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Originally Posted by candybar
Not only is it not a drop step
You don't know what a drop-step is - every one I posted was a drop step (1-step vertical) - that's the best way to quickly describe a drop-step and it's accurate.
If you have a better description and example of a drop-step - have at it... I'm waiting.
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Originally Posted by candybar
Like why are we even talking about this?
Maybe you think that every shot requires a running start but that isn't how basketball works.. Accordingly, we're having this discussion because Ant can't catch the ball and then take one step, and then do any of the finishes that were shown earlier - his power and shot-making ability from this common position is literally nothing compared to Jordan and honestly, many other players.....
And yes - catching the ball and taking a step and finishing is certainly a move and it's often called a drop-step... But you can call it whatever you want - "1-step vertical" is the most accurate and concise way to describe it..
Btw, whether you want to accept it or not - the gif shown above is MJ posting up and then doing a drop-step move into a hanging jumper - the drop-step is used to get more power and hang-time.. It's a common move among skilled bigs and post players but no perimeter player was anywhere near MJ at it..
That's one of the main reasons MJ is goat - he's the only perimeter player to play at a goat level on the post - he has the best post game of any perimeter player, by far.. The drop-step power is a part of it, but obviously his footwork and goat turnaround jumper are a big part too.
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Originally Posted by candybar
Are you going to post MJ running in a straight line next and talk about how amazing it is that MJ can run in a straight line?
Ant can't dominate in every way - only the "down hill" (ball-dominant) way...
We can tell this is true because the rare times that he does a post turnaround, everyone busts a nut because it isn't STANDARD..... or much of a "bag"..
It's literally a boring, ordinary, non-dominant post game that people are comparing to MJ... It's pretty funny... Where's his post baseline spin package, lol gtfo you guys are clueless.
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Originally Posted by candybar
Young MJ (by today's standards) pretty clearly didn't know how to shoot a jumper properly.
MJ made the most jumpshots that anyone ever made in a season in 1987.
You just don't know the game
Go youtube "michael jordan 1987" and tell me that guy couldn't shoot.... lol... He was the greatest 2-point jumpshooter ever by 1987.... And he always shot at today's standard from three when he had today's volume, but he didn't start taking threes above "bailout volume" until 1990.
Last edited by fallguy; 05-13-2024 at 07:39 PM.