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Move Mondays: No. 1 junior Jayson Tatum breaks down his unstoppable fadeaway

 Jayson Tatum says his turnaround fadeaway is unstoppable. / USA Basketball photo.

Jayson Tatum says his turnaround fadeaway is unstoppable. / USA Basketball photo.

For Michael Jordan, it was the tongue-wagging fade away jump shot; for Allen Iverson, it was the ankle-breaking killer crossover; and for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, it was the net-scorching sky hook. The recurring theme among all great players is great moves.

Every Monday during the hoops season, we’ll scour the globe to check in with the country’s most elite players and have them dish on one of the many sure-fire juke moves they implement throughout the course of a game.

This week we caught up with Chaminade College Prep (St. Louis) forward Jayson Tatum, the top ranked player in the ESPN 60.

THE MOVE: The Turnaround Fadeway Jumper

THE EXECUTION: “I like it on the right block; I catch it on the block and dribble it and pound into my man’s shoulder a couple of times, do a quick hesitation and, when I feel what direction he’s going to, I’ll fade the opposite way and finish on one leg. It goes in all the time.”

THE SELL: “It’s almost impossible to stop because, even if you know it’s coming, you don’t know when to jump because I sell the hesitation so well. You’re not stopping this move.”

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