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Will wembanyama ever get his jumpshot blocked? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by SpecnoTheFirst@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I feel like its literally unguardable, i saw this really cool post on here where it shows he literally averages almost 10 feet of height on his jumpshot, and remember its literally on AVERAGE. Add a fadeaway and i feel like his shot is literally gonna more unguardable than dirks one legged fade or even kareems skyhook. Is there even anyone in the league right now that can even get close to blocking it?

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[–] Kiwi_Halfpint@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

10 feet is just the hoop height so definitely blockable but you rarely take a jumpshot right in the face of a defender. You either move into a space where you have some separation from a defender or you have movement while your defender is stationery so when you transfer horizontal movement into vertical movement you will normally rise well above someone jumping from a stationery position but you add in a fade away and it just becomes incredibly hard to get that close (and some more to cover the fade) and get the vertical. What is a lot easier is that as other defenders recognise that he's moving to a position for the jumpshot then they'll come from behind or the side (so they have horizontal movement that they can transfer to vertical) and the fade won't be away from them so it's blockable but unless they block him while he is still bringing the ball up in front of him it will most probably be from someone who isn't his primary defender.

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