Player's signature moves (well-known and lesser-known)

[TheAnchorman]

We all know MJ's patented fadeaway or double pump reverse layup, Shaq's Black Tornado, Gervin's smooth finger roll, Kareem's skyhook, Nique's windmill, Bird's fallaway jumper and Magic's no-look pass (among many others). But what about other players that, although noticed for their greatness, don't have a move associated with them (at least in my mind)? Players that easily come to mind are Havlicek, Zeke, Ewing, Admiral, Cheeks, KJ, Tiny, Stockton, Malone, etc. I would say Pippen as well but from watching him I think his sweeping finger roll where he brings the ball over his head with one hand then sweeping it towards the basket and rolling it in is a move that just explains his grace in one fell swoop.

If any of those players I mentioned have a signature move that is obvious, feel free to flame me for it. Any other players that you wish to add to the discussion go ahead. I just want to know any single moves that you'd associate with any all-time great.

I am making a list, I know basketball nerd alert but I am done packing for college and I all I have to do is wait now.
MJ - fadeaway, double clutch reverse layup, leaner and tomahawk jam
Shaq - Black tornado
KG - shimmy to fadeaway, [then screams MOTHERF*CKER]
Hakeem - Dream Shake (+ all the counters)
Pippen - Sweeping finger roll
VC - 360 layups
Gervin - smooooooth finger roll
Kareem - skyhook
McHale - up and under post move
Clyde - gliding dunk/layup
Kobe - reverse dunk, Kobe crossover
Magic - no look pass, baby hook
Bird - fallaway jumper
Wilkins - windmill dunk
Wilt - finger roll from the post
Duncan - bank shot
Dr. J - one handed reverse layup, cradle dunk
Havlicek - steal the ball
Thomas - too damn complicated
Tiny - left-handed scoop/hook shot after going behind the back
Stockton - ???
Ewing - turnaround J
Admiral - two-handed behind the head dunk
Karl Malone - ???
Rodman - legs-flying all-over-the-place rebound :D
Moses Malone - ???
Maurice Cheeks - ???
Kevin Johnson - KJ's crossover
Gary Payton - 1/2 spin dribble
Shawn Kemp - ???
Tim Hardaway - UTEP 2 step
Ray Allen - Um... his flawless shot form?
Ron Artest - Getting in the stands ultra game-stopper move :D
Dirk - fadeaway
Yao - fadeaway although I am not convinced that is a go-to move
Pierce - one-step stepback pullup,
Kidd - ???
Barkley - ???
Lebron James - chasedown block
Rick Barry - underhand FT
Rondo - ball fake while driving
Ginobili - Euro step/two step
Wade - Euro step/two step
Rose - Push shot
Steve Smith - fake spin
Mutombo - finger wag after stuff
Rod Strickland - inside-out dribble
Tony Parker - crazy drunken motherf*cker that's gonna lay it on you on the break, floater
CP3 - floater
Terry Cummings - jab-step jumper
Van Exel - jerk dribble
Webber - 1 handed dribble post move
Porter - pounding drive + lob/hook shot
Cassell - elbow stepback
Vandeweghe - original stepback
Melo - jab-step J
Josh Smith - chasedown block
Big O - fadeaway (never saw him do this though)
Sam Jones - bank shot
Jamal Crawford - Shake n Bake
English - ???
Issel - ???
Iverson - crossover and/or stepback pullup, then walking over some poser guy with cornrows who had the NERVE to guard his MVP @ss.
Stackhouse - ???
Nash - one-legged fadeaway
Eddie Jones - 3 pt. layup
Mark Jackson - back down player at top of the key
Miller - drawing contact with legs on a shot
Penny - spin move from backing down
The Hawk - driving with one hand. One. Hand.
Dumars - ???
Sam Jones - bank shot
Jason Williams - elbow pass
Cousy - ???

Silly:
T-Mac - Getting injured
Lebron James - crab dribble
Chuck Hayes - worst FT ever (stop and shoot motion)
Duncan - Dragon kick scoop shot
Duncan - "WHAT THAT WASN'T A FOUL WTF ARE YOU SMOKING?!?"
Mario - fugly jumper
Howard - goaltending
Bruce Bowen - Karate Kick
Paul Pierce- worst actor in existence
Dwyane Wade - free throws
Ray Allen - elbowing someone's balls
McHale - clothesline
Laimbeer - fighting

[Killbot]

Hakeem: Dream Shake

[TheAnchorman]

Hakeem: Dream Shake
Yep, was too lazy to mention that. I guess I will also mention Duncan's bank shot, Kobe's cockback reverse dunk, Clyde's "gliding" dunks, Dr. J's one-handed reverse layup, McHale's up and under, etc. etc.

[rosonviyavong]

Hakeem: Dream Shake

Duncan: Bank shot
Drexler: Glide in the air fingerroll
Lebron: Crab Dribble

[glomb23]

Vince Carter's 360 layups

[Pharcyde]

Derrick Rose - "the push shot"

[KenneBell]

KG: Shimmy to fadeaway jumper.

[TheAnchorman]

Derrick Rose - "the push shot"
LOL explain.


KG: Shimmy to fadeaway jumper.
That is a very good one. I'm trying to figure out an archive of people's signature moves I am definitely adding that.

[gyu]

Dirk fadeaway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsezSLdYcik&feature=fvw

Yao fadeaway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpJRB3MjI4

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

T-Mac:

http://images.chron.com/blogs/franblinebury/mcgrady-concussion.JPG

j.k, Had to do it :)

[west]

Pierce:One dribble,step back jumper.
Rondo:His stupid fake but it work......

[gyu]

Pierce:One dribble,step back jumper.
Rondo:His stupid fake.......
I was just gonna say those.

Josh Smith and Rajon Rondo's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZBFbVqtxg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11byw7o1p3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJ2Ar-GWwQ&feature=related

[west]

KG spin move.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysyar8TJH6w
Sprewell:Two hand dunk.
Rick Barry:underhanded FT.

[DuMa]

Chuck Hayes' stop and shoot FT motion. you can duplicate that anywhere else folks

[Biddy77]

First of all...

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!!

For not mentioning Timmy's "Killer Crossover"/"UTEP Two-Step".

Having said that, and in no particular order...

-Steve Smith's 'fake spin'
-Alien (Sam Cassell) right handed spin/step-back jumper (usually from the elbow)
-Van Exel's 'jerk' (high dribble, body shake. defender frozen, no crossover needed.)
-Gary Payton's back-down dribble --> 1/2 spin dribble (also mastered by B-B-B-BILLUPS!)
-KJ's crossover (right to left, in front of the body--nothing fancy, but lightning quick, and he slammed the ball hard on the crossover)
-CWebb's one-handed post/drive. (right hand crab dribble backing up, turn to the lane, pick up the ball and hold it behind his head without touching it with his left. usually a dunk, sometimes a finger roll)
-Rod Strickland's 'inside-out' dribble. You know the one. Looks like a right-to-left crossover in front of the body, except he brings it back to the right--and usually leaves the defender frozen.
-Manu's step-through
-Tony Parker's dead-sprint where he takes crazy long strides coming at you, but also veers side-to-side like a drunk-ass... then lays it up and falls over. He does it just about every game. Wade and Manu both do it well, too. Jason Kidd has his own version, but he doesn't sell it quite as well.
-Terry Porter had a weird pounding drive that usually ended up with a lob/hook shot thing (bastard overhand layup with his arm way out to the side)
-Terry Cummings, catch, jab-step, jumper. 0 dribble. David West looks like a Cummings clone when he does it--it's a mirror of Terry's.
-Tim Duncan's "WHAT?! THAT WASN'T A FOUL! WHAT?! I DIDN'T TOUCH HIM!" look, where he makes gigantic bug eyes and throws his hands out to his sides, palms up, then runs in circles explaining to anyone who'll listen (ref, coach, assistant coach, scorekeeper, cheerleader, beer vendor, ball boy) that he has no idea what just got called.

The last one... I'm a huge fan of Timmy, but his less-talked about move that still qualified as a trademark was his dragon-kick scoop shot. He'd take off going at the basket, hold the ball two-handed with an underhand grip, kick off a defender (karate style), and make a scoop with his arm extended to the side away from the defender. How that s**t never got called, I have no idea. I used to watch a LOT of Golden State and Miami games when he was down there, and I can't count how many guys I saw catch Timmy's foot with their junk.

[Mikaiel]

LeBron : The Chase-down block

http://www.nba.com/media/cavaliers/lbj_chasedown_090318_11.jpg

[SayTownRy]

ginobili's argentinean two step / euro step :pimp:

[Pharcyde]

LOL explain.



25 seconds. The first one is a bastardized version as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTkktsPXPM
He has about 5 in there.

He has a couple others in some of these

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=spongyfungy&view=videos

[TheAnchorman]

First of all...

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!!

For not mentioning Timmy's "Killer Crossover"/"UTEP Two-Step".

Having said that, and in no particular order...

-Steve Smith's 'fake spin'
-Alien (Sam Cassell) right handed spin/step-back jumper (usually from the elbow)
-Van Exel's 'jerk' (high dribble, body shake. defender frozen, no crossover needed.)
-Gary Payton's back-down dribble --> 1/2 spin dribble (also mastered by B-B-B-BILLUPS!)
-KJ's crossover (right to left, in front of the body--nothing fancy, but lightning quick, and he slammed the ball hard on the crossover)
-CWebb's one-handed post/drive. (right hand crab dribble backing up, turn to the lane, pick up the ball and hold it behind his head without touching it with his left. usually a dunk, sometimes a finger roll)
-Rod Strickland's 'inside-out' dribble. You know the one. Looks like a right-to-left crossover in front of the body, except he brings it back to the right--and usually leaves the defender frozen.
-Manu's step-through
-Tony Parker's dead-sprint where he takes crazy long strides coming at you, but also veers side-to-side like a drunk-ass... then lays it up and falls over. He does it just about every game. Wade and Manu both do it well, too. Jason Kidd has his own version, but he doesn't sell it quite as well.
-Terry Porter had a weird pounding drive that usually ended up with a lob/hook shot thing (bastard overhand layup with his arm way out to the side)
-Terry Cummings, catch, jab-step, jumper. 0 dribble. David West looks like a Cummings clone when he does it--it's a mirror of Terry's.
-Tim Duncan's "WHAT?! THAT WASN'T A FOUL! WHAT?! I DIDN'T TOUCH HIM!" look, where he makes gigantic bug eyes and throws his hands out to his sides, palms up, then runs in circles explaining to anyone who'll listen (ref, coach, assistant coach, scorekeeper, chearleader, beer vendor, ball boy) that he has no idea what just got called.

The last one... I'm a huge fan of Timmy, but his less-talked about move that still qualified as a trademark was his dragon-kick scoop shot. He'd take off going at the basket, hold the ball two-handed with an underhand grip, kick off a defender (karate style), and make a scoop with his arm extended to the side away from the defender. How that s**t never got called, I have no idea. I used to watch a LOT of Golden State and Miami games when he was down there, and I can't count how many guys I saw catch Timmy's foot with their junk.
It probably took a while for you to make that post so I'll let it slide, but I added his UTEP Two Step ages ago, in my first edit in fact. Good post though, thanks for the input.

[Abraham Lincoln]

Kevin Johnson's lightning quick spin move/pushoff/arm hook (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4aT_gXAuE#t=0m29s) & Wilt Chamberlain's elegant and breathtaking finger roll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaaWpt3qDc#t=5m36s).

[west]

Jason Williams:Elbow pass.
Marion:His jumper.
Howard:goal tending

[ShaqAttack3234]

Wilt Chamberlain's elegant and breathtaking finger roll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaaWpt3qDc#t=5m36s).

:cheers:


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Abraham Lincoln again.


Wilt's finger roll was awesome. He also had a great fadeaway which he seemed to bank in a lot.

Edit: Shaq also had a one-handed jumper he went to a lot.

[phoenix18]

Oscar Robertson's Fadeaway.

[OneMoreSucka]

Carmelo Anthony's jab step/pull up J.

[angelv05]

Kobe also has the "Kobe Crossover". You know what I'm talking about. SI Magazine taught me how to do it a long time ago.

[MTing]

Kidd=No look passes

[Da KO King]

Kiki Vandeweghe was the driving force behind the popularity of the step-back move.

Isiah Thomas' favorite moves were a bit too complicated to explain without visuals.

[Mikaiel]

And of course my contribution (LeBron - chase down block) gets ignored. I forgot no one gave a **** about defense :banghead: :rant :rant :rant

[gyu]

And of course my contribution (LeBron - chase down block) gets ignored. I forgot no one gave a **** about defense :banghead: :rant :rant :rant
I guess you ignored my post :rant

[TheAnchorman]

Edited, hold your horses. I'm surprised no one here has stepped up to tell me of some old-school sig moves, apparently Havlicek still doesn't have any, and he is one player I'm really curious about as I don't know much about him except his stats/accomplishments/clutch play.

Also, I guess I am putting in "weak side/help defense block" for Bill Russell? Because he popularized that concept when he came into the league.

[BrilliantLegacy]

Jamal Crawford - Shake and Bake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvSZx-iyziQ

Lebron - King dunk?

Paul Pierce - The art of a drama queen
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6080583,00.jpg

Bruce Bowen - Karate Kick
http://lowposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bowen_kick.jpg

[TheAnchorman]

Done. And WTH is a king dunk? That basic tomahawk he's been doing since the dawn of time?

[Biddy77]

Edited, hold your horses. I'm surprised no one here has stepped up to tell me of some old-school sig moves, apparently Havlicek still doesn't have any, and he is one player I'm really curious about as I don't know much about him except his stats/accomplishments/clutch play.

Also, I guess I am putting in "weak side/help defense block" for Bill Russell? Because he popularized that concept when he came into the league.

Here's an old school set:

-Tiny Archibald going around his back from left to right, then picking up the ball with his right hand and swinging it back accross his body to do a left handed scoop/hook (he was left handed)
-Connie Hawkins routinely driving without touching the ball with his left hand at all. He would pick up the ball and swing it behind him and then up and over (like a windmill) to get it into layup position, or palm it and reach out in front of him around waist-high to scoop/finger roll it.

These guys were both well ahead of my time, but I had a coach during high school who hooked me up with a lot of old recordings, so I got the priviledge of watching them a bit.

[BrilliantLegacy]

Earl Watson - between the leg pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyv9GPZAxU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2JFmtP9FuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6QpWJtuJ48
http://athletelookalikes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/watson_howardduck.jpg

[BrilliantLegacy]

Done. And WTH is a king dunk? That basic tomahawk he's been doing since the dawn of time?
I think so.

[gyu]

Tracy McGrady pass off the backboard dunk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVvIbl_IqxI

[phoenix18]

Big O - fadeaway (never saw him do this though)
Iverson - ???



Iverson? It cannot be that hard. Big O's fade is on Youtube actually.
Look at 57 secs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecgwZVnvPIc)

[baller693]

Shaq using his elbows and still getting the call for a foul haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3FXLyNFew

[sixer6ad]

KG: Shimmy to fadeaway jumper.

Followed by screaming Mot*** ****er to everyone in the arena.

[Doranku]

I feel that Tony Parker's floater should be mentioned.

Also Jordan's one/two dribble, stop on a dime pull up jumper (thread about it recently). Kobe does it too, but Jordan was obviously the creator.

Havlicek -Steal the ball? :lol

[john_d]

Eddie Jones : 3pt line layup... that was fantastic

hmmmm... who's sig move is the up and downer.

[chitownsfinest]

Mark Jackson- Backing down a player at the top of the key

Reggie Miller- Trying to purposely draw contact with his legs out while shooting a three to draw a foul. Many players do it today, but he was one of the originators.

Patrick Ewing- Catch with back to basket and quick turnaround J with no dribble

Penny Hardaway- He had this move where he would slowly back down a player and then quickly spin away from the defender and slash to the basket.

[Rake2204]

I always knew David Robinson for his two-hand, ball-behind-the-head flush. It can be seen best in this picture as well as the attached YouTube clip (best modeled at 0:53).

http://www.lalanternadelpopolo.it/Basket%20NBA%20-%20Campioni%20David%20Robinson.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S36g_AZX84M

[vert48]

Divac - Euro Flop

[Penny4MVP2k]

...
Penny Hardaway- He had this move where he would slowly back down a player and then quickly spin away from the defender and slash to the basket.
Your move's at 0.49 seconds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpP4ntaKPy0&NR=1#t=49s)
He'd do this (or act like he was gonna do it) on A LOT of backdoor alley-oops as well (as sorta seen at 3:10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpP4ntaKPy0&NR=1#t=3m10s)). Ahh, such a lost art form...


On a different topic, Nash has this little 1 legged mid-range fadeaway jumper thing that he does off picks... Thing's too ugly to find on youtube, but that shot is money every time!

[plowking]

Dwyane Wade - free throws.

[HylianNightmare]

Jason Williams Elbow pass

[Mark Jackson]

Mark Jackson- Backing down a player at the top of the key

.

:cheers:

And dont forget how he still kept his vision for his teamates open.

[TheAnchorman]

Thanks for the input guys... did not know a lot of these moves were pioneered by these guys. Updated list.

[SleepyCorpse]

don't forget Kobe's screaming after every jump shot.
karl malones one hand behind head dunk
hornacek licking his hands every free throw

[Nets fan 93]

Devin harris has a really nice Crossover shot.

[rosonviyavong]

Dumars is the between the legs dribble and than a jumper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG6cfnypZTc
@ the 1:00 mark

[Lebron23]

Jamal Crawford's - Shake and Bake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5DXIezqr4

[Snoop_Cat]

Karl Malone - Elbow attack

[clayton]

Wade's 1 handed dunk.