Jump shot
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In basketball, a jump shot is an attempt to score a basket by jumping, usually straight up, and, mid-flight, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket. It is done so by the player bringing his or her elbow up until it is aligned with the hoop, then sent towards the hoop in a high arc. It is considered the easiest shot to make from a distance. The purpose of the jump is to make it more difficult for the defender to block. Some excellent NBA jump shooters have been Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Tracy McGrady, Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Allen Iverson, Peja Stojakovic, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Mullin, Reggie Miller, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson,Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Kobe Bryant, Allan Houston and Paul Arizin. Also, many players in the NBA have unorthodox shooting forms, such as Shawn Marion, Josh Childress, and Kenyon Martin.
Sometimes a jump shot is also called a jumper or a j.
Arizin is often credited as the greatest jump-shooter of all time, and the instigator of the jump shot of today. In the NBA's early days, the usual technique for shooting contained little or no jumping at all. Arizin disliked shooting like that, so, he jumped a bit higher and then released the shot. This made it harder for opponents to block the shot, and this, combined with Arizin's practically unmatched accuracy, made him the NBA's most feared player to play against at the time. Over time, many players starting copying his jump shot and turning it into the most accepted way of shooting it is today.
Today the jump shot has many varieties, such as the turnaround jumper (facing away from the basket and then spinning towards it and shooting), the fadeaway (jumping away from the basket to create space) or the leaning jumper (jumping towards the basket to move away from a trailing defender). Michael Jordan is known for his nearly unstoppable fadeaway jump shots.
Because a defender often has to jump to block a jump shot, an offensive player can try to get his defender in the air by using a pump fake.
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