what's your favorite NBA move to imitate when you play?

[ralph_i_el]

Self explanatory. Whose game do you copy?

I gotta say, I love going triple-threat like Kobe. I like it when he drives to the hoop off the triple threat and changes up the lengths of his strides to confuse the defensive help. I'm a bad 3 point shooter, so focusing on the triple threat within 18ft prevents me from jacking up shots outside my reliable range.

I also go for baseline reverses a lot and I like to imagine AI when I go for it. How he'd jump and compact his body to take contact, and then put the ball off the glass with so much spin

Everybody hates an over-dribbler on their squad, so when I take someone off the dribble I try to limit it to working off the Tim Hardaway two-step. Between the legs to the left hand, hesitate, and then drive left or cross right into a drive.

My favorite pet move is the Steve Nash left handed bounce pass. I'm a righty and that confuses the heck out of defenders on the fastbreak.

I wish I could be out there right now putting in work but my car got rammed and my back is still sore


So yeah, who do YOU imitate? I'll look for .gifs of mine when I get off work

[SpanishACB]

the kobrick

[Rake2204]

My go-to face-up dribble move in the half-court is an in-and-out to cross. That's my killer in terms of freezing a defender, particularly if I get a little bit of a wind-up so I can approach the defense going slightly downhill.

I originally derived the move from Tim Hardaway's play against Hakeem Olajuwon (from the NBA Jam Session VHS), but I tend to do it with a little more urgency, as opposed to his butter smooth approach (and I don't do the spin and floater thereafter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQmIy1rZB0

This probably more closely represents the move I've lived on for years:

[riseagainst]

turnaround fadeaway 3's from half court.

[HALLandOATES]

Parker/nash no jump/wrong foot layup

Dirk wrong foot fader

Parker teardrop

[ralph_i_el]

turnaround fadeaway 3's from half court.

Its a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off.


For real through, I played pick up with my dad once and this dude could do nothing but 30 ft pull up 3's. Never tried to drive or create. If he had daylight behind the line, he was launching them...and making a decent amount.

[Rake2204]

Its a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off.


For real through, I played pick up with my dad once and this dude could do nothing but 30 ft pull up 3's. Never tried to drive or create. If he had daylight behind the line, he was launching them...and making a decent amount.

There's a lot of gunners out there like that. There's been a 6'6'' or 6'7'' 270lbs. guy in his mid-40's playing around our way for the past few years. He was a big man in DII then played some pro ball in South America. All he does now is rain from 25ft.+, whether he has daylight or not.

[ralph_i_el]

Parker/nash no jump/wrong foot layup

Dirk wrong foot fader

Parker teardrop

I think the wrong foot layup is a white boy thing. I end up doing it all the time because I'm not a good leaper anyways so the jump doesn't matter much. I have long arms and big hands so i'll go off the wrong foot and just do a little scoop+finger roll without gathering the ball with both hands.

[Le Shaqtus]

The patented LeBron forearm push off offensive foul to the basket.

Aptly named "The Barrel"

Or the Kobe 30 pump fakes draw foul maneuver.

People loving playing with me.

[Genaro]

Kobe's fadeaway. As I'm not very good at it I don't use too much of it, I usually go more often to the bank shot from mid rang like Wade or Pippen.

[Mr. Jabbar]

dribble-dribble pump fake-fade away 3; SWISH

[ralph_i_el]

The patented LeBron forearm push off offensive foul to the basket.

Aptly named "The Barrel"

Or the Kobe 30 pump fakes draw foul maneuver.

People loving playing with me.

Hahaha and after the game you sneak up behind them like bosh?

[fpliii]

Parker teardrop

This.

[iznogood]

My go-to face-up dribble move in the half-court is an in-and-out to cross. That's my killer in terms of freezing a defender, particularly if I get a little bit of a wind-up so I can approach the defense going slightly downhill.

I do this same move very often as well and I find it to be pretty effective as long as I'm not trying to pull it off too quick. I actually find out most of my dribble moves work better when I do it I bit slower then I could and give the defender some time to react to the first fake.

[Proctor]