I've seen God. He's a teenager from Italy.

by Jake Whitacre on Jul 27, 2008 10:49 PM EDT

A combination of utter boredom and thinking about this year's summer project got me thinking about one of my favorite curiosities of all-time, God Shammgod.

By now you've probably figured out that I do a lot of my thinking by hitting up the YouTubes and today was no exception. Obviously, most of his highlights revolve around his famous crossover, the Shammgod.

It's a great move to use in a pickup game to create space and embarass your opponent. The thing is, it's a very high risk/reward move, so you don't see it used a lot on a competitive, professional level because if you mess it up you'll look even worse than your opponent would've had you pulled it off correctly.

Now, it can be debated how competitive and/or professional the Vegas Summer League is, but seeing Danilo Gallinari pulling off the Shammgod is a move in the right direction for society as a whole, in my opinion.

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I watched that like 3000 times and I still can’t figure out exactly what he’s doing. Any help? My mad handles could use that upgrade…

by Rohan on Jul 28, 2008 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

If I understand the move right

(Which I might not, considering I have the handles of Shawn Bradley in his prime, but that’s neither here nor there.)

Basically, you start out with the ball in your weak hand, dribble out in front of you and when your defender reaches out to steal it, pull it back with your strong hand. Then you’ll have the ball in your strong hand and an open lane to the basket since your defender is reaching to the wrong side.

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by Jake Whitacre on Jul 28, 2008 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I think it's the opposite

Start out with your strong hand and switch to the weak, but otherwise, you got it.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Jul 28, 2008 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

I remember.....

Watching Shammgod Wells (as he was known then) back in high school….at Gonzaga’s DC Classic here in Washington.

His dribble was so sick…..it looked like he was rolling the ball on the ground when he was crossing cats over….I think he set a tourney record for assists in a game.

Ginobili has a similar take on that move….but he pushes/crosses the ball out to the right with his left hand (Manu’s strong hand)....then snatches it back to the left with the same left hand. Nice, I like.

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by Kyle Weidie on Jul 28, 2008 11:58 AM EDT reply actions