Sweetest Stroke

[Jake]

25 posts deep in this thread, and I’m the first to mention GMAC. Wow.

And if he had stayed 4 years, a lot of us would remember the name Michael Brown.

 

[Marty McFly]

How about the anti-sweet shot?

Stevie Thompson
Elvir Ovcina
Ron Patterson
Herm Harried (credit to Smilin'Bob)
Derrek Brower
Conrad McRae (although he the '93 game when he became Laettner might get him a pass)
Paul Harris.
Shaky Taters gets an honorable mention too.

 

[orangemass]

Raf Addison anyone...

 

[SU in Hershey]

Arinze Onuaku
Tyler Roberson
Terrence Roberts
Jeremy McNeil
Elvir Ovcina

I guess you are too young to include Stevie Thompson, right?

 

[Dcuse]

How about the anti-sweet shot?

Stevie Thompson
Elvir Ovcina
Ron Patterson
Herm Harried (credit to Smilin'Bob)
Derrek Brower
Conrad McRae (although he the '93 game when he became Laettner might get him a pass)
Paul Harris.
Shaky Taters gets an honorable mention too.

Ovcina had a very good looking stroke. He doesn’t belong on your list.

 

[Gabjon]

Dnic
J South
Andy

 

[Marty McFly]

Ovcina had a very good looking stroke. He doesn’t belong on your list.

Thanks, needed the laugh!

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

His mechanics were actually pretty goofy, it's a minor miracle that he hit such a great percentage. This was one of a couple things that scouts flagged midway through his career.

Side spin on his release. I see it in my own shot, and think of Devo as it drifts off to the R, lol. But he did shoot at a pretty high clip

 

[PhatOrange]

Michael Brown

By the way, good read. JB said mean things in 1986 to.

Sophomore guard Michael Brown has quit the Syracuse basketball... - UPI Archives

Sophomore guard Michael Brown has quit the Syracuse basketball team and dropped out of school, upset about his lack of playing time, a published report said...

www.upi.com

 

[br801]

Leo deserves a mention.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Rautins had the best pure form I can recall on his shots especially when he got around curls and squared up.

 

[orangehipfan]

Jimmy Lee

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Something about Buddy's stroke often looks wrong to me. But, it's consistently that way, and the results are nice when he's not too rushed.

Hughes' is pretty, but i don't love the one foot/splayed leg thing. But, it's pretty.
White's was nice.
I remember Janulis as having a very fundamental form.
I can't even imagine/remember Moten's.
DNichols' was nice.
Shumpert's was pretty.
Southerland...

My only vivid, specific memory of one particular shot was Carmelo's first shot as an Orange/man. Against Memphis, at MSG. In the corner, he ball-faked the defender, who kinda spun around almost completely, and then Melo just shot it in his face as he was coming back to him. My first impression of Carmelo was, "Oh, $***! I think we have something here."

 

[Eric15]

I would have to imagine the 18th leading scorer in NBA history (primarily via jump shooting) should be somewhere on this list.

 

[Brooky03]

Rautins has the best form I’ve ever seen

 

[lincolncuse]

Arinze Onuaku
Tyler Roberson
Terrence Roberts
Jeremy McNeil
Elvir Ovcina

You forgot Josh Pace

 

[Forloveoforange]

Anyone remember Tony Scott?

 

[orange79]

You forgot Josh Pace

Yeah, but that 5-8 foot floater...

 

[lincolncuse]

Yeah, but that 5-8 foot floater...

It was a thing of beauty

 

[Ghost]

Rautins has the best form I’ve ever seen

Yeah, Rautins just had a nice quick release, and man could he get it off coming off a curl (as someone else mentioned)...always elevated the way you would want to see in a training video

 

[Gabjon]

Yeah, but that 5-8 foot floater...

Those don't work anymore...haven't you heard the game has changed...

 

[Shaggy1]

Cippola

 

[Ghost]

Cippola

Sekunda!

 

[Marty McFly]

lucious jackson

 

[OttoMets]

Side spin on his release. I see it in my own shot, and think of Devo as it drifts off to the R, lol. But he did shoot at a pretty high clip

Yep, he wasn't my favorite player, but I can't argue with the results. He was awfully productive with that funky release.