The Fadeaway

[clambake]

I love it best when he uses it against six foot tall guards.

ouch!

[MoSpur]

Doesn't Sam Cassell have one too?

[MoSpur]

Or am I thinking of Gary Payton?

[ancestron]

I can't find good videos of it, but Sheed's fadeaway in the post is money.

I dont think I've ever seen him miss that shot.

[dirk4mvp]

Michael Finely back in the day.

[monosylab1k]

Michael Finely back in the day.

You can tell he studied Jordan big time when he was young.

Back in the day Finley could do it all. Drive & dunk, crossovers, pull up jumpers, catch-n-shoot, fadeaway.....he had it all. God that dude was such a bad ass.

[1Parker1]

Dirk's isn't pretty, but it's so interesting because A) It's usually effective and B) It's a 7-footer making them

[MoSpur]

Dirk's isn't pretty, but it's so interesting because A) It's usually effective and B) It's a 7-footer making them

Hakeem was seven feet tall and had a very pretty fadeaway.

[JamStone]

You can tell he studied Jordan big time when he was young.

Back in the day Finley could do it all. Drive & dunk, crossovers, pull up jumpers, catch-n-shoot, fadeaway.....he had it all. God that dude was such a bad ass.

Definitely. And, it should come to no surprise. Finley's a Chicago kid and earlier in his NBA career, he trained with Jordan's trainer, Tim Grover.

I have a friend who played college basketball and trained at the same gym in the summertime (don't remember the name), and he told me Finley had one of the more insane workout schedules in the summer, starting from 6 in the morning to late in the evening... in the summertime. I assume that's pretty much the same with a lot of NBA players. But, still, it was good to hear about a pro athlete with a great work ethic as opposed to a lot of the negative new stories with young pro athletes these days.

[tlongII]

Here's a great one.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yxUwvfBVweI

[stretch]

Hakeem was seven feet tall and had a very pretty fadeaway.

Hakeem was 6-10, 6-11 at best.

[MoSpur]

I'm pretty sure he was 7ft, but it doesn't matter. He was one of the best at fading away and shooting.

[JamStone]

Throughout his career, Hakeem was listed at different heights from 6-10 to 7-feet. I'm pretty sure he was closer to 6-10. But, does it really matter? He still played center and with his length and athleticism, he might as well have been 7 feet if not taller.

[Kobayagi]

Just thought I'd post two of the most memorable fadeaways in spurs history

[Pero]

That's just painful to watch.

[cornbread]

if you want to go ugliest fadeaways, Dirk has one of the worst.

I see ugly fadeaways everyday. I work at a gym and it seems like almost every kid thinks he is a 3 point specialist who has to fadeaway and kick one leg foward(kobe style) on every shot...even when there's no defender in the vicinity. It's actually kinda funny to watch.

[dirk4mvp]

Even though he's not trying to fadeaway when he shoots because it's his natural form, LeBron has a beautiful fade.

[san antonio spurs]

Vince carter and penny hardaway had the prettiest. Their leg kick, hang time and fade were just insane. Better than Kobe's I think

[himat]

Just thought I'd post two of the most memorable fadeaways in spurs history

More like a side-away


If D Fish didn't make the 0.4 shot that would be one of the greatest plays in Playoff history.

[m33p0]

you guys are talking about fadeaways and noone mentions kevin mchale who was automatic with that shot? crazy.