one halfcourt dribble layup

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bchaikin
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one halfcourt dribble layup

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pretty cool - from a 78-79 sixers/spurs playoff game (julius erving about the 18:30 mark):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqkKvK85lzo

also the 6-1 rookie cheeks guarding the 6-7 scoring champ gervin (29.6 pts/g)...
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Very cool. When I went 5-Star many years ago, we actually worked on this exact thing -- getting from mid-court to the rim with one dribble. It wasn't easy!
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Re: one halfcourt dribble layup

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Cedric Maxwell was my model for getting the most out of one dribble. He was hardly a dribbling ace, but he had long strides and could go from standing at the 3-pt line, to the rim, with one bounce.
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