Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1684791, member: 716"]
It's close, tough for me to tell without benefit of slowing it down. To take it just short of a Zapruder level, here's what I see and presume:

Cooney gets downcourt in good time with six dribbles under moderate pressure from Artis, who's shading him left.

It appears -- opinion based on his habits, not fact -- that he's thinking shot all the way from at least the fourth dribble, which he uses to set up the left-to-right crossover.

As he gets Artis leaning to the near side (defender's right, Cooney's left), Cooney takes four or five steps and one more dribble. Artis springs up surprisingly fast with help of his inside hand, but Cooney's last four steps actually take him away from the hoop (not incidentally, not setting himself up for good shooting mechanics). I believe that your average ballplayer (Cooney's included in this) could have used a single normal stride to get through Artis's eventual path in the time that Cooney took to make the last dribble with a few pitter-patter steps.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?