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- noun Plural form of
fadeaway .
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Related Article Daily Fix: In Defense of LeBron's Defense As pretty as the numbers may look, the moves Nowitzki uses to collect them are often akin to someone trying to skateboard the Tour De France: a chain of one-legged jumpers, off-balance spin moves and fadeaways that might get you benched in junior high.
A Shot So Ugly You Can't Stop It Kevin Clark 2011
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Related Article Daily Fix: In Defense of LeBron's Defense As pretty as the numbers may look, the moves Nowitzki uses to collect them are often akin to someone trying to skateboard the Tour De France: a chain of one-legged jumpers, off-balance spin moves and fadeaways that might get you benched in junior high.
A Shot So Ugly You Can't Stop It Kevin Clark 2011
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Very often, his high-arc shooting appears unrelated to the outside world; he tends to hit off-balance, heavily contested 23-foot fadeaways no more or no less than wide-open 19 footers.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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Scoring on fadeaways, drives and his ability to get to the line, Wade had his best offensive game of the season and has now topped 20 points in three straight games for the first time.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Very often, his high-arc shooting appears unrelated to the outside world; he tends to hit off-balance, heavily contested 23-foot fadeaways no more or no less than wide-open 19 footers.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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If he can get 40 with fadeaways and all that, then tip your hat.
USATODAY.com 2007
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` ` I thought I did a better job of not letting him get to the middle, making him shoot fadeaways, instead of letting him get into a good rhythm. ''
USATODAY.com 2007
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Kurt Thomas missed a pair of free throws with 2: 23 left and Bryant hit consecutive jumpers - a pair of fadeaways from 5 - and 14-feet - to again pull the teams even.
USATODAY.com 2007
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The key to beating UConn is driving at Thabeet, not opting for fadeaways and turnarounds.
Sam Panayotovich: Filling Out the Winning NCAA Tournament Bracket 2009
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A 7'0 shooter that can drive, shoot fadeaways, create his own shot off the dribble and finish at the rim even with contact?
Dart Adams presents I Respect The Shooter © Jay-Z (Revisited) Dart Adams 2009
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