its very hard to counter unless you're a ten feet wall standing direct in front of the hoop

 

[Test2]

720 between the legs dunk but now when I am injured - finger-roll

 

[eindhow2]

Well, we have no reason not to believe you, either. If we play one-on-one, just let me have more than 3 seconds in the lane. Then maybe I can get up a shot.

HAHA I''m not a one-on-one guy.. And you'll definitely want to pound the ball inside when I'm guarding because of me being vertically challenged.. I'm 5'4"..

 

[pomahnitali gnat2]

I have a few and I don't know if they have a name in english:

1. Zig-zag two-step - if I have a lazy and slow defender, this usually gets me behind his back. Also, in 1-on-2 situations, it usually confuses the defenders if they should should switch and I get through between them.
2. This one's a bit difficult to explain, it works best on taller defenders. If the defender has his left hand raised, I'll just reach with my right hand behind him as much as I can and throw the ball up from around his waist height. It usually pisses people off when I score like this.
3. Fadeaway hook shot.

 

[ddreamer2]

I always love to do the cross over move and doing it in perfection. I mean, teasing your defender to try to steal the ball and then make that cross over in the last possible time before he could steal the ball and leave him in the other side and make one step then bring the ball up, if there is a second-line defender, bring the ball down and make another step then make a reverse lay up. That would be a high light reel!!!

 

[pohani komarac2]

to do something i haven't saw on tv

 

[mvblair2]

HAHA I''m not a one-on-one guy.. And you'll definitely want to pound the ball inside when I'm guarding because of me being vertically challenged.. I'm 5'4"..

One of the best guys I ever played against was 5'2" in shoes. That guy could shoot, man.

2. This one's a bit difficult to explain, it works best on taller defenders. If the defender has his left hand raised, I'll just reach with my right hand behind him as much as I can and throw the ball up from around his waist height. It usually pisses people off when I score like this.

Do you shoot it "underhand" with your hand under the ball? Vlade Divac used to do something like that and it was a thing of beauty. Yes, it is very frustrating to defend.

 

[pomahnitali gnat2]

Do you shoot it "underhand" with your hand under the ball? Vlade Divac used to do something like that and it was a thing of beauty. Yes, it is very frustrating to defend.

Yes, underhand. It's really fun because it's usually in situations when I stop with the dribbling and the defender is standing close with his arms up thinking he's got me and that I'll try some impossible shot over him. Then I go under and they're like WTF

 

[Jeffie2]

Bank Shot

Bank Shot

The jump shot off the glass (bank shot) a la Scottie Pippen/Tim Duncan.

It is harder to master than you think, as peeps think you just have to aim for the glass at an angle.. I am working on it every pick-up game, because when I develop it, it is a very reliable shot & has a high-percentage to go in no matter how far you are from the basket.

 

[MD112]

one-legged fadeaway a la Nowitzki. Both to do and watch.
But i cant do it that well quite yet. The thing is, I dont mean to brag, but I have a pretty good shooting form and arch on my shots (appreciated even more considering i played mostly as a center throughout my school career), but with this move it mostly comes out flat. hopefully i'll be able to pull it out just fine with a little bit more practice.

my second favorite to watch is the dream shake. never bothered to do it, just a combination of a very special arsenal of post moves. not even a single move.

then the hook shot. when i was at elementary school i used to try doing this after my dad told me how to do it, but my hands were 2 small to palm the ball so i couldnt execute it that well. then a few years later pulled it off, but not half as elegantly as Cap used to.

then i like the... well, it doesnt have a specific name, just something i always fantasize about first, two guys run the pick and pop, the big guy picks, steps out, the small dude passes to him. the big guy fakes the shot, gets by the defender and passes the small dude off the shot (pretends to shoot but passes while in midair). the day i find a girl with whom i can do that i'll marry her