spot-upadj.n.
/ˈspɒtʌp/, U.S. /ˈspɑdˌəp/ Basketball.
A. adj.
Designating a player who is proficient at making a jump shot immediately after receiving the ball, without moving from his or her current spot (typically some distance from the basket). Also: designating shooting or a shot of this type.
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1987 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 22 June We needed a spot-up, long-range shooter.
1998 Indianapolis Star 20 Mar. 5/3 He knows that the strength of his game is stand-still, spot-up shooting.
1999 Chicago Tribune 22 Feb. iii. 1/5 Williams would be another scoring option inside so the bench would not have to rely on Toni Kukoc, not a muscle guy, or Steve Kerr, the spot-up shooter.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. c14/1 The slashing and dunking that made Sprewell one of the N.B.A.'s most exciting players for Golden State gave way to pull-up jumpers and spot-up 3-pointers when he played for the Knicks.
2011 A. Filippi Shoot like Pros Pref. p. xi I can remember..watching most of the best college seniors go through spot-up shooting drills.
B. n.
A jump shot taken by a player immediately after receiving the ball, without moving from his or her current spot. Also: a position suitable for taking such a shot; the act of taking up such a position.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball
free throw1888
foul shot1902
jump shot1909
jump ball1924
pop shot1933
jumper1937
set shot1940
lay-up1948
fallaway1949
bonus1955
hook-shot1957
sky-hook1959
buzzer beater1965
brick1971
spot-up1992
1992 Sports Illustr. 30 Mar. 63/1 Mullin is a dry-land Wayne Gretzsky, drifting, drifting, drifting, suddenly cutting open and hitting the shot in the tiny window of time he gets, whether the shot is a runner, a fader, a drive, a move to the hole, a leaner, a spot-up, whatever.
1996 M. Strasen et al. Basketball Almanac, 1996–7 95 He is accurate from 3-point range and can get his shot on spot-ups or off the dribble.
2009 G. Gandolfi NBA Coaches Playbk. 302/1 Incorporate catch-and-shoot shots (spot-ups).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1987