Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 9:00 am  |  58 responses

Kobe Bryant: Dirk Nowitzki’s Fadeaway is ‘Ugly’


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Dirk Nowitzki’s trademark one-legged fadeaway isn’t the prettiest thing in the world, but it sure is effective. In fact, it’s so good, that fellow NBA superstars have begun to slowly incorporate it into their own offensive arsenals.

Kobe Bryant was in a happy mood following the Lakers’ tough win in Dallas last night, and expanded on just how ugly Nowitzki’s signature shot is.

From the Dallas Morning News:

Standing in the visiting locker room at American Airlines Center, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, who was held to 15 points on 4-of-15 shooting, was asked about a comment he made regarding his fadeaway jumper being “sexier” than the one belonging to Dirk Nowitzki. “He knows it’s true,” Bryant said with a smile.

“His shot’s ugly. It is. It looks terrible. Anybody in Dallas that says Dirk has a pretty fadeaway is lying through their teeth. It just looks disgusting. “But it’s extremely effective.”

Bryant voiced the original comment to the TNT broadcast team in the middle of a game against Portland on Monday night. “Dirk does it well, I do it better,” Bryant said after attempting the fadeaway. “Mine’s a little sexier.”

I’m not sure who shoots the “sexier” one-legged fadeaway between Kobe and Dirk, but I can tell you what is truly the ugliest thing we witnessed last night: the Lakers/Mavericks game.

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  • SikhWitIt

    Dirk’s jumper is beautiful. High release point, fingers loose on the release, consistent, nice back spin, elbow at the perfect angle and lined up with the basket. His jumper is more fundamentally sound than Kobe’s has ever been.

  • robb

    ^^^^^^^
    yeah but… is it sexy??

  • RyandC

    How can you all talk sexy without mentioning Sam I Am?! Sam Cassell plays all 48minutes with Jackie Moon singing in his head

  • Paul H

    Serious homoerotic overtones on this post. A whole bunch of guys debating the “sexiness” of another mans limp wrist.

  • http://www.nba.com VanCityBBall

    SLAM just overblown this story, he said it jokingly with a smile to the commentaters when they were talking about how Kobe just did his own version of the fade the very same possetion

  • Josh

    I’m not a Dallas fan but love dirk and personally think his fadeaway is damn fine.

  • http://slam zuzuzu

    Why do you people constantly criticize Kobe?
    Do you guys think you’re in a position to criticize a consensus top 10 all time player? You’re not professional analysts.
    Go back to your day job losers.

  • gene wilt

    Kobe’s game ALL AROUND is smoother than Dirk’s!! Like he said “Dirk’s fade is effective.” BUT Kobe’s is Mike inspired!! That’s why Kobe’s been my favorite player since Jordan retired! It’s the closest we have to the GREATEST of ALL TIME!!

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