I have to go with Baron Davis' move where he tosses the ball to himself behind his back as he's running down court with buddies. For some reason, the defenders get frozen almost every single time and it makes the 3 on 2 or 2 on 1 break a lot easier. I don't know why defenders get fooled by that. I guess because of shock. Their brains can't handle it. The other move I like is Jrich and Diogu's footwork. I wish both could have been tall enough for power forward and center play because their footwork is excellent IMO. Their move goes like this (and it's pretty standard among offensively talented low post scorers because of the limited amount of big man moves anyway). When both Diogu or Jrich drive down the middle to an open space, defenders suddenly move to get in front of the space they are trying to move to. Well, this prevents Diogu/Jrich from driving straight in and it's dangerous because they have the ball exposed if they're facing towards the defenders (and neither have reliable crossovers or behind the back moves like guards should have). So Diogu/Jrich turn their backs into the defender and keep the dribble live and protected. When Dioug/Jrich start feeling some contact on an certain side or angle of their body, that's when they terminate the dribble, and plant their lead pivot foot with their heel facing the opponent. They swing off the pivot foot and use their hip into a 360 right around the defender or they swing out in reverse, step back, and face up for a jump shot. It's hard for a weaker defender to challenge that shot because defense on a post guy is played up close and the pivot foot gives them a lot of space and angle to get off a shot just like the advantage of using a pivot foot in the triple threat position. Any defender risks violating the shooter's space and it could be a foul in the act of shooting if pump fakes are used or the defender leans into contest the shot while the shooter steps back. This move also stops weaker players from reacting quickly because they are stunned or knocked off balance for a split second by the bigger player's mass. That's why a physical game is more important than this fancy streetball dribbling or the fact 9 out of 10 times a guy like Murphy will always step back on the triple threat position because he can't crossover drive, spin, or post up very well. I mean a fast dribble can ward off with the free arm and use speed to play the angles, but a solid post up game gets those high % points, a better chance to play the angles, protects the ball better, and gets more chance of touch fouls IMO.
<div class="quote_poster">custodianrules2 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I have to go with Baron Davis' move where he tosses the ball to himself behind his back as he's running down court with buddies. For some reason, the defenders get frozen almost every single time and it makes the 3 on 2 or 2 on 1 break a lot easier. I don't know why defenders get fooled by that. I guess because of shock. Their brains can't handle it.</div>Its actually not that hard to see why they get fooled. Bdiddy is very crafty and they are expecting a behind the back pass so it freezes them. If they dont go for it, they run the risk of him actually passing the ball to Jrich for a monster slam.
The UTEP 2-step or Mullin's head fake to get a guy in the air, then jump into them to get a foul called? I miss those old days.
I like the Dunleavy '03 crossover behind the back dribble. Probably my only favorite Dun move before he became more one dimensional under Monty and we lost Dampier. LOL. When the Dungina has the ball and he's attacking in transition he looks pretty decent against other unathletic guys like Jamaal Tinsley. He looks especially sharp from the high post when he has somebody like Dampier to <lol> "catch" the ball and finish better than Foyle. He looks better than your average mediocre roleplayer when he's making hockey passes that lead to somebody else making the assist or going for the direct assist on rewarding the big guy inside. But Dunleavy isn't very good at drive and dish... he's not that quick. He's been able to smoke James Posey on two occasions where he got him on 1v1 isolations, but maybe the guy was gimped. Actually, I remember James Posey bit on Dunleavy's pump fakes... on two occasions... and dunleavy went right around him slashing baseline. Maybe Posey made the mistake of believing Dunleavy was an honest shooter.
