Originally Posted by Smitty10
This is key. No Flyer, EVER, was as good at creating their own shot. Not B-Rob, not Negel, nobody. He didn't find his own shot by finding a soft spot on the court or dribbling and losing the guy guarding him, or by driving among the trees. He, with his back to the basket and 2 men in front guarding him, would do kind of dribble juke to his left, another one to his right and then fade and let go of a rainbow that swished more times than not. He was impossible to guard.
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His fade away jump shot was a thing of beauty. I was around 10 when he played. All my friends and I tried to shoot that fadeaway J at the local park.
My friend and I have had this conversation about how many points Smitty would have had against Loyola with a three point line. Our guess was 65-70. And, it was a road game!