Originally Posted by pmcmullen
I hope you are right, but I still see that side-spinning knuckle ball fly off his hands and I cringe - every time! Like many of you, I've played and watched a lot of ball, and most of the time the really good, pure shooters have a very smooth stroke with a nice backspin. It's just a rule of thumb, I get that, but it has very few exceptions.
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Very good observation. The ideal shot will have backspin on it so that after it swishes it will bounce back to you.
I remember reading an interview with Larry Bird when he was shooting around with the author. He noted that Bird swished 10 shots in a row and each time the backspin brought the ball right back to Larry, who naturally thought it was no big deal.
