How Josh Giddey’s spin move has become his most dangerous play

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“My favourite move now is probably the spin move,” Giddey told GQ in June this year.

“I’ve started doing it a lot when I get into the paint – spin move into a floater.”

What’s a spin move?

A spin move involves a player spinning around a defender, usually in the key area, and taking a shot. Under the rules of the game, a player can’t take more than two steps after they stop dribbling the ball, so it is easy for a player attempting to spin to overstep, lose balance and…