Wemby finally nails the 3 point floater, less than halfway through the season

They’ve been predicting this as his signature move since [16 June 2023](https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/6/16/23763427/victor-wembanyama-2023-nba-draft-luka-doncic), now he’s [finally nailed it in a regular season game](https://x.com/balldontlie/status/1742375174669058197?s=48&t=QqH7DoHmwZXAyTkb7vzlhw).

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From Danny Chau at the Ringer:

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” **Wembanyama has gone viral a number of times over the past year for a similar shot in his bag, for what could one day become a signature:** [**a running, one-legged 3-point floater**](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3d-4XA3T8AM). It’s an absolutely preposterous notion of a shot—a spiritual successor to fellow countryman Tony Parker’s teardrop floater, reenacted by Zeus. It takes certain cues from the sheer unblockability of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s sky hook, Dirk Nowitzki’s goofy-footed fadeaway, and Nikola Jokic’s Sombor Shuffle—but with a difference. Each of those aforementioned shots turn and move the player *away* from the basket, a motif that has more or less recontextualized the game of basketball over the decades, further cemented by the popularity of the modern stepback jumper: *This is where the game is headed*. Wembanyama’s runner posits the inverse: *No, that’s where the game has been*. From behind the arc, the game’s enduring frontier line, the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama leaps forward, not backward.”

by wemBanana