The Fadeaway

[monosylab1k]

IMO, the prettiest shot in basketball.

Post videos of the best fadeaway shots.

And who had the greatest fadeaway? I'd actually go with Kobe over Jordan on this one.

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[rAm]

T-Mac?

[monosylab1k]

I know Wilt, Hakeem, & Malone all had great fadeaways but there's something about a smaller player like Kobe or Jordan shooting it that made the fadeaway just look awesome. Not sure what it is.

[JamStone]

Not all fadeaways, but plenty of them throughout the clip:



Pretty ones at 1:37 and 1:53.

[degenerate_gambler]

Jabbar's sky hook to me was the prettiest shot in basketball..

[monosylab1k]

if you want to go ugliest fadeaways, Dirk has one of the worst. That little one-legged hop back thing he does just looks as ungraceful as humanly possible. But it's effective.

[JamStone]

Couldn't find any youtube clips on it, but back in the day, Adrian Dantley had one of the more smoothest fadeaways in the game.

[monosylab1k]

Here's a clip of Jordan teaching some fadeaway technique. LOL at him bricking nearly all his shots.

[Medvedenko]

From what I saw in my days...Jordan, Kobe, a little Tmac. But MJ and KB made it an art form and a dangerous weapon.

[TheMACHINE]

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[The Nba Is Rigged]

if you want to go ugliest fadeaways, Dirk has one of the worst. That little one-legged hop back thing he does just looks as ungraceful as humanly possible. But it's effective.

Are you serious??

[monosylab1k]

Are you serious??

Dirk uses a few different fadeaways, but his one-legged hop fadeaway is butt ugly. I love Dirk but the majority of his game is just not easy on the eyes (except for the ball going into the basket).

[JMarkJohns]

Nash's is the ugliest.

[rAm]

Nash IS the ugliest

[MoSpur]

As much as I hate to admit it Karl Malone had one of the best fadeaways. Michael Jordan had the prettiest one though. Manu has one in his bag of tricks too. Its not that bad. Kobe has a nice one too. The Nigerian Nightmare had a nice one too. You couldn't defend that shot.

[monosylab1k]

The thing I love about Kobe's fadeaway is the leg kick. Not sure why, but the leg kick makes it look way cooler.

[MoSpur]

Hakeem would catch it on the low block and just turn around and make it.

[TheMACHINE]

The thing I love about Kobe's fadeaway is the leg kick. Not sure why, but the leg kick makes it look way cooler.

Also the way he pivots his feet to square his shoulders for the fade away is crazy.

[clambake]

Couldn't find any youtube clips on it, but back in the day, Adrian Dantley had one of the more smoothest fadeaways in the game.

this guy was silky smooth. good call.

[ChumpDumper]

if you want to go ugliest fadeaways, Dirk has one of the worst. That little one-legged hop back thing he does just looks as ungraceful as humanly possible. But it's effective.

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

[MoSpur]

Wilt was the one first ever known for that type of shot. Jordan perfected it and Kobe is close.

[himat]

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