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Wednesday
Nov262014

OFF TOPIC: Basketball Shots, Ranked

There are many ways and methods by which one can direct the basketball into the basket.

Here is the ranking of many of these methods, from least interesting/appealing up to most awesome.

The Finger Roll

20. Basic layup

19. Reverse layup

18. Standard jumper

17. Corner three

16. Willis Reed's two buckets in Game 7 of the 1969-70 NBA Finals

15. Heave from 30+ feet to beat the buzzer

14. Basic dunk

13. Put-back slam dunk

12. Two-handed set shot (see Schayes, Dolph)

11. Underhand free throw (see Barry, Rick)

10. Catch-and-shoot 3-pointer (see Miller, Reggie)

9. Jump Hook (see McHale, Kevin)

8. Reverse pivot step-back jumper (see Sikma, Jack)

7. Alley Oop jam (see Griffin, Blake, (among many))

6. Fall back, baby (see Barnett, Dick)

5. Running two-hand dunk (see King, Bernard)

4. Teardrop (see Jackson, Mark)

3. Sky Hook (see Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem)

2. Mid-range bank shot (see Duncan, Tim)

1. The Finger Roll (see Gervin, George)

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Reader Comments (2)

Steve, you forgot Dr J's take-off-from-the-foul-line dunk at the 1976 ABA all star game - gotta rank somewhere! (Showing my age as an old ABA fan!)

November 26, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterHarold Mellor

That was an amazing, iconic dunk for sure. I was thinking of in-game stuff frankly, when coming up with this list, so all the trick shots, horse game stunts, and dunk contest stuff did not enter my mind.

The one thing I know I should have included though, was Hakeem's Dream Shake. That was a big miss on my part.

November 26, 2014 | Registered CommenterSteve

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