Challenge for today: find video of a shot from the 3 point line where one foot is lifted noticeably before the other. My theory is that it just about doesn't happen. As for the case in point, my recollection is that the shooter was not squared up,** and he started to rise up on the front foot first. But as he extended to actually jump and take the shot both feet left the floor too close together to make a call without replay. Even after looking at replay, I thought it was a 2.
I think this is when the hop comes in which was mentioned in the newspaper article. The shooter adjusts one, or often both feet, before taking a jump shot.
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Last edited by just another ref; Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 06:52pm.
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