I have a feeling Saniya will end up starting over MoJeff.

[Icebear]

I hate when I say I am done, when I'm not....lol.

Stop the presses, Moore has a perfect jump shot. No, not a capital J (something you made up) but the classic jumper.

She initiates her shot from the hip. You said it has to start at the chin. Now she does bring the ball to her face and then extend her arms had wow....what form.

Chong does not have that classic jump shot. But it's a jump shot. You first called it a set shot, then a hybrid and now, I have no idea what you think she does.

Thanks for the video. I always love watching Moore shoot.

It's definitely a push shot. It has a history neither of us new. Hybrid was the only descriptive I could think of to cover the combination of upper body with the hop she and many others use.

Discovering the history of the push shot of Angelo "Hnak" Luisetti of Stanford and Jack Gray who played and later coached the Texas Longhorns and the mid 1930s use of it was very interesting. Angelo "Hank" Luisetti LINK was voted with George Mikan to be the two greatest balers of the first half of the century. He was the first to score 50 points in a game against Duquense and his team broke LIU 43 game unbeaten streak. His running push shot is really interesting because the shot is made lifting one leg high at the knee and with a hop off of the other enabling him to add distance to the one handed set shot. Interestingly the 30s is, also, the era of the birth of the classic jump shot whichever Christgaun credits to Ken Sailors in 1934 which is why although both the push shot and jump shot involved getting airborne that they were given different names. The two emerging techniques needed to be differentiated in reports and coaching. The 30s appears to be an era of real creativity in basketball shooting. Bill Sharman was well known as a user of the one handed push shot.

Luisetti's obituary LINK in the NY times in 2002 with an extensive amount of his basketball history.

 

[Bestiarius]

I call it a push shot, and nobody can argue with that, 'cause that's what I call it.

 

[VAMike23]

 

[meyers7]

It ended at 8:58.

 

[VAMike23]

It ended at 8:58.

It's just an excerpt.

 

[RadyLady]

You were starting to lose me until my interest was peaked with the mention of osso buco...yum.

Then you can just imagine how tedious some of the posts I was mocking can be...

 

[Wonkster]

I call it a push shot, and nobody can argue with that, 'cause that's what I call it.

Okay, but what do you call Occam's Razor - a Bic or a Schick?

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Okay, but what do you call Occam's Razor - a Bic or a Schick?

whichever is most pragmatic

 

[Bestiarius]

Okay, but what do you call Occam's Razor - a Bic or a Schick?

I call it a close shave of the facts.

 

[CCinCT]

I call it a close shave of the facts.

This thread has come within a whisker of becoming mind-numbing.

 

[Icebear]

Okay, but what do you call Occam's Razor - a Bic or a Schick?

Straight edge.

 

[chrissaran]

doggydaddy is right, it's a jump shot. It doesn't matter where it starts, and the fact that it goes in is what counts most.

 

[meyers7]

doggydaddy is right, it's a jump shot. It doesn't matter where it starts,

Oops, another one. Oh well.

and the fact that it goes in is what counts most.

Well you got that part right.

 

[Vowelguy]

Still thinking mojet is headed for the bench ?

 

[meyers7]

Still thinking mojet is headed for the bench ?

People of so little faith.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

So much for this thread.

 

[vtcwbuff]

The offense seems to just flow better when she's out there. I'm still not sold (and neither was Stanford) on MoJeff's shot. She can shoot layups mostly but teams will probably let her shoot and lay off her to defend the penetration.

On the other hand Saniya is bigger, almost as fast and is a much better shooter.

Most BY posters are too polite or too kind to mention this but - Jefferson 15 pts, 4 assists and no TO. Would you like ketchup or mustard with your crow.

 

[Zorro]

This thread has come within a whisker of becoming mind-numbing.

Maybe it is time to strop.

 

[Icebear]

Maybe it is time to strop.

Ouch, the cruelest cut of all.

 

[Zorro]

I hope that Kia doesn't read this thread and decide that Husky fans are too sharp to want to play in front of.

 

[UcMiami]

So let me think about this a minute - MoJeff has a bad start and misses her 3s so she should lose her starting position to Saniya - but wait, MoJeff has better defense (missed by most in the shot-gate hysteria) so maybe she should not lose her start to Saniya. But the game was under so much better control whilst she was at the point according to some so maybe she should start over MoJeff. No wait, it was Bria who held everyone together so she should start for both herself and MoJeff...O, and Stef was missing her 3-point shot so maybe she should be replaced with KML - but wait, she is injured so forget that Stef stays...no wait, Stef didn't have the stats that Kiah had, plus she is ALWAYS in the upper post and NEVER down low so maybe Kiah should start for her. KML even though she is fabulous was not getting open so she should lose her starting position to Morgan Tuck who was hitting her three's today. Morgan plays post so she could also start for Stef who as we mentioned spends way too much time at the top of the key. Banks, poor thing is rusty so she is off to OZ to borrow the Tin Man's oil can. Stewey, forget that she was MOP of the final four, she shouldn't start at all because she is a shadow of her former self so maybe Stef should start for her since Kiah would be starting for Stef...but then when KML comes back from injury who should she replace in the starting line-up? well, she wasn't getting open so maybe she shouldn't start at all until she can figure out how to out-fox those darn double teams, same with Stewey. Bria, since she was the only one of the starters who performed to fan's expectations should actually be the coach and Geno should be benched because he obviously doesn't know what he is doing and should stay home watching the games whilst playing Candyland with his grandchildren and dining on osso buco, washing it down with a fine red table wine. But if Bria is coaching she obviously cannot play so now we are in real trouble.

See how crazy this gets?

Maybe some of the team managers could help out...

Probably your best post ever!

 

[RadyLady]

LOL - thanks...

 

[Zorro]

And let's have no more of these barberous puns!