It's the same kind of ugly. Head's pump fake = raise the ball over his head and lift his body and his right foot (off the floor) and stand on the toe of his his left foot (kind of like a dog raise its hind limb to peep). What the hell could this form of pump fake do you good if the defender doesnt bite and you cant continue your fake into a jump shoot? Head should really watch how Sam "I am" pump fake - one of the best pump fake in NBA.
T-Mac has a way better form of pump fake and T-Mac never lifts his right foot off the floor in a pump fake.
Actually he does lift a foot, in fact I remember a game last season he got called for traveling when he never lifted his pivot foot off the ground when he faked it. Guess he faked out the ref too. The idea is to get your man to notice a foot coming off the ground and make him leave both his feet then you go by him.
Interesting! I really dont know how can u shoot the ball in a pump fake if u already lift 1 foot off the floor. You probably shoot the ball jumping on one foot. There is T-Mac in 35 sec video in youtube and one play was T-Mac pump faked and drew a foul from Tim Duncan and then continued to shoot and made a 3 ptr. You can watch to see if T-Mac lifted any foot off the floor in his pump fake.
if we are complaining about luther head, we might as well throw in his inability to pass into the post (to yao)... he is horrendous when it comes to this pass. horrendous!
The T-mac pump fake is pretty effective, but Luther does it sort of awkwardly. Personally I like head fakes
I'm not going to bring out a single video of a single pump fake to prove my point, but Tmac does the same thing.
few things you need to know if you want to do pump-fakes: 1.) never raise the ball above your shoulder. Raise it above your shoulder and it will increase the time you need to put the ball down and to drive. 2.) if your defender has ANY form of upward reaction to your fake, you drive. 3.) practice pump fake in front of a mirror to see if you can fake yourself into thinking that you are actually trying to shoot the ball.
luther head's pump fakes are one of the most infuriating things for me to watch. every time he decides to pump usually follows an open opportunity for him to just shoot the ball, which he should do. also, his pump fakes very, very rarely throw anybody off. instead, it just allows the defense to reset and makes more time tick off the shot clock. STOP PUMPING AND JUST SHOOT THE BALL!
i hate how luther always pump fakes when he receives a pass. he always predetermines that he will pump fake and not shoot. he always hesitates. that's not what a good shooter should do. it's bad enough that he predetermines that he'll do it but it's even worse that no one ever bites on it...
You must be a madman (or a madmonkey)! T-Mac has a killer pump fake. One of the best in the game. Few, if any, players get more And 1s out of their pump fake than McGrady. Like the OP noted, Head's fake is on the other end of the spectrum. One of the worst in the game.
Plus, he often loses his balance when he lifts his foot rendering a drive to the basket less effective. He also gets too many traveling violations after one of those pathetic pump fakes or triple threat stances.
I never said Head's fake was that great, but Tmac uses a similar fake sometimes. Its more effective for Tmac since hes a lot taller and elevates higher then most players on his shot.
His pump fake is ugly but when he is driving to the basket he make a little fake like he going to stop to shoot the ball and quickly keep driving to the basket, is a pretty good one, enough to freeze the defender and get free to get to the rim. Sometime is so good he is been call for carrying the ball, but he doesn't.
T-Mac actually has a really bad pump fake. he tries to look "too cool" when he does it. all he does is hold the ball up high and most of the time the defender doesnt even bite. a good pump fake is when you pretend youre actually going to shoot instead of holding the ball up high.
