the fade away jump shot

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

Why havent more players perfected the fade away jump shot the way Jordan did? I am watching one of his early finals and all I see is him hitting one after another. The person defending cant do much to stop it. You would think guys would have grown up watching Jordan and this move would be more common.

[Dynasty]

Don't most high school and college coaches hate fade aways? The idea of moving away from the basket as you shoot violates some fundamentals.

[Taraz]

Because it's a hard shot to make. The whole point of shooting jumpers is to have a repeatable shot. If you're fading away from the basket, it's hard to get that fade the same way every time. You also need to be pretty athletic in order to get the right amount of elevation and strength to overcome the fact that you are falling away from the basket.

I think the reason many high school coaches don't like fadeaway shots is simply because little kids want to be like Jordan before learning any fundamentals. You can't really shoot a good fadeaway jumper before you learn to shoot a normal jump shot. That, and most kids just don't have the tools to make such a shot.

With all that said, if you're capable of any consistency with that shot you can be lethal.

[silver book]

KG has a nice kinda perfected the fade away short jumper from the post.

Similar question: Why does hardly anyone use a hook shot anymore. Havent they seen K.A.J play?

[kidcolin]

You have to be a really good player/athlete to use it consistently and not have it f up your normal jumper.

Off the top of my head, guys with good or great fade aways:
KG
'Sheed (mostly a baseline specialist)
Kobe
Wade (maybe I'm wrong here)
Bosh

[nycnyupoker]

Kobe and KG hands down, have the best fade-aways in the NBA at the moment.

Unless done right, the fade away does kill fundamentals, which is why most players are told to stay away from it, from an early age.

Forget the fade-away though, the basic pull up jump shot is going out the door right now. That, I dont get, its not too difficult to master, even though it may not have the flair of a cross-over dunk, ect, or anything else to that point, the jump shot is a lost art form now.

[Spellmen]

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You have to be a really good player/athlete to use it consistently and not have it f up your normal jumper.

Off the top of my head, guys with good or great fade aways:
KG
'Sheed (mostly a baseline specialist)
Kobe
Wade (maybe I'm wrong here)
Bosh

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IMO Wade is definitely on the list, although he obviously doesn't have the range of Kobe at the moment...he did completely rape Dallas with it though (the million FTs helped too)

[XXXNoahXXX]

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Similar question: Why does hardly anyone use a hook shot anymore. Havent they seen K.A.J play?

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I use the hook shot all the time. It's particularly amusing when I'm playing in the city or my gym with all black guys, because as if its not already obvious that I'm the only white guy, I then start taking hook shots.

I am left-handed, so when I come across the lane from right to left, get the ball, take a step, and then swoop around and go for the hook, the defender is like three feet from the ball. You never have to worry about it getting blocked, so you can keep your form pretty consistent.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Most guards don't ever learn to play from a post-up position like MJ did either. And big men usually aren't very good shooters.

[gusmahler]

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KG has a nice kinda perfected the fade away short jumper from the post.

Similar question: Why does hardly anyone use a hook shot anymore. Havent they seen K.A.J play?

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Not the sky hook, but Shaq and Oden both use a jump hook.