U 4GOT TO MENTION MAGNETIC RIM. IF I CALL U 1 ON 1 WITHOUT CAMERA ON REGULAR COURT I BET MY LIFE IN SOME PARK ULL BRICK 500 FROM 500 THOSE SO CALLED HALF COURT. NO MAGNET U CANT SHOOT.
Not cus he shoots with his palm JJ, but since the ball rests in his palm his whole hand and wrist can relax and stay loose. Loose muscles fire/twitch quicker. If he were GRIPPING the ball with his fingers he’d probably lose range and power.
For my whole life, I was shooting mid-range and 3's the same. I was never a great 3 pt shooter but, when I realized that the mechanics are different, I started shooting way better. Mid-range jumpers are just what they are, a JUMP shot. Three's (for me) come more from the legs, and I release on the way up, rather than at the top my shot.
People are finally asking the questions that were already answered a decade ago. Dame does things on his jumper that coaches have tried to remove from their athletes forever. Thank goodness we’re finally reaching a point where people actually understand! Shouts to Dame for helping lead the revolution with Steph 🫡
I don’t remember my bball coach ever saying keep your fingers on the ball. I think it was just understood. So, it’s really weird how Lillard shoots. I do recall bball coaches saying to keep your elbow in. Shoot with your pointer finger. Wrist snap. Follow through. There’s some things we can challenge now about some of those traditional techniques.
1:54 There is so little wasted motion. This generates so much power and less time spent on the fingertips means less time for the ball to be twisted/roll per se off the hand, changing the axis point at release. fingere basically act as leaf springs with different tensions that can change the way the ball comes off the hand. Id like to see the slow motion differences between Dame, Klay, Steph, even Ray Allen, JJ, Korver, and Reggie Miller. But Dames shot is literally so amazing to watch. His power and form he had during that 3-pt contest he won this year was ART!! Poetry in motion as you say.
How can you hate on this man? Such a class act, very smart, very humble, articulated, focused. Dame is one of the few left in the league that kids can have as role models.
@@bitcoinethereum9702 You think he is "most every efficient and fundamental scoring guy are in the league"? Wtf is up with your user name?? That's your identity..."Bitcoin Ethereum"...bro what about it???
Dame and cj McCullum gotta be some of the best speakers in the nba the insight into the game, business, and the emotion. Keep it up Jj get basketball podcast out here 💯
J J is so good bringing out these insights from players he interviews. Dame Dollar is also good at communicating what he sees and learns as he puts practice into actions. (:
Not mad at you he’s top 5 long range for me. But I respect Chris Jackson (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf), mark price, Larry Bird, Reggie Miller , ray allen Splash bros in there own league
@@daundisputedtake7238 none of the guys you named took as crazy and various shots as dame. if dame shot the same shots they took he'd have a better percentage
I remember back in 2011 on 2k i was a 3pt specialist PG in my player. That was the most fun i had in any 2k game to date. I’d score 50 a game basically all 3s. Im saying this to say that the league has almost become 2k in a way. Never did i think back then 10 years later players would be shooting 10-15 3s a game. The writing was kinda there cause Steph was already in the league but still it’s wild to see these days. Great interview by Dame!
@Dev Zant At LA Fitness, I body all the middle school kids. Buckets for days!! If I was Japanese I would have made the league easy!! They call me Muffy on the court!
I shoot like this. People tried to change my shot when I was in middle school and high school. Messed my shot up for months so I just reverted back to what felt comfortable 😂
Same I started shooting when I was young however I thought felt good to me. I give it a lot of spin off my finger tips. Weird looking shot. My confidence fell when I would hear criticism that how do I shoot like that or because the form looked different. But I also heard people say they want to learn how to shot like me so I know I ain’t doing much wrong.
Yeah once you have a form you are comfortable with just keep it that way, i tried to change for like few days and i messed up my old form and couldnt make shots.
I hate when people try to force players to change jumpshots, unless you are lonzo or Michael Kidd Gilchrist let them do them. Tweaks can be fine but completely changing it is too much.
Jj redick ending this interview with a 3 minute monologue justifying ending his career on LA Clippers getting outmatched by Houston Rockets... Dame: That's crazy man
Seeing two guys who love, understand, and have played the game, and actively still pay attention to the league and how and WHY it's changing, is SO much better than seeing which "THINGS WERE BETTER BACK IN MY DAY" guy see who can have the hottest take.
I used to shoot like that in middle and high school. My release wasn't very fast so i had a high arc. When i stopped i couldn't shoot anymore unless it was off the dribble. I'm 27 now and I have never shot the ball close to that well again
I’ve studied dames form for a while now since rookie year and it’s always been smooth and consistent. Very interesting. If you look Kyrie does a similar thing when he shoots where his fingers are slightly off the ball up until the release. Aka a “palm shooter”
Kyries left hand rides the ball way longer and why his left thumb alters his rotation. Main reason his percentages aren’t as high as Dame from distance
I think the palm probably helps some because you have more surface area to apply force, but it isn't like a cheat code. Dude hits from everywhere and is an amazing finisher.
I can see how that COULD be more consistent. The bigger muscles in your arms are probably able to produce more consistent and deliberate movements than the small muscles that move your fingers.
What’s more important is points per attempt not make, doesn’t matter if a shot is worth 2 or 3 if you miss it. Not to mention the rebound chance off miss.
You can win without being 3-pt dominate; you’re just going to need to have tremendous accuracy/efficiency, and/or be able to defend in such a way as to shut down the opponents 3-ball. Superb accuracy and/or superb perimeter defense is the only way to change the game from its current state without changing the rules.
Bruh, all NBA players and coaches are telling everybody that you can't win without shooting threes in today's NBA, it's just basic math as Dame has said. Old school basketball won't work in today's game. They have to defend people in the 3 pt line and fight multiple screens. If you are a big that has poor footwork, you gotta get beaten by hybrid bigs today.
No, you just need better coaches create a system that utilize the strengths of your players. 3-ball is not the problem. 3-ball makes the game better. It completely opens up the defense and that allows cutters, that allows pockets of space in the midrange and the paint, if a center is a shooter. The warriors score more points in the paint than you realize. Without posting up, how is it possible? Because of the 3pt.
This. U can have the worst shooting form ever. Of u believe that every shot u take is going in, they are goin in. But u gotta believe like it's the most obvious thing like there's 100 percent chance that it's going in. U gotta have the dumbest believe in it . And u'll be a great shooter
It doesn't matter how many attempts teams put up if they are not making them or a team plays really great/good defense makes it that much harder to make them. Defense Matters.
still never the same teams rn has more ground to cover than back then offense is not the same hence defense is not the same anymore you cant just clog up the paint and throw bodies at post players like before now defense goes way beyond the 3 and trying to chase people off of screens
1:54 There is so little wasted motion. This generates so much power and less time spent on the fingertips means less time for the ball to be twisted/roll per se off the hand, changing the axis point at release. fingere basically act as leaf springs with different tensions that can change the way the ball comes off the hand. Id like to see the slow motion differences between Dame, Klay, Steph, even Ray Allen, JJ, Korver, and Reggie Miller. But Dames shot is literally so amazing to watch. His power and form he had during that 3-pt contest he won this year was ART!! Poetry in motion.
Back in my day, Lillard’s shooting form would have been drilled out of him by coaches. “Don’t dip the ball, jump as high as you can, two motion the shot” is what we were taught. And it was all wrong.
Oh, and can’t forget the sage coaching, “square both of your shoulders to the basket.” I’m so glad that shooting science has evolved past this nonsense.
The 3 point line needs to change to a semi circle at the top of the key , distance out long or short doesn’t matter just remove the 3 point line from the corners to give basketball a variety of player skill sets to make basketball interesting again..
“You can not win by the old game, is a math equation”. He should say if we play old game with modern rules. Rules is what shapes basketball. I can not imagine any other reasons for Ray Allen, Stojakovic or Miller not to shoot more in their prime but the impossibility with hand checking and physicality. And it’s the same reason you don’t see USA team basketball not scoring threes like in NBA by far when playing under international rules.
It’s so unique to have fingertips off the ball until the end. I wonder if he uses his fingertips on the catch. When exactly do you think the fingertips separate? At the set point maybe?
Warriors and lakers both ran some triangle offense in there win in the finals also jason kidd is the new mastro of the triangle offense i love this game of life basketball
I deadass remember there being a thread on RealGM and then /r/NBA like, a decade ago, pointing out that weird quirk in his shot. Cool to finally see him talk about it.
I Often sit like J.J. I've worked hard to feel okay doing it in certain settings. I've put the reps in and now I do a double leg cross. Dame is a bad dude.
I shoot like this my fingers barely touch the ball. I tried the conventional way of shooting like flat fingers on the ball and my shot got messed up. Also I generate a lot of force shooting like this. Which I don't know how or why LMAO
It's that split second where you have to focus on the rim, being able to erase opponents, crowd from your mind. Where it's only you, the rim and nothing else
Shooting motion chat or swinging motion chat for golf makes me so uncomfortable, my shots got so messed up at times just by talking to others on how to improve it. On the long run it helps, but short term is another thing.
2005-2007 I shoot from distance in pick up ball and practice it and shot pretty good avg. I remember player on other team telling the guy guarding me, to stop me and he yell I cant guard him all the way out there he will drive past me lol . Im 38 now and did t understand why players never didnt do that. It almost unguardable
What’s funny is, I was telling the wife the other day how the evolution of basketball has changed and Dame hits it on the nail. The evolution has changed where teams are shooting 3’s more, but now you see that more big men are shooting 3’s. It started way back with guys like Sam Perkins, Dirk Nowitzki, Rasheed Wallace, and so on.
I literally just learned to keep the tips of your fingers off the ball. You do the same in football except you keep the webbing between your thumb and index finger off the ball. You get more consistent and powerful shots/throws. It's like a slingshot
I grew up watching Kobe, Wade, and Melo. Watching them post up and go to work on smaller defenders was fun to watch. Still love watching basketball, but committing to 3 hours is hard to do when teams are just chucking up 3s every possession.
Those guys would be more dangerous now the paint wouldn’t be clogged with non skilled players…I’d hate to have to guard those players now knowing you don’t have at least two teammates between them and the rim if you get beat because their man is at the corner 3
It's fun watching how hard they gotta work to open up space for a 3 though (or open a lane) - everybody shuffling around in a specific order to get that one half second a shooter needs, because they know if they can force that one guy to rotate he's going to be that step behind, etc etc.
You know one thing I have to add is the old way of posting people up is definitely still alive if we look at the top players in the league scoring in the paint, but it is now with the incorporation of the 3-point shot that the offensive has become more deadly and hard to stop. Before the midrange/post was the main method of scoring, but now the post opens up the 3 by drawing double teams and creating movement without the ball, and it creates more opportunity. Before you'd only have 3 point specialists like peja and ray allen taking those shots. Now, you see almost every player incorporating it in their game because of how it opens up the offensive when they are able to shoot.
It’s actually a myth that you shoot exclusively off your fingertips. All great shooters touch the ball with their palm first, the fingertips are the last point of contact before release. If you don’t believe me watch any shooter shoot in slow motion! I promise!
Just watch his in slow motion the ball definitely leaves from the fingertips. That’s the last part of him that touches the ball on release. I don’t care how you hold the ball if you shoot with fingertips you’re gonna be a decent to excellent shooter depending on talent and work ethic. I’m a retired coach (45+ yrs) and I never understand why coaches want to change players shots, especially when they are good shooters. If they shoot well why change them, you’re gonna mess them up. I truly believe guys shoot how it feels natural.
Get good, you still need rebounders, still need dudes to assists, get steals and block shots, 3’s ain’t the only thing, fast breaks help, causing turnovers help, helping teammates find spots on the floor to shoot help as well
New generation of hoopers bout to start shooting like this now, I know when I was younger if I saw a technique like this going viral I would've copied it 😅
Well I think if there was a coach that could device a near foolproof way of guarding the 3 line.. You can take away the 3 game significantly and reset the game to open floor bball.. Miami' heat's Eric Spo may have the best shot at this
Fingertips are weird, because each finger is a different length, and once the ball gets to your finger tips, they can radically alter the aim of your shot. Taking fingertips out of shooting could possibly be the start of a new wave of shooting accuracy.
Check out the full interview here: ua-cam.com/video/3k7mAwrdcXA/v-deo.html
U 4GOT TO MENTION MAGNETIC RIM. IF I CALL U 1 ON 1 WITHOUT CAMERA ON REGULAR COURT I BET MY LIFE IN SOME PARK ULL BRICK 500 FROM 500 THOSE SO CALLED HALF COURT. NO MAGNET U CANT SHOOT.
Not cus he shoots with his palm JJ, but since the ball rests in his palm his whole hand and wrist can relax and stay loose. Loose muscles fire/twitch quicker. If he were GRIPPING the ball with his fingers he’d probably lose range and power.
That’s the best bball podcast ever... no contest 💯
For my whole life, I was shooting mid-range and 3's the same. I was never a great 3 pt shooter but, when I realized that the mechanics are different, I started shooting way better. Mid-range jumpers are just what they are, a JUMP shot. Three's (for me) come more from the legs, and I release on the way up, rather than at the top my shot.
@@Earthislife1031 FOR SURE ASK CURRY OR LILLARD TO COME HOOP ON REGULAR COURT WITHOUT MAGNET AND YOU WILL SEE 0-500 BRICKS FROM HALF COURT
People are finally asking the questions that were already answered a decade ago. Dame does things on his jumper that coaches have tried to remove from their athletes forever.
Thank goodness we’re finally reaching a point where people actually understand! Shouts to Dame for helping lead the revolution with Steph 🫡
Oh wow I was reading this but didn’t realize it was shot mechanics right away.
I don’t remember my bball coach ever saying keep your fingers on the ball. I think it was just understood. So, it’s really weird how Lillard shoots. I do recall bball coaches saying to keep your elbow in. Shoot with your pointer finger. Wrist snap. Follow through. There’s some things we can challenge now about some of those traditional techniques.
@@AJXOXO-vz1pn crane or goose neck too
@@AJXOXO-vz1pn nahh shooting off pointer finger is willldddd 😂 i have to shoot off my pointer and middle finger at the same time.
Yeah I remember watching you vids in like 2015 talking about this 🤣
Dame has always been one of the most insightful players in the league. I could see him joining a front office after his playing career.
billups is terrible. Dame vouch for him
i could see him starting off in some kind of player development role, idk about front office thought
Dame is going to be FILTHY rich when he retires…. I highly doubt he’s wasting his time in the FO. Maybe a partial or full owner of some team
@@jamesonedwardsii4943 I mean, he already is.
@chemistry physics Pretty sure not hiring somebody because they have tattoos on their neck is illegal. Can you shed any light on that?
Lillard's shooting form is poetry in motion
1:54 There is so little wasted motion. This generates so much power and less time spent on the fingertips means less time for the ball to be twisted/roll per se off the hand, changing the axis point at release. fingere basically act as leaf springs with different tensions that can change the way the ball comes off the hand. Id like to see the slow motion differences between Dame, Klay, Steph, even Ray Allen, JJ, Korver, and Reggie Miller. But Dames shot is literally so amazing to watch. His power and form he had during that 3-pt contest he won this year was ART!! Poetry in motion as you say.
Its always special when a master speaks about his craft
His shooting motion is literally so clean
I swear
Looks so effortless, even with those half court shots
@@blanxetdays true that
Literally
Curry still better
How can you hate on this man? Such a class act, very smart, very humble, articulated, focused. Dame is one of the few left in the league that kids can have as role models.
That boy range is pure...him and STEPH top 3 UNDEBATABLE
Facts, i hope he get a chip 1day.
Nah it’s STEPH undeniable 1st and then everyone else
1) steph 2) dame 3) klay no doubt best shooters in history
Steph, Dame, klay. Definitely. Nobody else even close.....
@@Swishseb666 Reggie Miller, peja, Mahmoud abdul rauf and ray Allen are all arguably better than klay.
Dame is the player that got me into basketball and I’ve always thought he has the most beautiful game in the league
I think he is most every efficient and fundamental scoring guy are in the league
@@bitcoinethereum9702 You think he is "most every efficient and fundamental scoring guy are in the league"? Wtf is up with your user name?? That's your identity..."Bitcoin Ethereum"...bro what about it???
Dame and cj McCullum gotta be some of the best speakers in the nba the insight into the game, business, and the emotion. Keep it up Jj get basketball podcast out here 💯
Dame a total Legend great segment, always dope to hear JJ talk to shooters
I think that shooting from his palm does actually help his range. It’s like he get’s more of a launch off the palm. At least that’s what it seems like
Yep and probably more accurate too
And that he shoots on the way up using his legs.
Yeah I'd imagine it has more energy transfer so there's less lost and wasted energy.
That form is beautiful in slow motion looks like a spike Lee movie 🎥🍿🤣🤣😂😂🏆🐐🔥🔥
Nope. Less grip is less power. Like a change up pitch
Dame has potential to be a great coach
J J is so good bringing out these insights from players he interviews. Dame Dollar is also good at communicating what he sees and learns as he puts practice into actions.
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You know you're getting old when you put your legs over each other when its story time. 😆
I swear 😂😂😂
How does this make you older? Can you explain?
😂
😅
@@CarrterGolf1 everything hurts, we always need to be comfy as possible even if it makes us look sus
DAME IS A TOP 3 SHOOTER OF ALL TIME
Top 3
Not mad at you he’s top 5 long range for me. But I respect Chris Jackson (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf), mark price, Larry Bird, Reggie Miller , ray allen
Splash bros in there own league
top 2
@@daundisputedtake7238 none of the guys you named took as crazy and various shots as dame. if dame shot the same shots they took he'd have a better percentage
@Tyler Holt if dame as only taking the shots klay took he would be north of 40% too, youre out of your mind if you think the opposite.
I remember back in 2011 on 2k i was a 3pt specialist PG in my player. That was the most fun i had in any 2k game to date. I’d score 50 a game basically all 3s. Im saying this to say that the league has almost become 2k in a way. Never did i think back then 10 years later players would be shooting 10-15 3s a game. The writing was kinda there cause Steph was already in the league but still it’s wild to see these days. Great interview by Dame!
Don't count on rookie bubby. Wake up.
@@SmoothKatDaddy12 🤏🏻
@@freeonesself
I'm so sorry.
@Dev Zant
At LA Fitness, I body all the middle school kids. Buckets for days!! If I was Japanese I would have made the league easy!! They call me Muffy on the court!
@@SmoothKatDaddy12 If you were Japanese? Bro what??
"Outmathed" 😂 That is profound & hilarious.
I shoot like this. People tried to change my shot when I was in middle school and high school. Messed my shot up for months so I just reverted back to what felt comfortable 😂
Same I started shooting when I was young however I thought felt good to me. I give it a lot of spin off my finger tips. Weird looking shot. My confidence fell when I would hear criticism that how do I shoot like that or because the form looked different. But I also heard people say they want to learn how to shot like me so I know I ain’t doing much wrong.
Yeah once you have a form you are comfortable with just keep it that way, i tried to change for like few days and i messed up my old form and couldnt make shots.
I hate when people try to force players to change jumpshots, unless you are lonzo or Michael Kidd Gilchrist let them do them. Tweaks can be fine but completely changing it is too much.
And now look at you . Not in the nba
@@hippieseven5582dudes was lowkey tryna act like they shooting like lillard
Jj redick ending this interview with a 3 minute monologue justifying ending his career on LA Clippers getting outmatched by Houston Rockets...
Dame: That's crazy man
Seeing two guys who love, understand, and have played the game, and actively still pay attention to the league and how and WHY it's changing, is SO much better than seeing which "THINGS WERE BETTER BACK IN MY DAY" guy see who can have the hottest take.
I used to shoot like that in middle and high school. My release wasn't very fast so i had a high arc. When i stopped i couldn't shoot anymore unless it was off the dribble. I'm 27 now and I have never shot the ball close to that well again
Should have kept that shot RIP
Teach your kids!
Muscle memory is a hell of a thing
i was in the g league bro. it was dope as.
@@KwisBwownyou’re so trash at UA-cam
I’ve studied dames form for a while now since rookie year and it’s always been smooth and consistent. Very interesting.
If you look Kyrie does a similar thing when he shoots where his fingers are slightly off the ball up until the release. Aka a “palm shooter”
A friend of mine shoots like that and we all said wtf at the time 😂 now hes got his revenge if u will
Kyries left hand rides the ball way longer and why his left thumb alters his rotation. Main reason his percentages aren’t as high as Dame from distance
@@ajyearby2425 doesn't necessarily mean its because of that. Ive seen videos on a number of shooters that do the same
@@ajyearby2425How do you mean? Kyrie's percentages are higher. He just doesn't have such s huge range, and shoots less threes per game.
@@5.kc.5 any of them shoot from “distance”? meaning beyond regular 3 point range
Jj Redick and Dame talking about shooting the rock 💯 Greatness
top 10 shooters all time
Pistol Pete only got a 3 point line in his last season of his career. He shot 15. Guess how many he made. Then look it up.
Half the kids that watch this stuff
Don’t have a clue how good JJ was at duke
Dame and JJ confirming the old era would get smoked 🤣🤣
I think the palm probably helps some because you have more surface area to apply force, but it isn't like a cheat code. Dude hits from everywhere and is an amazing finisher.
Wtf would be a cheat code? What does that even mean, "it isn't like a cheat code"?
I can see how that COULD be more consistent. The bigger muscles in your arms are probably able to produce more consistent and deliberate movements than the small muscles that move your fingers.
Same interviews are always a good listen
during this segment i really wanted to see JJs shot
He has the cleanest form ever. Klay is a close second. Top 3 shooter all time.
My 5'2" inch coach could stand flat-footed at half court and shoot one handed, flick of the wrist, and hit basket after basket. It's in the wrist.
What’s more important is points per attempt not make, doesn’t matter if a shot is worth 2 or 3 if you miss it. Not to mention the rebound chance off miss.
The things is the ball does come off his fingertips at the last moment. He holds it in his palm but the ball eventually leaves off the tips last.
bro it’s always the dads who have god awful forms that give their sons all the “tips & tricks” and this is what happens 😭😂
everybody does what feels natural to them, the way the ball is on his palm first is interesting
Love Dame. Love his game, personality, spirit, all around true Hooper.
I will never cease to watch clips of JJ’s podcast and be like: “Oh yeah…he’s got that other dude on his show…who is he again?!”
You can win without being 3-pt dominate; you’re just going to need to have tremendous accuracy/efficiency, and/or be able to defend in such a way as to shut down the opponents 3-ball. Superb accuracy and/or superb perimeter defense is the only way to change the game from its current state without changing the rules.
Bruh, all NBA players and coaches are telling everybody that you can't win without shooting threes in today's NBA, it's just basic math as Dame has said. Old school basketball won't work in today's game. They have to defend people in the 3 pt line and fight multiple screens. If you are a big that has poor footwork, you gotta get beaten by hybrid bigs today.
No, you just need better coaches create a system that utilize the strengths of your players.
3-ball is not the problem. 3-ball makes the game better. It completely opens up the defense and that allows cutters, that allows pockets of space in the midrange and the paint, if a center is a shooter.
The warriors score more points in the paint than you realize. Without posting up, how is it possible? Because of the 3pt.
2020 Lakers won while being one of the worst 3pt shooting teams.
@@SizTv Ok, and? Just because something happens doesn't mean it's not improbable and rare. Look how much success they had since.
Ok and if you have tremendous accuracy from 3...then why tf wouldn't you shoot more of them?
Form matters but being believing in yourself is the most important key
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This. U can have the worst shooting form ever. Of u believe that every shot u take is going in, they are goin in. But u gotta believe like it's the most obvious thing like there's 100 percent chance that it's going in. U gotta have the dumbest believe in it . And u'll be a great shooter
@@christtwitch4013 I agree.
It doesn't matter how many attempts teams put up if they are not making them or a team plays really great/good defense makes it that much harder to make them. Defense Matters.
still never the same
teams rn has more ground to cover than back then offense is not the same hence defense is not the same anymore
you cant just clog up the paint and throw bodies at post players like before now defense goes way beyond the 3 and trying to chase people off of screens
jj bro got his hairline fixed up
1:54 There is so little wasted motion. This generates so much power and less time spent on the fingertips means less time for the ball to be twisted/roll per se off the hand, changing the axis point at release. fingere basically act as leaf springs with different tensions that can change the way the ball comes off the hand. Id like to see the slow motion differences between Dame, Klay, Steph, even Ray Allen, JJ, Korver, and Reggie Miller. But Dames shot is literally so amazing to watch. His power and form he had during that 3-pt contest he won this year was ART!! Poetry in motion.
you can watch their shots in slow mo using YT. Just go find clips you like of them then change settings on the video to a slower playback speed.
If Dame can defend his 3pt Champion belt 10 times, then I would buy to his shooting technique.
Back in my day, Lillard’s shooting form would have been drilled out of him by coaches.
“Don’t dip the ball, jump as high as you can, two motion the shot” is what we were taught. And it was all wrong.
Oh, and can’t forget the sage coaching, “square both of your shoulders to the basket.”
I’m so glad that shooting science has evolved past this nonsense.
Shout out to JJ for asking great question. Awesome podcast
The 3 point line needs to change to a semi circle at the top of the key , distance out long or short doesn’t matter just remove the 3 point line from the corners to give basketball a variety of player skill sets to make basketball interesting again..
That's interesting
Thank god ur not in charge of the NBA
1:19 lower budy and core strength is key for shooting. Steph has a few videos showing his squats/lifts/workouts - those are no joke
Makes complete sense because it leaves a bit of space to give the right amount of “spin/rotation” off the shot if you think about it.
“You can not win by the old game, is a math equation”. He should say if we play old game with modern rules. Rules is what shapes basketball. I can not imagine any other reasons for Ray Allen, Stojakovic or Miller not to shoot more in their prime but the impossibility with hand checking and physicality. And it’s the same reason you don’t see USA team basketball not scoring threes like in NBA by far when playing under international rules.
It's simple, 33 threes= 99 points. 50 twos=100 points. You have to shoot AND make 17 more shots than your opponent to win
Dame is so underrated, dude is a top 5 pg of ALL TIME. Love dames game
Magic , Steph, Isaiah Thomas, Stockton , Kidd, which one is Dame better then ? Idk man.
His shot is beautiful. Great lift, ideal release point for range, no off hand involvement, and follows through.
Alot of ppl in the comments saying "I shoot like this"... I promise you, you don't lol
Imagine putting the 3 point line further out and just shifting the whole risk/reward of the game
I remember watchin dame put that work in before he got drafted in them vlogs he use to post. He certified
Palm shooting is new to this era and it's pretty game changing
It's one motion. Beautiful.
It’s so unique to have fingertips off the ball until the end. I wonder if he uses his fingertips on the catch. When exactly do you think the fingertips separate? At the set point maybe?
3 point meta started in 2015
I never. Noticed how his finger tip’s don’t touch the ball till it rolls off that’s wilddddd
Warriors and lakers both ran some triangle offense in there win in the finals also jason kidd is the new mastro of the triangle offense i love this game of life basketball
Jason kidd 😂😂
I deadass remember there being a thread on RealGM and then /r/NBA like, a decade ago, pointing out that weird quirk in his shot.
Cool to finally see him talk about it.
I'd airball every shot 😂😂😂
My all time shooters : Steph , klay, Allen, Kd , dame , bird
Korver
Thats why his the best shooting PG rn
My favorite player.
Two of them are the most great shooter of all time
Best basketball podcast. Period
basically he proves as long as he gets the ball to spin after releasing then he is good.
I Often sit like J.J. I've worked hard to feel okay doing it in certain settings. I've put the reps in and now I do a double leg cross. Dame is a bad dude.
Kyrie also shoots with the ball sitting in his palm
I tried shooting around like this one day and it was $$$$!! Only thing is being able to use form like that in game is a steep learning curve.
Thing is, you shouldn’t shoot like this if you have small hands. The ball will come off your pinky half the time
I shoot like this my fingers barely touch the ball. I tried the conventional way of shooting like flat fingers on the ball and my shot got messed up. Also I generate a lot of force shooting like this. Which I don't know how or why LMAO
This is the question Ive been asking since his rookie year! JJ asking the deep dirt
Every player in the NBA has a Dad or a Big Brother some type of Father Figure. I wish I had a Dad growing up.
A lot of them don’t. Look at bron
Don’t feel that way fam.
Lebron
Many don't have, or in any case it's their college coaches
@@TimmyMorinII Besides LeBron who ? And he was 6’8” 240 lbs … plus his High School coach took him in …
This just shows you that shooting is about comfortability. Do what works for u
Great content and perspective
The world needs mo Dame. FRFR
once you see it, it can't be unseen
i really like this guy dame pure class
It's that split second where you have to focus on the rim, being able to erase opponents, crowd from your mind. Where it's only you, the rim and nothing else
Damian looked like the perfect shot robot in the thumbnail
Second greatest shooter ever!
Nope
Shooting motion chat or swinging motion chat for golf makes me so uncomfortable, my shots got so messed up at times just by talking to others on how to improve it. On the long run it helps, but short term is another thing.
When will we have a game where every single point came from in the paint (+free throws) or beyond the arc, no midrange shots?
2005-2007 I shoot from distance in pick up ball and practice it and shot pretty good avg. I remember player on other team telling the guy guarding me, to stop me and he yell I cant guard him all the way out there he will drive past me lol . Im 38 now and did t understand why players never didnt do that. It almost unguardable
What’s funny is, I was telling the wife the other day how the evolution of basketball has changed and Dame hits it on the nail. The evolution has changed where teams are shooting 3’s more, but now you see that more big men are shooting 3’s. It started way back with guys like Sam Perkins, Dirk Nowitzki, Rasheed Wallace, and so on.
I literally just learned to keep the tips of your fingers off the ball. You do the same in football except you keep the webbing between your thumb and index finger off the ball. You get more consistent and powerful shots/throws. It's like a slingshot
I think I'm ready for the 4 point revolution
I give you James Harden
Found Antoine Walker’s burner
@@jamesball5743 trying to keep a low profile here bud
Surprisingly dames shooting motion is to fluid to tell whether jj’s hypothesis is true or not
This video had all the right edits!
I grew up watching Kobe, Wade, and Melo. Watching them post up and go to work on smaller defenders was fun to watch. Still love watching basketball, but committing to 3 hours is hard to do when teams are just chucking up 3s every possession.
Facts it’s like a all star game . Really hard to watch I must say
Those guys would be more dangerous now the paint wouldn’t be clogged with non skilled players…I’d hate to have to guard those players now knowing you don’t have at least two teammates between them and the rim if you get beat because their man is at the corner 3
They need to move three point line back and remove corner threes it’s super cringe watching 2 guys just stand in each corner every damn possession
@@bitcoinethereum9702 you obviously dont play ball
It's fun watching how hard they gotta work to open up space for a 3 though (or open a lane) - everybody shuffling around in a specific order to get that one half second a shooter needs, because they know if they can force that one guy to rotate he's going to be that step behind, etc etc.
You know one thing I have to add is the old way of posting people up is definitely still alive if we look at the top players in the league scoring in the paint, but it is now with the incorporation of the 3-point shot that the offensive has become more deadly and hard to stop. Before the midrange/post was the main method of scoring, but now the post opens up the 3 by drawing double teams and creating movement without the ball, and it creates more opportunity. Before you'd only have 3 point specialists like peja and ray allen taking those shots. Now, you see almost every player incorporating it in their game because of how it opens up the offensive when they are able to shoot.
It’s actually a myth that you shoot exclusively off your fingertips. All great shooters touch the ball with their palm first, the fingertips are the last point of contact before release. If you don’t believe me watch any shooter shoot in slow motion! I promise!
Just watch his in slow motion the ball definitely leaves from the fingertips. That’s the last part of him that touches the ball on release. I don’t care how you hold the ball if you shoot with fingertips you’re gonna be a decent to excellent shooter depending on talent and work ethic. I’m a retired coach (45+ yrs) and I never understand why coaches want to change players shots, especially when they are good shooters. If they shoot well why change them, you’re gonna mess them up. I truly believe guys shoot how it feels natural.
They should expand the 3 pt line to balance the game
Get good, you still need rebounders, still need dudes to assists, get steals and block shots, 3’s ain’t the only thing, fast breaks help, causing turnovers help, helping teammates find spots on the floor to shoot help as well
New generation of hoopers bout to start shooting like this now, I know when I was younger if I saw a technique like this going viral I would've copied it 😅
Well I think if there was a coach that could device a near foolproof way of guarding the 3 line.. You can take away the 3 game significantly and reset the game to open floor bball..
Miami' heat's Eric Spo may have the best shot at this
I knew a kid in high school that used to shoot like this. Rip Marlos Long
This guy interviewing Dame is now the new lakers coach
He said this guy do you not know who he redick is
Fingertips are weird, because each finger is a different length, and once the ball gets to your finger tips, they can radically alter the aim of your shot. Taking fingertips out of shooting could possibly be the start of a new wave of shooting accuracy.
The fingertips are still in play wit Dame it’s just that he doesn’t start the motion with the ball on his fingertips- he finishes with them
I’m going to the court after work and trying it’s a nice day today
@@epicchanges1072 I _think_ that's what he meant