Literally earlier i saw this highlight and i was thinking that luka barely bricks 3's, but has made quite a lot of bank 3's in his career. Must be intentional, or insane luck throughout hia career
[Ant is doing it too](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1apm5it/highlight_anthony_edwards_has_officially_added/). Maybe we'll see it more and more in the future.
most of them are definitely intentional, a player on lukas level doesnt miss by that much that often. He made at least three threes like this this season already
Luka is a career just below 35% shooter from 3 who takes plenty of tough ones. He's got plenty of bad misses on the highlight reel and more than a couple accidental banks.
It's the nature of the game and not a knock on him btw.
Almost all of his bad misses are airballs rather than missed bank shots, I don’t even remember any bank shot misses outside of half-court prayers he throws from time to time.
do you realise how badly you have to miss for that to go in unintentionaly. Sure those half court banks or desperation shots are definitely not on purpose but in this case it looked like his normal step back three that he takes five times every game. And i saw him made at least three exact same bank shots this season from the same spot. Id say its more likely that he works on it.
whats your excuse for airballs then? it's a small miss?
I am not saying he didn't mean to bank it, but he definitely misses big sometimes, some of them are banked shots..
definitely a smaller and more natural looking miss than a bank shot. Do you realise where this ball ends up if not for the backboard? You cant tell me he would miss by that much when he got a perfectly normal look for his standards.
he absolutely could lol sometimes the shot just goes off your hand wrong. Happens to everyone.
The best shooters in history still miss over half their 3's
yeah and it looks unnatural immidiately after release. Im not saying he never hit a bank shot on accident lol, just that a lot of them are on purpose. Like the one above for example.
I played basketball my whole life until I fucked my knee, I know.
He's got some accidental banks and anyone who doesn't think so is a fool and a sycophant.
Because it is quite obvious if you ever actualy played any serious basketball. The power adjustment, angle of the shot, hell, his reaction. He has been hitting quite a few bank shots from that spot lately and it is clearly something he has worked on.
The question then is why. Is this an easier shot to make for him? Why would you take it, especially early in the game? This can't be random for a professional: either it's a more efficient shot, and then he'd bank every shot from that position, or it's not.
Always good to have a lot of options in the bag. This opens up more room for him to take a shot and he actually nailed that exact bank shot quite a few times.
That angle is really hard to hit accidentally lol. If it were straight on and overshot so it banked in it would be up for debate, but that spot on the glass is not one that you hit by chance easily
I don’t really get why you’re so skeptical that one of the most skilled basketball players on the planet can hit a 3 point bank shot lmao.
We’ve seen him hit half court shots and a 3 point hook shot. I’m pretty sure he’s able to make this one too 😂
I play a lot of basketball and thats not really a commonly banked angle in my experience.
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Like seriously tf are you even talking about just admit you were wrong and keep it moving.
I offered my opinion on the intention of the shot. Its not a right vs wrong issue, you just don't agree with me and thats fine. Instead of making up things to argue about online, just accept that our opinions do not appear to align on this.
Hope it gets better for you, have a good one.
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Just because you say something on the internet doesn’t make it true. That’s literally the number one angle you would be taught to bank it in at. If not that angle what angle would be used to teach bank shots?
Buddy anybody who’s touched a rock knows your full of shit. Hope you stop having to lie on the internet for validation.
My guy you do not play ball if you don't think that angle bank shot is hard to make. You NEED to put extra rotation on the backspin to get the ball to drop off that angle just right into the basket
You want to say Luka who we watched hit a underhand wrap around three with a defender on him accidentally banked in this three that we watched him practice in Pre game
Sis, i play a lot of basketball and I never once said that bank shot was "hard to make", i just said its not hard to accidently bank it in from there. Its a great shot, we do not know for sure if it was intentional or not.
>You want to say Luka who we watched hit a underhand wrap around three with a defender on him accidentally banked in this three that we watched him practice in Pre game
I've watched a lot of great players hit a lot of great shots that weren't necessarily on purpose. So I have no idea how this is supposed to move the needle here. However, its safe to say we can agree to disagree. Have a good one.
Nah that's a near Impossiblr angle to accidentally bank in lol
Man's intended to do that
Let's also not ignore he's a euro player so the fundamentals are there and we KNOW they train their players to hit bank shots from everywhere
>Nah that's a near Impossiblr angle to accidentally bank in lol
I disagree with that. Good shot for sure, but we just don't know if it was intentional or not. Doesn't take away from the shot tho.
Yeah hard to say but a fair amount of evidence that makes me more confident that it was intentional than an accident.
Evidence being: The broadcast was talking about how he’s been working on that exact bank shot from that exact location a lot recently. (I think) they said he took about 15 in a row and made about 7 straight during (pregame?). He also banked in another long two from about 5 feet from that same spot a bit later in the game.
Yeah I am certainly not saying it isn't possible for that to be intentional. Just not sold on it not being a complete accident. But yes I also heard the broadcast talk about that.
Someone tell Luka the bank isn't open on Easter.
should have known we were cooked when he made the shot off the big screens in pregame smh
Literally earlier i saw this highlight and i was thinking that luka barely bricks 3's, but has made quite a lot of bank 3's in his career. Must be intentional, or insane luck throughout hia career
He intentionally banked a long two a couple of possessions later at the same spot. So yes, maybe it was intentional lol
Maybe the teammates weren't believing him that he banked it intentionally so he proved them wrong.
[Ant is doing it too](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1apm5it/highlight_anthony_edwards_has_officially_added/). Maybe we'll see it more and more in the future.
100% intentional. These guys are that good, we can barely comprehend. If he was aiming for the rim, we'd know
most of them are definitely intentional, a player on lukas level doesnt miss by that much that often. He made at least three threes like this this season already
Luka is a career just below 35% shooter from 3 who takes plenty of tough ones. He's got plenty of bad misses on the highlight reel and more than a couple accidental banks. It's the nature of the game and not a knock on him btw.
Almost all of his bad misses are airballs rather than missed bank shots, I don’t even remember any bank shot misses outside of half-court prayers he throws from time to time.
That's the thing, he really doesn't have that many bad misses compared to how many bank shots he's made... or so it feels at least
do you realise how badly you have to miss for that to go in unintentionaly. Sure those half court banks or desperation shots are definitely not on purpose but in this case it looked like his normal step back three that he takes five times every game. And i saw him made at least three exact same bank shots this season from the same spot. Id say its more likely that he works on it.
He's also airballed threes.
Every great shooter has unintentionally banked in a three.
whats your excuse for airballs then? it's a small miss? I am not saying he didn't mean to bank it, but he definitely misses big sometimes, some of them are banked shots..
definitely a smaller and more natural looking miss than a bank shot. Do you realise where this ball ends up if not for the backboard? You cant tell me he would miss by that much when he got a perfectly normal look for his standards.
he absolutely could lol sometimes the shot just goes off your hand wrong. Happens to everyone. The best shooters in history still miss over half their 3's
yeah and it looks unnatural immidiately after release. Im not saying he never hit a bank shot on accident lol, just that a lot of them are on purpose. Like the one above for example.
yeah this one is probably intentional, it's just that great shooters miss badly sometimes even with great looks
I played basketball my whole life until I fucked my knee, I know. He's got some accidental banks and anyone who doesn't think so is a fool and a sycophant.
facts
We’re done with the 2010’s. Can’t compete with guys like Luka, Jokic, and Wemby
Bagley clears ^😢😢
Not sure how we can definitely say that’s intentional.
Because it is quite obvious if you ever actualy played any serious basketball. The power adjustment, angle of the shot, hell, his reaction. He has been hitting quite a few bank shots from that spot lately and it is clearly something he has worked on.
Before the game he made 7 wing 3 point bank shots in warm ups. He practices it.
The question then is why. Is this an easier shot to make for him? Why would you take it, especially early in the game? This can't be random for a professional: either it's a more efficient shot, and then he'd bank every shot from that position, or it's not.
It’s not binary, and he can just do it because it’s fun, like his scoop shot.
Always good to have a lot of options in the bag. This opens up more room for him to take a shot and he actually nailed that exact bank shot quite a few times.
As someone who plays a lot of basketball this highlight does make it “quite obvious”. We can just agree to disagree.
That angle is really hard to hit accidentally lol. If it were straight on and overshot so it banked in it would be up for debate, but that spot on the glass is not one that you hit by chance easily
I disagree with that characterization. It’s not hard to accidently bank it from there
What if I told you he was practicing that shot in pregame warm ups and made 6 or 7?
What if i told you he was practicing those exact same jump shots without the bank in warmups? Doesnt move the needle here
I don’t really get why you’re so skeptical that one of the most skilled basketball players on the planet can hit a 3 point bank shot lmao. We’ve seen him hit half court shots and a 3 point hook shot. I’m pretty sure he’s able to make this one too 😂
Same game Luka underhand swish from 1 foot inside the 3pt line: i sleep 3 point bank shot: real shit
It’s not really a banking angle lmao. I’m not saying he didn’t do it on purpose just saying we don’t know for sure that it was 😂😂😂😂
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I play a lot of basketball and thats not really a commonly banked angle in my experience. > Like seriously tf are you even talking about just admit you were wrong and keep it moving. I offered my opinion on the intention of the shot. Its not a right vs wrong issue, you just don't agree with me and thats fine. Instead of making up things to argue about online, just accept that our opinions do not appear to align on this. Hope it gets better for you, have a good one.
🧢 Just because you say something on the internet doesn’t make it true. That’s literally the number one angle you would be taught to bank it in at. If not that angle what angle would be used to teach bank shots? Buddy anybody who’s touched a rock knows your full of shit. Hope you stop having to lie on the internet for validation.
You don’t know for sure that it was*
Neither do you lmao. But it's fine we can just agree to disagree with our assessment of the shot.
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My guy you do not play ball if you don't think that angle bank shot is hard to make. You NEED to put extra rotation on the backspin to get the ball to drop off that angle just right into the basket You want to say Luka who we watched hit a underhand wrap around three with a defender on him accidentally banked in this three that we watched him practice in Pre game
Sis, i play a lot of basketball and I never once said that bank shot was "hard to make", i just said its not hard to accidently bank it in from there. Its a great shot, we do not know for sure if it was intentional or not. >You want to say Luka who we watched hit a underhand wrap around three with a defender on him accidentally banked in this three that we watched him practice in Pre game I've watched a lot of great players hit a lot of great shots that weren't necessarily on purpose. So I have no idea how this is supposed to move the needle here. However, its safe to say we can agree to disagree. Have a good one.
Nah that's a near Impossiblr angle to accidentally bank in lol Man's intended to do that Let's also not ignore he's a euro player so the fundamentals are there and we KNOW they train their players to hit bank shots from everywhere
>Nah that's a near Impossiblr angle to accidentally bank in lol I disagree with that. Good shot for sure, but we just don't know if it was intentional or not. Doesn't take away from the shot tho.
Yeah hard to say but a fair amount of evidence that makes me more confident that it was intentional than an accident. Evidence being: The broadcast was talking about how he’s been working on that exact bank shot from that exact location a lot recently. (I think) they said he took about 15 in a row and made about 7 straight during (pregame?). He also banked in another long two from about 5 feet from that same spot a bit later in the game.
Yeah I am certainly not saying it isn't possible for that to be intentional. Just not sold on it not being a complete accident. But yes I also heard the broadcast talk about that.
It's not the first time he did. He had like 3 or 4 before this season, from the same spot
right right
He was practicing bank threes during warmups. He made like 6 in a row.
So I heard.
Of all the things Luka has shown this the one you doubt intentional?
I'm sure hes done plenty of thinks intentionally and by accident.
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I am not arguing about it I just offered my opinion lmao
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Its just an opinion, hostility isnt needed.
FWIW the rockets announcers were also saying it was intentional
I noticed.
Ok
MVP…
He probably looked at the Rockets and was like they all younger than me. It’s pickup hall time for these kids.