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The fade-away is his shot. He has been hitting it for years and at his size it is almost impossible to block.
I loved that quote too. Toughest talk I've heard Otz use with the media. Almost like "don't mess with us in Hilton"
It was the noooYESSSSS shot. Easily the hardest shot he made all night.
I didn't. He is such a good shooter and loves that move. It looked good from the moment it left his hand.
Obviously it was also part of TJ’s pregame pep talk as Tamin said the same thing when interviewed after the game.
Not really. After seeing him shoot it a couple times already, it's basically unguardable, so I have been expecting that shot to come out in some critical situations where we need to get a shot up on the rim.
Im so glad he didnt go running into the crowd after hitting that shot playing the god's gift to basketball role....even though there was a little time left.....Magic-conjuring shot from Milan Momcilovic helps Iowa State topple No. 2 Houston at Hilton
Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic (22) and Iowa State Cyclones guard Keshon Gilbert (10) celebrate with the team after winning 57-53 over Houston in the Big-12 conference showdown of an NCAA college basketball game at Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. © Nirmalendu M
Not really. In no way am I comparing myself to Milan or saying I was a great ballplayer but I played in high school and I used to practice a fade away and honestly if you are a shooter like he is it's not that hard of a shot, IMO. It gives you some space from the defender.
At that point in the game, I didn't care how the ball went in the hoop, so long as it did.
Def takes a ton of practice to be good at it but with his size and technique on it, its actually less of a fadeaway than people think. Not taking away from Milan on it obviously but you can tell its one of his go to shots for a reason. The Dirk comparison in how he does it is very similar.
The alternative was likely a contested long jump shot by either Gilbert or Lipsey. I'd take Milan's fade away over either of those, hands down.
While true the average ability to make these shots by these guys is out of this world. It wouldn't surprise me if Momcilivic puts over 80% of these through the hoop when he is unguarded during a shoot around.
Tamin mentioned this too when he was being interviewed after the game by the ESPN guys how they felt disrespected to be underdogs on their home court. I love this mindset and I'm sure TJ is preaching it all the time that we have to protect home court and let let teams beat us in Hilton. If we do that then this should be able to finish in the upper tier of the conference standings and last night was a prime example that this team has the talent and heart to beat anyone on a given night.
Can't remember what show it was I heard it on but might have been one of the coaches corners before a game or weekly show where they were talking with an assistant coach that worked on Tamin's 3 point shot over the offseason. They talked about how they worked on being consistent with the mechanics and release point and how he put in a bunch of work to fix that and its paid off so far. Then they asked him if they have done anything with Milan as he doesn't have textbook form and he just laughed and said that Milan has had a high success rate with what he does so they don't mess with it even if it looks different as the purpose of working with Tamin's shot was fixing something that was not having a high success rate and as long as Milan keeps hitting shots at a high rate you don't want to disrupt that.
