09-13-2021, 01:45 PM
(09-13-2021, 01:10 PM)michaeltex Wrote: Maybe I'm wrong, but this was the point where the one-legged fadaway was born, or at least became a signature move for Dirk. After the GSW series in 2007, undersized defenders never seemed to bother Dirk as much unless they were cheap shotting him.
Nothing to talk about, right? So I'll be nitpicky. I don't think the one legged fade was born out of learning to deal with smaller defenders getting up under him. It was developed as he got older and was looking for another tool since he wasn't driving as much.
My memory, with no quotes to support it, is that conquoring problems with smaller defenders happened, like dealing with double teams, in the Avery era. Both became necessary at that time because he started posting up more under Avery. Pre-Avery, Dirk was in constant motion and didn't post up nearly as much, so he didn't run into the defenders underneath him and double teams much. Of course, going off of memory on things that happened 15 years ago, so there's that.
Quote:"Holger actually didn't like the shot at the beginning. It was kind of something I made up myself. Holger's big thing on shots is balance, and he didn't like the balance. But I started using it more and more. I was getting older, the driving and driving was getting less and less. It was a way to get a good shot up and get a good look. Less work and a better payoff.
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...r-decades/